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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [13r] (30/940)
The record is made up of 1 file (468 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1949-13 Dec 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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crop failure in 1947 and a considerable failure in 1948* the
deficit in 1947/48 was approximately £1 ,100,000 and in 1948/49
approximately £800,000. In the same way, while the average
deficit on Trade Account has been approximately £330,000 per year,
the deficit for 1947 was £1,218,000 and in 1948 £ 417 , 000 , as a
g^esult of the necessity to import grain to feed the population.
Exports,have, however, been gradually increased. The value
of these in 1944 was £653,000. The corresponding figure for
1948 is £1,533,000 and, as a result of a good harvest this year,
from which some 15,000 tons of barley may be available for
export, together with the development of the export of esparto
grass to the United Kingdom, the value of exports this year,
1949 , is likely to show a further increase.
(XXI.) THE POSSIBILITIES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5* Although some minor developments have been achieved
in both the economic and the social field, it has not been
practicable with a ‘caretaker 1 Administration and in the absence
of any decision as to the future of the Territory to initiate
or even to plan schemes for major development. Recently,
however, a Working Party appointed by His Majesty’s Government
for the purpose has visited Tripolitania with a view to making
recommendations for immediate improvements and for longer term
plans for economic and social development. It is clear that
any major development in the early stages would be in the aricultural
and pastoral fields. An essential condition of any development is
provision of adequate primary services, i.e. communications,
water, sewage in urban areas and pov/er as a basis on v/hich to
build. Initial development would be in these directions. Other
activities would certainly be concerned with irrigation, the
restoration and improvement of wells and cisterns and agricultural
and animal husbandry research. The possibility of developing
any mineral resources would be investigated. Development in the
agricultural and pastoral fields would, in turn, give rise to
Increased commercial activity and the development of industrial
activities already existing. Other industries to which early
attention would be turned would be sponge fishing and refrigeration.
The erection of a refrigeration station may well be desirable
to facilitate the exportation of perishable foodstuffs - including
meat.
CONCLUSION
It seems clear that agriculture and pastoralism must
continue to be the mainstay of the economy of Tripolitania.
This should be encouraged and developed by replacing as rapidly
as possible the shifting native cultivation by static agriculture
on a rotational crop basis and by the introduction of higher
yielding strains, and the improvement of the sheep and cattle
stock. For these 1 purposes, the uncertainty of the rainfall
would point to an exhaustive survey of underground water resrouces
with a view to irrigation.
There is scope for further development of industry
concerned with processing of domestic products, such as the
canning of animal products, fish, vegetables and fruit. It is
unlikely that the exports of beef and mutton from this Territory
would justify a separate refrigerator plant, though it might be
/economically
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The file contains papers relating to the Middle East (Official) Committee. It consists of: papers circulated to members of the Committee, received by the External Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO); a few items of CRO correspondence with the Foreign Office, the Cabinet Office, and Commonwealth governments; and a register of papers received or sent by the CRO relating to the Committee, with internal CRO correspondence (at the back of the file).
The file includes agendas for meetings of the Committee, and minutes of the meetings on 28 April, 5 May, 5 July and 19 July 1949. Matters discussed and recorded in the minutes include: the reconstitution of the Committee; the re-settlement of Arab refugees from Palestine; the report on Economic and Social Development in the Middle East by the Working Party of the Committee; the future work of the Committee; the Conference of HM Representatives in the Middle East to be held in London from 26 to 29 July 1949; United States President Truman’s ‘Fourth Point’ (Truman’s message of 24 June 1949 to the United States House of Representatives, communicating a ‘Recommendation for the Enactment of Legislation to Authorise an Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for Underdeveloped Areas of the World’); and further studies of the Working Party.
The file also includes the following papers prepared by (or approved by) the Working Party of the Committee: draft, revised and interim versions of the report on Economic and Social Development in the Middle East; papers relating to the economic and social development of Iraq, Syria, Greater Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Egypt, the Lebannon, Saudi Arabia, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Eritrea and Somalia, and the Colony of Aden and the Aden Protectorate; and a paper on Middle East oil.
In addition, the file includes other papers relating to matters discussed at the meetings, and the following subjects: Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; irrigation development in Iraq; Persia’s [Iran’s] Seven Year Plan for development; informal conversations on social and economic affairs in the Middle East between representatives of the Foreign Office, the Treasury, the British Embassy in Washington, and the United States State Department; the work of the Development Division of British Middle East Office; a survey of the oil resources of the Middle East; and economic development in Cyprus in relation to the Middle East.
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- 1 file (468 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Numbers in red pen on the top right hand corner of items in the file refer to entries in the register of papers received and sent by the Commonwealth Relations Office at the back of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 468; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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