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Coll 54/1A(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [145r] (290/323)
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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(Ill) The Gnsh board* The Gash dalta is in tha
Kassala province adjoining the Sritrean frontier* the
river is a flood river, and the flood is highly charged with
silt. The alluvial land is divided into parcels by low
banks and sheet irrigation is practised. The present
policy is to irrigate annually about 35#000 acres for cotton;
the rest of the land is put under dura or kept for light
grazing.
The Zande Scheme
Capital of about 1,000,000 is being sunk in scheme
known as the ’’Zande” scheme in order to hasten the social
emergence' of one of the less backward of the primitive
tribes in the South.
The scheme aims at
producing ample food (including sugar)
the cultivation of cotton for a local spinning
and weaving factori'*
the opening of properly conducted trading centres
at which the people will learn to sell their
products and buy their needs in exchange for
money instead of goods, since their present
economy rests on barter.
Mineral Resources •
Geological Surveys and the activities of numerous
prospecting companies and individuals over. the. last 45 years
have revealed no proved mineral resources apart from small
quantities of gold. No signs of oil have boe*n discovered.
Industry
The Sudan is, and must remain, primarily dependent on
agriculture: it is unsuited for large-scale industry for a
number of reasons. There is a lack of first-class raw
materials suitable for local processing (other than
agricultural products): the population is not sufficiently
large to provide manpower for industries on a large scale:
there is a lack of any form of natural fuel or-power; the
climate is difficult: and immense distances separate
raw materials from the markets of the world, thereby
providing a deterrent to industrial expansion on a grand
scale. Nevertheless a number of small industries exist.
A modern mechanical tannery and a cement
factory
An East India Company trading post.
have been
started, and several up to date though small oil pressing
mills have been installed. In addition a large moat-
canning
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is under construction: it is to be managed
by Liebigs, should be in operation by 1951, and has an
anticipated throughput of 100,000 head of cattle per annum.
6 .
Commerce and Trade
The volume of trade in 1948 reached the record figure
of £E 46,000,000 as compared with £E 21,000,000 in 1945*
Sudan exports have increased from practically nothing
in 1S99 to approximately £E 15 , 000,000 in 1947 and £E 24,000,000
in
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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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