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FO 686/12

Intelligence and reports from Mecca, 1920-1921

This file is about various intelligence reports from the Agents at Mecca. The reports cover various information on the internal political, social and day-to-day affairs of Mecca, Madina, Taif, Yemen, Syria, Hejaz, etc.
FO 371/168706

Civil development, 1963

This file relates to civil development in Muscat and Oman.
FCO 8/6060

Saudi Arabia: donations to UK charities, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to donations from Saudi Arabia for UK charities. It contains correspondence concerning:The MacIntyre Development Trust's attempts to follow-up on a donation promised by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Greece Abdulla Al Malhoog, with the help of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which ultimately proves unsuccessful.
FCO 8/1742

Development plan for Saudi Arabia, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to the Saudi Arabian Development Plan published in autumn 1970. This was Saudi Arabia's first attempt to coordinate the future work of all of the ministries in one published plan.
FO 1016/827

Trucial States development schemes, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file relates to development in the Trucial States.
FCO 8/967

Surveys, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file relates to a proposed economic survey of the Trucial States.
FCO 8/535

Economic statistics and state of economy, 1968

This file relates to statistical surveys of Bahrain. It contains: Provisional 54-page statistical abstract covering the period 1941 to 1967, compiled by Bahrain's Finance Department, covering the country's geography, demography, economy, society and oil industry Correspondence on the statistical abstract, including an assessment of it by A D Parsons Tables presenting data on Bahrain's imports and re-exports Letter concerning oil production in the Bu Saafa [Abu Sa'fah] Oilfield

FCO 8/653

Education in Persian Gulf, 1968

This file contains an exchange of correspondence concerning Kuwaiti investment in education in the Gulf. It includes a letter from the Political Agency in Dubai on the need for Kuwaiti cooperation in the areas of medical services and education; the paper presented by the Kuwaiti delegation to the Arab Ministers of Education conference held in Kuwait on 17-22 February 1968 about its role in developing education in the Gulf through a five-year plan; and the Kuwait Government’s reconsidering of this commitment in light of the announcement of the UK’s withdrawal from the Gulf.

FO 1016/681

Rehabilitation of villages on Jebel Akhdar, 1959

This file concerns the rehabilitation of the war-damaged villages on Jebel Akhdar.
FO 371/179916

UK aid: Trucial States Development Fund, 1965

This file concerns development programmes in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence on: Transfer of responsibility for the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS) to the Ministry of Overseas Development (ODM).
FO 371/174567

Civil development estimates, 1964

This file relates to civil development spending in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/163034

Economic development, 1962

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Plans to develop Abu Dhabi from a village to an oil town.