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1. 'File 8/90 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY'
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- Abstract: This file relates to British policy regarding economic, agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It begins with proposals from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for investigations into the possibilities of industrial development in three key areas: fisheries, cotton production, and cement production. The correspondence goes on to discuss the possibilities of development in these and other areas.Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the conclusion of a consulting engineer that the conditions for the establishment of a cement industry in Muscat are not favourable; the visit to the Sultanate of former Chief Fishery Adviser in Palestine, Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram, in January 1948, for the purpose of producing an investigative report on its fisheries and their possible development; a similar visit by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden, to report and advise on the possibilities of sugar cane development in the Sultanate; the question of expenses for Bertram's trip.The principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Governor of Aden; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Dr Bertram; officials of the British Government of India's External Affairs Department, the India Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Colonial Office, and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-137; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
2. Coll 30/142 'Visit of Danish fishing vessel chartered by Iranian Govnt.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the investigations of Dr Harald Blegvad, the Director of the Danish Biological Station, into the waters of the Persian Gulf, with particular reference to fishing. Blegvad was visiting the area on behalf of the Government of Iran, who wished to initiate commercial exploitation of Iranian fisheries.The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation, Tehran, and extracts from intelligence reports.The papers include: the need to protect Arab rights over pearl fishing banks; the legal position concerning prescriptive rights to exploit the seabed outside the three mile limit; the flying of the Iranian flag by Blegvad's vessel; and the establishment of a fish-canning plant near Bandar Abbas in 1940.The French language content of the papers consists of a newspaper article on folio 24.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 63; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. Coll 30/225 'Economic development of Gulf States: (Agriculture and Fisheries) Water Scheme for Muscat.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns proposals for the economic development of the Persian Gulf states that were under British supervision, particularly in terms of fisheries, agriculture, and water supply. The proposals are discussed in the light of expected increases in oil revenue in all the states, and the comparatively undeveloped nature of most of them.The papers cover: the arrangements for a visit in January-February 1948 by Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram of St John's College, Cambridge to Muscat to prepare a report on fisheries development there on behalf of the Sultan of Muscat; correspondence concerning the disposal of the huge projected rise in oil revenues in Kuwait; the pressing need for an adequate water supply in Kuwait; 'Notes on a Visit to Kuwait in March 1947' by E W Noonan [attached to the British Middle East Office], (folios 127-128); a brief note on economic development in the Gulf States by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 31 May 1947, covering Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Trucial Coast, and Muscat (folios 120-122); the possibilities for sugar cane development in Dhofar, and the arrangements for an advisory visit there by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden; the possibilities for a shark fishing industry in Muscat; correspondence concerning a water scheme for Muscat (folios 73-76); and a letter from the Commonwealth Relations Office to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the question of the participation of the Gulf states in a United Nations-proposed Economic Commission for the Middle East (folios 25-26).The file includes correspondence from Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 140; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.