| Description | Folder of presscuttings, telex reports and notes relating to water and sewage in Iraq. Topics covered include problems with water shortages and distribution (discussed in an eight page typed article, probably written by Crusoe; a second copy has his annotations), a letter to Crusoe from journalist Sunil Saraf in New Delhi (13 August 1983) referring to Saraf's profile of Continental Construction who built the Karkh water supply scheme, various photocopied pages from MEED (1985) with Crusoe's handwritten notes, a press release by Stanton PLC announcing their award of a contract to install pipes in two Iraqi water treatment plants, three cuttings from Al-Thawra (20 December 1985, 23 January 1986 and 6 December 1986) and what may be Crusoe's typed translation, various cuttings on water projects with advertisements for contracts, reports on the Karkh and Suleimaniawater project, an article by Alan George, 'Baghdad's Big Plans for Water and Sewage' in The Middle East (December 1984), adverts for Simon-Hartley and Hydrotechnik sewage engineering firms, an article in the Baghdad Observer (29 November 1989) reporting an end to water shortages in Muthanna, a typed article by Sunil Saraf on Indian firms contracted to build water projects in Iraq (11 May 1989), several papers on Baghdad's water supply, a three page typed report from Continental Construction on the Karkh Water Supply Scheme, a document issued by the Board of Trade/british Embassy Baghdad (October 1981) listing Water Projects in Iraq, new from Middle East Construction (September 1985) of British firms winning water supply contracts in Iraq, with two photocopied trade brochures issued by one of these firms - Ames Crosta Babcock Ltd - and another article from Middle East Construction (April 1981) on the extent of Iraq's investment, as well as information on other UK and Indian contractors and reports of the (later aborted) Iraqi scheme to supply water to Kuwait. |