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Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [142r] (284/323)
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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1 « Introduction
The Sudan, with an area of nearly 1,000,000 square miles,
is bounded on the North by Sgypt, on the 3ast by the Red Sea,
ritr-ouand Sthiopia, on the West by French Equatorial Africa
and on the South by Kenya, Uganda and the Belgian Congo* It
extends across the middle reaches of the River Nile, the head
waters of which are in Central Africa and Ethiopia, and its
physical features range from the desert and steppe—lands of the
North to the tropical swamps and forests of the South* Of a
population of more than 7 , 000 , 00 , 0 s between 4 - 5 , 000,000 -
^and professing Moslems - live in the North,
and the remainder — a variety of primitive and pagan peoples —
in the South.
2. Political
The Sudan is an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. Under the
terms of the Condominium Agreement of 1899 and the Anglo—Egyptian
Treaty of Alliance of 1936, the Governments of Egypt and the
United Kingdom are jointly responsible as co—domini for the
-Sudan s intornational relations, but delegate responsibility
for the good government of the country to the Governor—General
who is appointed by the King of Egypt on the recommendation
of His Majesty’s Government.
A radical reform in the direction of self-government was
brought about by the Executive Council and Legislative Assembly
Ordinance of the 19th June, 1948, under the terms of which the
Governor-General (with the approval of His Majesty’s Government
out^without the consent of the Government of Egypt) constituted
an Executive Council and a Legislative Assembly, Not less than
halj. of the members of the Council must be Sudanese, and the
great majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly are
also Sudanese. To those two bodies the Governor-General
has delegated executive and legislative powers respectively,
without prejudice to his ultimate responsibility to the co-domini
for the good government of the Sudan. In order to fulfil this
latter obligation, he retains very wide powers, which include
a casting vote at meetings of the Executive Council and the
right to veto any decisions reached by the Council. Moreover,
the Ordinance speciiically prescribes certain reserved matters in
respect of which the Assembly has no legislative powers.
The Egyptian Government regard this Ordinance as invalid and
the unity of the Nile Valley” is a slogan now common to all
Egyptian political parties. The partnership of the co-domini
is therefore, at best, uneasy, and the efficiency of the
machinery of the condominium suffers accordingly, in particular
as regards the management of the Sudan’s external'relations. ■
The country is divided into eight provinces, each under a
Governor responsible to the Governor-General. The provinces
are sub-divided into 46 districts, each in charge of a District
Commissioner responsible to the Governor concerned, Functionins
in association with the Governors -and District Commissioners
are executive and advisory councils and other local authorities.
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- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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