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FCO 8/76

Membership of FAO, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Selection of the Director of Agriculture, Michel Farah to represent Qatar at the Conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, November 1967 Selection of the Director of Information Sheikh Mohammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Director of Agriculture Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and a secretary to represent Bahrain at the Fourteenth Conference of the FAO taking place in Rome, November 1967 Letter from the Director-General of the FAO A H Boerma to Director of the Bahrain Finance Department on the admission of tha
FCO 8/75

Membership of FAO, 1967

This file contains correspondence relating to: Application by the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa for his state to become an associate member of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 23 July 1967 Application by the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani for his state to become an associate member of the FAO, 17 August 1967 Privileges and immunities in the Gulf States for members of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) The Bahrain International Organisations (Immunities and Privile
FO 1016/841

Trucial States: water resources, 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: 'Trucial States Development Water Resources Survey, Progress Report for December, 1965' from Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited to the Director of the Trucial States Development Office Acting Director of the Trucial States Council, C B Kendall's authorisation of the Chief Resident Engineer of Halcrow, N G Allen to purchase a suitable drilling rig for the Council Planned visit by Professor Howard Bowen-Jones of Durham University and Dr Stanley Gordon Willimott of the universities of Reading and Southampton to parts of Jordan 
FO 371/109891

Kuwait-Iraq Water and Irrigation Scheme, 1954

This file contains: Final report on the development of the Shatt Al Arab Water Supply Scheme for Kuwait, prepared by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners for the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah. It includes maps, diagrams, scientific analysis of water and soil and images (54) Related correspondence, including: the agreement of the Government of Iraq to supply water from the Shatt Al Arab River to Kuwait and its terms; delays on the part of the British Government; the question of Iraq's attitude; and a summary of the report (48-51)