Records of Qatar 1966-1971 4 Volume Hardback Set

Volume 1. 1966: 1. Overviews; 2. Ruling family affairs: Plans for an extended visit by, and education of, Shaikh Khalifah bin Hamad's sons in England; The visit to the United Kingdom of the Deputy Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Khalifah bin Hamad, in July 1966; Shaikh Hamad's visit to France; 3. International affairs and governance; 4. Regional relations: Relations with Abu Dhabi; The Qatar-Bahrain seabed dispute; Relations with Iran; 5. External affairs: Relations with Great Britain, Pakistan and India; Qatar's interest in joining UNICEF; 6. Finances and banking; 7. Civil aviation: air traffic control; 8. Economic development: Work on Doha Port improvements; Overseas Dredging Company losses; 9. Educational matters: use of foreign teachers; 10. Legal and judicial affairs: The issue of the legal position of a foreigner married to a Qatari; Sir John Whyatt's visit; The issue of transfer of jurisdiction; The new Qatar Insurance Law; Traffic Law amendments; The Labour Court; 11. Petroleum affairs; 12. Overviews; 13. Ruling family affairs: Meetings with the Ruler and the Deputy Ruler; Miscellaneous family matters; 14. Internal affairs: Administrative reform; The investigation into an outbreak of food poisoning in Qatar; 15. Regional relations: The regional effect of the crises in the Middle East; The Qatar-Saudi Arabia Cultural Agreement; Relations with Abu Dhabi; Relations with Bahrain. Volume 2. 1967-1968: 1. External affairs: The Qatar Government's interest in receiving assistance from UNICEF; The visit of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh; 2. Defence affairs: Security Forces, armaments and equipment; 3. Financial affairs: currency reform; 4. Commercial affairs; 5. Petroleum affairs: Reports of the Sixth Arab Petroleum Congress; Negotiations on relinquished areas and offshore drilling plans by Continental Oil Company; 6. Overviews; 7. Ruling family affairs: The State visit of Shaikh Khalifah, Deputy Ruler of Qatar, to the United Kingdom in 1968; Miscellaneous news and travels of the Ruling Family; Local talks with the Ruler of Qatar; 8. Internal affairs; 9. Regional affairs: Aspects of formation of the Gulf Union; Relations with Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran; 10. Defence affairs: Acquisition of armaments and supplies; Security Forces and training aid from the SAS; 11. Labour and industrial relations; 12. Financial affairs and fiscal matters; 13. Commercial affairs: the contractual problems of Overseas Dredging Company Limited; 14. Petroleum affairs: operations and exploration by Continental Oil Company and Union Oil, and Shell's labour problem. Volume 3. 1969-1970: 1. Overviews; 2. Ruling family affairs: Shaikh Khalifah's visit to London in 1969; 3. Internal affairs and governance: the drafting of a constitution for Qatar, the attitude of the Ruler to the constitution, and Shaikh Khalifah's methods of administration; 4. Regional affairs: Qatar's attitude to plans for a Gulf Union; Relations with Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Iran and Saudi Arabia; 5. Foreign affairs: administrative aspects of the work of the Foreign Affairs Department; 6. Defence affairs: consideration of the effect of the planned British military withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971; 7. Economic development: attempts to initiate various programmes and projects; 8. Petroleum affairs: 19th OPEC Conference held at Doha, 14-16 December 1969; Continental Oil Company's relinquished concession, and concession availability; Concession agreement with a Japanese Consortium; 9. Overviews; 10. Internal affairs; 11. Regional relations: relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia; 12. Defence affairs: acquisition of armaments and equipment; 13. Transport and communications, civil aviation matters. Volume 4. 1970-1971: 1. Economic development: Economic Survey - British proposals for sponsorship and undertaking of a major economic survey; 2. Social affairs: analysis and interpretation of th