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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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