Harbour development and water survey

This file concerns development in the Trucial States. It contains memoranda and correspondence on:

• Development of water resources in the Trucial States, including a copy of the Trucial States Council Water Resources Survey Hydrological Yearbook 1966-67; the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s plans to fund hydrological surveys in Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah; and the improvement of the water supply in Umm Al Quwain
• Question of Sheikh Zayed’s support for the Trucial States Development Fund (TSDF), including the establishment of trade schools in Sharjah and Dubai
• Efforts of the US politician J Collier Adams to bring private US investment to Ras Al Khaimah and proposals for an arrangement for a US Government guarantee for such investments
• Comments on a recently-completed census of the Trucial States
• Editions of the Trucial States Council Development Office round-up of news for a period spanning May to September 1968
• Possibility of cooperation between the Kuwait Medical Services and the Trucial States Medical Advisor
• Paper on the green turtle in the Trucial States
• Possibility of Saudi Arabia contributing to development projects, particularly in Ras Al Khaimah
• Gratuity to be paid to Dr D A Hovenden on the termination of his contract as a touring doctor with the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS)
• List of senior and intermediate occupied posts in the Trucial States Development Office (TSDO) and the nationality status of the holders of these posts
• Plans for establishing a British Council representative in the Trucial States and for an English Language Laboratory in Dubai
• Suggestions for bringing greater publicity to work of the TSDO
• Notes and tables providing details of TSDF income and expenditure, and related correspondence
• Proposal for an economic survey of the Trucial States