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FCO 8/859

Harbour development and water survey, 1967

This file concerns development in the Trucial States.
FCO 8/72

UN aid Persian Gulf, 1968

This file relates to UN Development Programme (UNDP) aid to the Gulf.
FO 371/168879

Economic development, 1963

This file concerns economic development in Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/168952

Education, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Students from Dubai studying in the UK. It includes details of travel and financial arrangements, as well as academic progress reports.
FO 371/163036

Economic development, 1962

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States.
FO 371/149143

Education in Trucial States, 1960

This file relates to education in the Trucial States.
FO 371/149141

Trade school at Sharjah, 1960

This file relates to the Sharjah Trade School. It contains correspondence concerning: Salary of the Headmaster John H Taylor (1, 12) Rent for the Headmaster's house and the land on which the school is situated, owed to Dubai merchant Saleh Al Osaimi (2, 5) Recruitment of a further British master, preferably a trained handicrafts teacher (3) Question of renewing the Headmaster's contract, which is partly dependent on the future of the Trucial States Development Scheme (4) Purchase of a new Land Rover.
FO 371/148917

Internal Political Situation: Trucial States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Selection of two Sudanese teachers for the Trucial Oman Scouts School and one for the Agricultural School in Dubai, all of whom would be immediately available and the terms of their employment (15) Report on Abu Dhabi by R McGregor, based on his four months as Political Officer, focusing on the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his possible successor (16) Appointment of officials for Abu Dhabi.
FO 371/157065

Education, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum’s desire for a Sudanese Director of Education, potential political difficulties and D F Hawley's suggested terms of service (1) The drawing up of contracts for Sudanese teachers in the Trucial States, based on an enclosed specimen contract for personnel recruited from Pakistan (2) The travel arrangements of the Educational Assistant for the Trucial States T S Fawcett(3) The candidate for the Dubai Director of Education selected by the Sudanese Minister of Education, and the possibil