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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [196r] (395/940)
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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development, and the importance of social reform. In
connection with_the latter point, it was suggested that
large-scale capital development was unlikely to have an
immediate effect on the raising of the standard of
living.
It was also suggested that hefore a final selection
of recommended projects could he made, further study of
the economies of the countries concerned with a view to
estimating the extent to which they would he ahle to
a.inance the schemes would be necessary. It was recognised
that the amount of information available on such subjects
as internal investment, the budgetary position, national
income and the pattern of trade varied as between countries
and that it was in most cases inadequate, in particular as
regards National Income; H,M, Missions would, however,
be able to throw further light on to this problem.
It was agreed that the schemes listed in the Annexes
to the Interim Report were not to be taken as a correlated
programme and that the total cost as calculated by the
Working Party was only a tentative figure. The Working
Party had sifted the available material and had selected
the projects which subject to detailed study appeared
suitable for early execution, but had not attempted a
definite order of priority either as between different
schemes or different countries. They had thus listed
schemes already begun but not in every case of high priority
side by side vrlth urgent projects for refugee resettlement,
and various other less urgent but equally sound development
schemes. There was scope for further research in this
connection, particularly in regard to phasing and timing
before the Report and Annexes could be approved.
The Committee then considered M,E.(0)(49) 22 paragraph
by paragraph, and agreed on a number of drafting amendments,
of which the following were the most important:-
(a) Parayranh 2 : It was agreed to substitute
"in what way His Majesty*s Government can help” for the
words: "what contribution His Majesty*s Government can
and should make", and to replace the passage from "what
we consider" to the end of the paragraph by the following:
"which of the projects seem most likely to repay the
further examination which will be necessary before they
can be put up as fully considered schemes for assistance
from the International Bank, United States Government,
His Majesty’s Government or other governments, with a view
to putting them into early operation."
(b) Pararraph 3 : It was agreed to insert, after
the words "Objectives" and "Criteria", the following:
"(not necessarily in order of priority)". It was also
agreed that a distinction should be drawn between official
assistance and private enterprise in the economic field
by adding after (b)(i) the words "but is likely to require
official assistance or impulsion". The following reference
to the need for balancing private enterprise against public
works and social welfare against economic development
should also be added: "It should be borne in mind that
private development of desirable industry (for which special
assistance will not be necessary) is also possible.
Furthermore social development which is essential for
balanced progress should also bo provided for."
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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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