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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [56r] (115/940)
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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olive oil pressing and refining, soap, jams, preserves,
chocolate, alcohols, biscuits and matches. (Details may be
found in Annex VII.)
18 . Power
Hydro-electric power is undoubtedly an important field of
development in the Lebanon. The British Good-will Mission of
1946 was much impressed by its possibilities and Metropolitan
Vickers, one of whose senior staff was a member of the Mission,
have considered it worth while to appoint an engineer to reside
at Beirut to watch developments.
Increased power would be available for industry, the
development of rural and tourist amenities, pumping -for
irrigation and possibly for use by the oil companies. Control
tx certain rivers would help contribute to soil conservation
and the development of hydro-electric power. Due regard should,
however, be paid to the requirements of agriculture and domestic
water supply.
P res e n t position of electric supply is that about half
of the population is served. Prices are high, 17,852 kws.
are generated by water power a^d 9 f ?00 kws. by thermal stations.
These figures present the installed capacity: firm capacity is
approximately 5,000 and 8,500 kws. respectively.
Recommendations in the Gibb survey include:—
(a) In view of the unsatisfactory manner in which private
concessions for the development of hydro-electric power have
been operated in the past a Public Utility Corporation to
maximum co-ordination utilisation of water resources
S vJ 0U ^ s , et up or fail:i - n g that a Water Resources Board
should be formed to control and co-ordinate the activities of
concessionary companies.
(b) Due regard should be paid to the demands of irri
gation and domestic water supply.
demand for electricity by 1956 is estimated at
53,000 kws, (excluding any requirements of the oil companies).
This calls for a generating capacity of between 40 and 50
thousand kws. of firm power.
(d) On a short term basis the 16,250 kws. should be
developed hydro-electrically and 10 to 15 thousand kws. by
thermal means.
(e) A further study of water resources should be made at
once •
(f) A Snort Term Plan should include the development of
the following:-
Barid River, 7,000 kws.
Ibrahim River (No, 3 station) 3,000 kws. (this scheme
has now been cpmple .:ed but the high tension cable has not
been installed).
yet
Ibrahim River (number 2 station) 12,750 kws.
Thermal stations 15,000 kws.
/All stations
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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)
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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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