![Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [‎27r] (58/940)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000691.0x0001db/IOR_L_PS_12_4756_0058.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [‎27r] (58/940)")
Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [27r] (58/940)
The record is made up of 1 file (468 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1949-13 Dec 1949. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
- 2 -
A» Unassisted Sahemes, to be financed entirely by the Colony of
Aden;
C'
B« Assisted Schemes, to bo financed partly by the Colony and
partly from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund; and
C# Schemes to be financed by loans
A list of the schemes under these three headings is attached
(Appendix !)•
6. The three loan schemes referred to in paragraph
5 are expected to be self supporting, and they represent important
factors in the Colony^ progress. The telephone development
plan provides for the installation of a now exchange which
would commence with about 2,000 direct exchange lines and
would be capable of enlargement in due course. It also provides
for an extension of the urban distribution system of cables and
overhead wires according to a ten-year plan. This scheme is
regarded as being entirely satisfactory from a commercial
point of view, and the estimated annual revenue of £ 30,000
from 1,000 telephones would bo adequate to defray interest,
maintenance and operating charges,
7 # The electricity scheme is based upon the importance
of providing sufficient power to meet present demand and the
possible industrial development in the future. It is proposed
to construct' a now power station with two new 5>000 kilowa. tt
generating sets. This, and the construction of a new hospital
are the two most costly items in the Colony’s development
programme,
8, The Colony of Aden obtains its water supply from a
number of semi-artesian wells situated near the suburb of Shaikh
Othmcn, about eight miles from the main town of Aden, Water
is piped in from those wells and provides a supply not only
for the needs of the town but also for sale to ships calling
at the port of ^den. It is now proposed to make five additional
bore-holes at Sheikh Othman, and this plan would bring the
maximum amount of water which it would be possible to raise
to about 4,000,000 gallons per day. The scheme also provides
for a new reservoir in the town of ^den and the laying of new
pipe lines,
9, It will be seen that a large sum has been allocated
to the construction of roads, and another important development
is the creation of a. Civil Airport,
10, New educational plans which will be of importance
to the Aden Protectorate as well as to the Colony of Aden
are the establishing of an Aden College and a Trade School,
and additional schools for both boys and girls are contemplated
to meet the growing demand for education in the Colony,
Jl* The prosperity of Aden is bound up with the fortunes
of its port which has been a fine port for nearly 100 years and
those are in turn largely dependent upon the fact that it is
an oil fuelling port of call of the first importance on the
main shipping route from Europe to the East, (The Aden Port
Trust is a statutory and semi-autonomous body controlled, under
the supervision of the Government of Aden, by a Board of
/Trusto es,..
About this item
- Content
The file contains papers relating to the Middle East (Official) Committee. It consists of: papers circulated to members of the Committee, received by the External Department of the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO); a few items of CRO correspondence with the Foreign Office, the Cabinet Office, and Commonwealth governments; and a register of papers received or sent by the CRO relating to the Committee, with internal CRO correspondence (at the back of the file).
The file includes agendas for meetings of the Committee, and minutes of the meetings on 28 April, 5 May, 5 July and 19 July 1949. Matters discussed and recorded in the minutes include: the reconstitution of the Committee; the re-settlement of Arab refugees from Palestine; the report on Economic and Social Development in the Middle East by the Working Party of the Committee; the future work of the Committee; the Conference of HM Representatives in the Middle East to be held in London from 26 to 29 July 1949; United States President Truman’s ‘Fourth Point’ (Truman’s message of 24 June 1949 to the United States House of Representatives, communicating a ‘Recommendation for the Enactment of Legislation to Authorise an Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for Underdeveloped Areas of the World’); and further studies of the Working Party.
The file also includes the following papers prepared by (or approved by) the Working Party of the Committee: draft, revised and interim versions of the report on Economic and Social Development in the Middle East; papers relating to the economic and social development of Iraq, Syria, Greater Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Egypt, the Lebannon, Saudi Arabia, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Eritrea and Somalia, and the Colony of Aden and the Aden Protectorate; and a paper on Middle East oil.
In addition, the file includes other papers relating to matters discussed at the meetings, and the following subjects: Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; irrigation development in Iraq; Persia’s [Iran’s] Seven Year Plan for development; informal conversations on social and economic affairs in the Middle East between representatives of the Foreign Office, the Treasury, the British Embassy in Washington, and the United States State Department; the work of the Development Division of British Middle East Office; a survey of the oil resources of the Middle East; and economic development in Cyprus in relation to the Middle East.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (468 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Numbers in red pen on the top right hand corner of items in the file refer to entries in the register of papers received and sent by the Commonwealth Relations Office at the back of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 468; 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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [27r] (58/940), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4756, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043455634.0x00003b> [accessed 19 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100043455634.0x00003b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100043455634.0x00003b">Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [‎27r] (58/940)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100043455634.0x00003b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000691.0x0001db/IOR_L_PS_12_4756_0058.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000691.0x0001db/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/4756
- Title
- Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:42r, 43r:116v, 120r:259v, 261r:294v, 296r:436v, 442r:468v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence