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Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [9r] (18/323)
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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fellowships abroad in subjects related to economic development
open to candidates from all members of the United Nations*
programme started in 1949 with a provision of
68 fellowships, .. -The General assembly has- at the Fourth
session approved a greatly increased provision for this pur-
..pose of approximately #400*000 in 1950. Fellowships are
also available under the United Nations .advisory Social welfare
Services to enable the nominees of any government (not merely
of members of United Nations) to study such subjects as Family
and Child Welfare,; Social welfare administration. Housing and
Town and Country Planning and the Provontion of Crime and
Treatment of Offenders, W.H.O,, F.^,0• and U,N,S.S,C#0# have
for some time been operating fellowships programmes available
to nominees, of. their members governments, for the stuoy of
subjects falling within their, re-spec-tive- fields, and I.L,0,
is also shortly to initiate a fellowship programme.
VII. Capacity of Middle Bast t o absorb Technical assistanc e.
36. Th^ British Deputy Head of the United Nations Survey
Mission has roughly estimated that the four pilot projects
recommended by the Mission will require the services of some
30 exports. There are also at present vacancies for sjme
150 experts and technicians under- the Middle East
Governments (see paragraph 29 above). The extent of the
requirements for technical training ^escribed at (b)
above to meet with present an.; future needs cannot be
estimated at this stage in terms of figures; but it is
considered to be great.. With the anticipated
acceleration of development plans as a result of the end
of the Palestine war, the refugee problem, the inauguration
of the Seven Year plan in Persia, the Nile Waters Project,
and the political settlement of the ex-Italian colonies, it seems
likely therefore that the full amount of assistance which
may be forthcoming under the technical assistance programmes
described at-II and III above can bo absorbed in the Middle East#
VIII, . Co -ordination of British, America n ano Unit^a
Nations Technical assistance to the Midale Hast,
37, The effective operation of the technical assistance
programmes to the Middle East will depend largely on the
existence of close co-ordination arrangements between the
British, American and United Nations t efforts. These
arrangements should involve exchange of information about
requests received for technical assistance and consultation
about how these requests can.best be met, euch consultation
would ensure that duplication ana competition were avoided
and would enable arrangements to be made for the exchange
of personnel between the British Middle East Office and
the^permanent team of -American experts if this is set up.
In the case of tho United Nations, it is eloar that
consultation•cannot be as close as is possible between Hie
Majesty* s Gjvernment and the United States Government but
it should bo possible to avoid overlappii)g by consultation
within the Near-East Relief and WorksAgGncy, regarding the
countries which the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
covers, and by keeping the British
and American delegations in New York closely informed.
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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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