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Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [27r] (54/323)
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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EGYPT.
13* With the exception of the Owen Falls project, work
on the. Nile Waters projects is unlikely to start until
1951 at the earliest. Even if the preliminary
negotiations with the Ethiopians rogarding Lake Tana are
successfully concluded in the near future, the
possibility of the need for further survey work cannot
bo excluded.
14. If work is commenced on Nile Waters projects in
the course of 1951, it is assumed that the Egyptian
Government will be able to finance it in the'initial
stages, i,e. during 1951, from their own resources.
15» During 1950, the electrification of the Aswan
Dam (which it is now estimated will cost £18 million)
will probably be the principal item of capital
expenditure, a considerable part of the cost of
machinery and of the necessary excavation has already
been paid. Part of the balance and also part of the
cost of civil engineering works involved may probably
be due for payment in 1950 and 1951. It is assumed,
however, that the Egyptian Gove nment may be able to
meet this expenditure from their own resources,
SUDiiN .
16, The 1946 - 1950 Development Programme is not
expected to be completed until the middle of 1951 ,
The further development programme has not yet been
elaborated but the Sudan Government anticipate that they
will not be able to finance it from their own resources.
If progress is made in connexion with the Nile Waters
projects, it is clear that the Sudan’s share in the cost
of these projects will form an important item in the
country’s new development programme. The Sudan’s
share in the cost of the Lake Tana project may amount
initially to £2 million (a minimum of 10 ^) and
ultimately £9 million (a maximum of 50 ^). The Sudanese
share of the cost of the Equatorial Nile projects has
been estimated at £10 million, spread over a period
of up to 20 years.
17. In view of the above it is possible that in 1950
the Sudan Government will seek permission to raise a
loon on the London Market. The amount cannot be
estimated accurately at this stage, but it may be in
the region of £2 million.
CONCLUSIONS .
18. Calls on United Kingdom resources for assistance
in the sterling financing of development projects during
1950/1 may be estimated as follows
Jordan
Sudan
Lebanon
12^0
£
£
£
12£L
1.000. 000
2.000. 000
•5 million
Syria/
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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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