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         5  British anticipation of economic benefits           294

              Move to exclude non-British economic interests    294
              Negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Ltd
              and Trucial States Rulers                         296
              The use of other facilities                       297
              Territorial sovereignly during early oil exploration  299
         6  The Buraimi issue up to 1955                         302
         7  British involvement in the 1950s and 1960s           306

              A change in attitude                               306
              Growing financial commitments of the oil companies   306
              The political representation                       307
              Making the countryside secure                      311
              Foreign jurisdiction                               314
                  The framework                                  314
                  The courts                                     315
                  Persons under this jurisdiction                316
                  Matters under this jurisdiction; adapted and new
                  legislation                                    316
                  The effects                                    318

              The Development Office                             319
                  General                                        319
                  Health services                                325           li
                  Agriculture                                    326
                  Surveys                                        328
                  Roads                                          329
                  Education                                      331
              Analysis of British development efforts            332




         Chapter Nine: The Formation of the Federation           336
         1 British withdrawal                                    336
              The Labour Government’s economic measures          336
              The technicalities of withdrawal                   337
              The Bahrain predicament                            338
              Speculation that the Conservatives might reverse
              policy                                             339


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