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FO 1016/534

Development projects in Abu Dhabi, 1955-1956

This file relates to development plans for health, water, and education pursued by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

FO 371/163036

Economic development, 1962

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States.

FO 371/148916

Internal Political Situation: Trucial States, 1960

This file includes correspondence relating to: D F Hawley's visit to Abu Dhabi and Buraimi and his reception by Sheikh Saeed Bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1) E F Henderson's visit to Buraimi with D F Hawley, their reception by Sheikh Shakhbut and the latest news from Das Island, indicating the discovery of oil in commercial quantities (2) Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's work on new irrigation falajes at Buraimi (3) Conversation between the Secretary of State Sir Alec Douglas-Home and the Political Resident in the Persian

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