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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [145r] (293/940)
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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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
'(INTERIM REPORT )
(Previous Reference: M«E.(0)(49) 3rd Meeting, Minute 2 )
The Committee considerod the Interim Report on Economic
and Social Development in the Middle East (M#E.(0)(49) 22
(Revise)) which had been revised by the Working Party since
the Committee’s previous meeting.
MR, EVANS, speaking as Chairman of the Working Party,
said that Annex A had been sub-divided into A(i) and A(ii),
the first including projects the early execution of which
should be encouraged, and the second including long-term
projects which required further investigation. In redrafting
the Annex the need for phasing and timing of the projects in
each country had been borne in mind and paragraph 13 had been
expanded to include references both to the urgency of
economic problems in the Middle East and to the need for
caution against over-hasty action.
In the course of discussion doubts were expressed
whether the reasons for submitting the report in its present
interim form and for the choice of the countries so far
studied were sufficiently clearly explained. If, as was
suggested, the urgency of the refugee programme was the main
reason for producing an Interim Report, it would not be
apparent v/hy attention was paid at this stage to Egypt and,
in particular, the long-term Nile Waters scheme. In^any
case the Interim Report was based on the country studies and
if it were submitted to the E.D.(O.S,) Committee as it stood,
the necessary background would be lacking.
TEE CHAIRMAN explained that there were inter alia
political reasons (namely the forthcoming Egyptian elections)
for requiring an early review of Egypt. This, and similar
considerations, could be included either in the Report or in
a covering note. It was also possible that the Conference
of H.M. Representatives in the Middle East might have views
on the Report. It was agreed that, when submitted to the^
E.D. (0. S.) Committee, the Interm Report should be ^ accompanied
by a note explaining the reasons for its preparation in the
present form, recapitulating in a few sentences the^
outstanding points of the country studies to which it referred
and including any comments which the conference of
H.M. Representatives in the Middle East might offer.
The Committee
(1) Invited the Working Party to draft a covering
note to M.E.(0)(49) 22 (Revise)) on the
lines discussed.
The Committee then proceeded to consider M.E. (0)(49) 22
(Revise) paragraph by paragraph and agreed a number of further
amendments, of which the following were the most important
(a) Paragraph 2
It was explained that the word ’’examination’' in line 13
referred to the major considerations of available resources
etc. , and not only to the technical examination of a scheme.
It was therefore agreed to insert after the word ’’examination”
the following words:- ”in the light of the internal resources
of the country concerned”.
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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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