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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [54r] (111/940)
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. .
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The Lebanon’s annual requirements in cereals are about
210,000 tons and as indicated above some 90,000 tons are grown
locally. It is clear that it would be uneconomical to grow
cereals on costly irrigated land and the country cannot h*pe
become self-supporting in cereals. The storage of reserves
therefore necessary and the construction of silos has been
recommended.
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The future of Lebanese agriculture lies in the adoption
Of more intensive forms of cultivation (especially by the
expansion of irrigation), the introduction of new and more
valuable crops and the improvement of existing varieties.
Before the war Palestine and Prance were the principle
markets for the Lebanese produce. Loss of the Palestine market
as a result of the Arab boycott and the Palestine war and the
decline m experts to Prance (particularly before the conclusion
of the Pranco-Lebonese financial agreement in 1948 ) have proved
to be a heavy blow to Lebanese economy.
Rowing has developed very considerably in recent
yearo and much experience has been gained in the selection of
the varieties best suited to local conditions. Nevertheless
are ^n r n Pr a P a rt 1 ZS stl11 cf a P 00r quality. Improvements
£ eeded m the grading, packing and handling. Fresh
rennL^nt/ 1 in Middle East countries where the
requirements of foreign oil companies are* increasing and there
is also scope for an extension of the present small scale
canning industry.
Ihe citrus crop estimated at 1 , 000,000 cases a year (as
compared with 20,000,000 in Palestine) is of considerable
importance but it is doubtful whether the area given over to
citrus should be expanded in view of competition from Palestine
and the demands of other crops such as bananas and vegetables
which present a greater possibility of export.
jP 16 cul ’t ;iva ' fcion of olives is important as quasi arid
hillsides can be used and as this type of cultivation contri-
outes to soil conservation,
13* Live Stock
An estimate of the live stock position is given in
Annex VI. a
Except for goats (which number about half a million)
Th 1 R q ?= nt k y -> 0 : h liV f S n t0Ck iS low ’ The <3 ual i*y is also poor.
I ? a i nl y aues to lack of paetcrage and any Increase is
* ° R ^ he 1Q5 s38ifica«ion of agriculture. In general
roand * m y nc ' ;ement in quality and performance of the
Sh ?f d b ® a i me< ? at rather than any great increase in
numbers. It xs in fac-c desirable that in the interests of
=h re ? R regeneration and soil conservation the goat population
should be decreased. The fall in milk production should be
compensated by an improvement in the milk yield of the cows or
rh® r '^ ti T ely b y, the keeping of tethered goats in place of the
free ranging goats which cause so much damage.
3-4• Fores ts and Soil 0 onserva tion
Misuse through uncontrolled felling, charcoal burning
and brousing of goats has sadly deplea ted the once famous
/forests
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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.
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- 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.
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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.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:42r, 43r:116v, 120r:259v, 261r:294v, 296r:436v, 442r:468v
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