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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [144r] (291/940)
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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1. MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES
V Conference of H.M. Representatives in the Middle East
(Previous Reference; M.E. (o)(49) 3nd Meeting, Minute 3 )
THE CHAIRMAN said that the date of the Conference of
H.M. Representatives in the Middle East had been advanced
owing to the engagements of the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs and the economic subjects would be discussed
on Friday, 22nd July.
MR. YOUNG said that there was now some doubt whether
the Treasury representative in the Middle East, who had been
summoned home for the Conference, would arrive in time.
THE CHAIRMAN said that it was proposed that the first
report on Economic and Social development in the Middle East
(M.E. (o)(49) 14) - together with the Interim Report on the
same subject (M.E. (o)(49) 22 (Revise)), should be used at
the Conference as briefs.
The Committee;-
Took note of the position.
2. PRESIDENT TRUMAN 1 S FOURTH POINT
THE CHAIRMAN drew the attention of the Committee to a
note circulated to the Official Committee on Economic
Development (overseas) containing the text of President Truma^
message of the 24th June to the House of Representatives on
Technical Assistance and Capital Investment in Underdeveloped
Areas (E.D. (0. S. )(49) 17). He suggested that the note was
of interest to all members of the Committee. As it was
possible that some of them would not have seen it,
arrangements could be made for the note to be circulated to
the Committee.
The Committee then considered whether the Working Party
should be invited to study President Truman 1 s message and
to report what special bearing it might have on Middle East
problems. It was agreed, however, that, as it was not
known what action was being taken in the general context
of the message, further enquiries were desirable before
research was made into its application to a particular area.
The Committee
(1) Invited the Secretariat to arrange for copies
of E.D.(O.D. )(49) 1? to be circulated to
members of the Committee.
(2) Invited the Treasury, in conjunction v/ith the
Economic Relations Department of the
Foreign Office, to enquire into the position
regarding President Truman 1 s message and to
inform the Chairman of the Working Party
accordingly.
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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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