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Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [55v] (111/323)
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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developmental possibilities of the Litani river. As in the case of Syria,
moreover, the Lebanese Government has authorised the Banque de Syrie et ^
du Liban to utilise part of the dollar receipts accruing to governmental
account for strengthening the gold reserve. It is to be hoped that this
policy vd.ll eventually enable Lebanon to effect a firm stabilization of the
present floating rate of exchange -v.hich currently discourages foreign
investors from assisting Lebanese development.
Egypt . Frequent reference has been made in earlier pages to two
major obstacles to development, namely, the inadequacy of savings and the
difficulty of mobilizing such savings as there are. While these obstacles
continue to impede the development of the Egyptian economy, there has,
nevertheless, appeared in Egypt an impressive growth of modern linancial
institutions which neighbouring countries may advantageously study. Thus,
Egypt has succeeded in developing a governmental bond market, in converting
much of its external indebtedness into domestic obligations, in substituting
governmental paper for exchange assets in the currency reserve, and even in
introducing income tax legislation. This institutional progress on the
financial side has been facilitated by a concurrent growth of national output
and has in turn contributed to the rise in the national income.
But such striking developmental gains have apparently failed to yield
any perceptible improvement in the individual standard of life. Thus, despite
major increases of national output during the past century, the n marginal H
group in the Egyptian population, i.e. those afflicted by poverty, illiteracy
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and disease, is commonly estimated at around 90%. For example, the vast
irrigation works carried out during the last two generations in Egypt have
been followed by corresponding increases in population and truly appalling
growth of debilitating diseases, such as bilharzia and malaria.
It would seem reasonably clear, therefore, that effective solution of
the social problem created by such population pressure cannot be entirely
assured by further expansion of output and national income. Education and
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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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- Title
- Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction'
- Pages
- 46r:47v, 51r:86v, 93r:103v, 109r:113v
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- United Nations
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