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Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway' [11r] (21/495)
The record is made up of 1 file (246 folios). It was created in 7 May 1936-2 Sep 1936. 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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view to be taken that there was no adequate justification on
commercial grounds for the expenditure involved; and that if
the project was to be justified, it coula only oe on grounds
of strategic necessity. Before the Sub-Committee coula make
any recommendation they ought to be clear wnat exactly were
the strategical considerations underlying the proposa.1.
LIEUT.-C0L0I7EL OSBORI^E said that since their previous
discussion the strategical situation in the Mediterranean
and Middle East had greatly changed for the worse. Two
years ago the strategical aspect of the Eaifa-Baghdad road
was the possibility it provided of moving troops from ' est
to East in order to deal, if required, witn internal security
conditions in Iraq., either in support of tne Air i'Orce
units or otherwise; or to implement our Treaty obligations
with Iraq.. Recently, however, the Chiefs of otaff h-.d
reviewed the situation in the Mediterranean and the Middle
East and it had become clear that in certain circumstances
difficulties would be encountered in sending reinforcements
by sea to Egypt and Palestine# The War Office> tnerefore,
were most anxious to have an alternative rouoe for x^einfor—
cing Egyot from India, which would be provided by tne Haifa—
Baghdad road. This was a new and important development
and the War Office desired to urge most strongly the
construction of this road as soon as possible# If a final
decision could not be reached within the next- two or tnree
weeks the completion of the work would be delayed for about
a year. It was unfortunate that the War Office survey
resulted in the estimated cost Oi tne road being moie
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2851, and concerns the decision not to proceed with the proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway, but to focus on the improvement of road communications.
The file consists of reports on the proposals submitted by the Palestine Corporation Limited (see IOR/L/PS/12/2851 ff 14-30), and alternative proposals and surveys submitted by the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Director of Public Works for Trans-Jordan. The reports were submitted as evidence to the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, and appear in the file alongside the Committee minutes, as follows:
- Record of a meeting held at the Colonial Office on 15 February 1935, to consider the improvement of road communication between Haifa and Baghdad, ff 126-133.
- Report of the War Office on the military requirements for the road, ff 142-147.
- Report on the Mafraq Road submitted by T T Taylor, Engineer in Charge, Nazareth, ff 154-156.
- 'Preliminary Report on the Section of Haifa Bagdad Road in 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 ', by Mr Ghorayeb, Director of Public Works, Trans-Jordan, ff 157-213.
- Minutes of the Forty-seventh Meeting of the Sub-Committee held at 2 July 1936, regarding the Baghdad-Haifa Road, ff 114-121.
- Records submitted for the Forty-eight Meeting of the Sub-Committee, comprising Air Ministry Proposals and Estimated Costs, copies of despatches between the Colonial Office and the High Commissioner for Palestine, and a War Office Report and Estimated Cost prepared by Major R Briggs, ff 22-109.
- Note by the Secretary of the Sub-Committee, providing a summary of the proposed Haifa-Baghdad road scheme, ff 3-21.
- Folio 21 is a 'General Map of Pipe Line Routes & Environs', and was to be appended to the War Office Report.
The file also contains correspondence regarding the proposals, between the High Commissioner for Palestine and Trans-Jordan, the War Office, and the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (246 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 247; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-247; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20v, 22r:110v, 112r:247v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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