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Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [5r] (10/323)
The record is made up of 1 file (161 folios). It was created in 2 Dec 1949-12 May 1950. 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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Miualc Liaet, ae : wall oe.Cypriot, .etuJente. The MiUdle Saet
G^vOrnraants arc. being invdtoJ ty, study, .at' first band the work:
which is being done in Cyprus, in connexiqn with Malaria
control., rural co-operative uevelopmont and locust control,
0# The British Desert Locust Lurvey was set up in 1947
with its headquarters at Nairobi to carry •out research
and control work: in the Middle Last, in co-operation with
the Middle Last Governments concerned.
9* Highly qualified experts, are from time to time made
available on secondment from the Sudan and Colonial
territories to advise Middle Last Governments, o,g, the
Chief Coil Chemist in the Sudan is now visiting.Jordan,
(g) Technical assistance from- the U.S. Government
10* The United States Government fie at present empowered
under the Smith Mundt ^ct (which.extends to other areas
the facilities available t ; South American countries) and the
Fullbright ixCt (which enables funds derived from the sale of
surplus military equipment to be devoted to cultural
purposes) t o provide assistance, to, Middle Last Governments
in cultural ana technical matters. it is not known to
what extent such assistance has so far been given,
( h) Technical assistance from the United. Nations
Specialised agencies and the International. Bank.
11. The Food and agriculture Organisation, the World
Health Organisation, and UNdSCO have established regional
offices in the Middle Haste •These offices organise,
periodic regional meetings of technical experts of the
various Middle Last Governments-and arraiige for a^ hoc
visits'of experts from headquarters to advise the
Governments on special subjects. ■ The International Labour
Organisation has not yet sot up a regional office but a
regional ILO Conference was held at Istanbul in 1947,
and the advice of ILO experts has been sought by
Middle Last Governments on subjects such as ..social security
and co-operation. Technical experts from the International
Bank have paid visits of investigation to Iraq, Persia,
digypt, Lthiopia and the Lebanon in connexion with the request
of those countries for loans. advisers have been provided
by the United Nations on such matters as the training of
social welfare workers in Lgypt and on customs, taxation
and tariff reforms in Persia,
12. The United Nations 1 Lconomic buryey Mission has
made its important Interim and Final Reports.on the ^rab
refugees and the economic development of the area, with
particular reference to' Syria, tho Lebanon and Jordan and
^rab Palestine, and the Near-Last. Relief and Works
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
being set up under the General Assembly*s resolution of
December 8th to implement the .'programme of relief an^ relief
works.
is
II Fourth Point Legislation
13. On July 1st 1949, President Truman submitted to
Congress two bills for the implementation of his "Fourth
Point", one of which were concerned with the provision of
/technical,,.,
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The file contains papers received or created by the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO) relating to the Middle East (Official) Committee. It mostly consists of papers circulated to members of the Committee, received by the CRO. The file also includes: a few items of CRO correspondence with the Cabinet Office and the Offices of the United Kingdom High Commissioners in Karachi and Pretoria; and a register of papers relating to the Committee received or sent by the CRO, with internal CRO correspondence relating to the file, at the back of the file.
The circulated Committee papers consist of:
- The agendas for, and minutes of, the Committee meetings of 3 and 17 January 1950, at which was discussed Washington discussions on economic and social development in the Middle East, the utilisation of surplus oil revenues in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , technical assistance to the Middle East, and possible requirements of Middle East governments for sterling assistance for economic development.
- Papers prepared by the Working Party of the Committee on economic and social development in Sudan, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States, and technical assistance to the Middle East.
- A paper stating the Committee’s general policy regarding the promotion of social progress in the Middle East, entitled ‘The Social and Internal Political Implications of Economic Development in the Middle East’, prepared as a brief for the discussions of the Committee Chairman, Michael Wright, with the United States State Department.
- A record of discussions between Wright and the State Department, on long-range development in the Middle East, held on 14 and 17 November 1949.
- Minutes of meetings between Wright, and other Foreign Office and British Embassy representatives, and the International Bank, held on 21, 22 and 23 November 1949, and a joint memorandum summarising the result of the discussions.
- The final report of the United Nations Economic Survey Mission for the Middle East, entitled ‘An Approach to Economic Development in the Middle East’.
- The United Nations Resolution of 8 December 1949 to set up a Relief and Works Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.
- Other papers relating to technical assistance to the Middle East, and possible requests by Middle East Governments for sterling assistance in connection with their development projects in 1950 and 1951.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (161 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Numbers in red pen on the top right hand corner of each item in the file (apart from one item which does not have a number in red pen) refer to entries in the register of papers received and sent by the Commonwealth Relations Office at the back of the file. The copies of papers listed on the register as being sent to the Economic Registry or Mr Thomson (Economic) are not included in the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 161; 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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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 23r:45v, 48r:50v, 87r:92v, 104r:104v, 108r:108v, 114r:116v, 129r:160v, back-i, back
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