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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [‎205r] (413/940)

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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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A, INTRODUCTION
*• Egypt s economic problem is that the extent to which
production and exports can expand is limited and that the
population is increasing very rapidly. Egypt is thus faced
with the threat of a fall in the standard of living of the
bulk of the people. This threat will aggravate the social
problem which already exists. The vast majority of the people
are poorj the rest possess great wealth. Egypt's social and
economic problems are urgent and they must therefore be handled
with the utmost vigour and imagination.
This paper has three objects; first, to analyse the
economic and social problems; second, to describe the progress
which has already been made towards resolving them; third, to
recommend what action His Majesty's Government should take
towards the solution of these two problems.
The measures for economic development and social reform which
the Egyptian Government have adopted hitherto are quite inadequate,
but there are indications that they have recognised the existence
and diagnosed the nature of the two fundamental problems. The Egyptian
Foreign Minister rocontly expressed to the Foreign Secretary Egypt's
wish for British advice and assistance in drawing up comprehensive
measures of economic and social reform- Khashaba Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was informed
that H.il.G. would be happy to respond to the Egyptian Governments
approach, and he was advised to get in touch with the Head of the
British Middle East Office 0 It ia suggested that this paper be
regarded as.the basis of Sir John Trout beck’s brief for his
discussions with the Egyptian Government,
B. THE ECONOMIC PR OBLEM
1. Population
In 1947'the total population of Egypt was 19.01 millions.
The increase in the population between 1937 and 1947 was 19.8$t
compared with 12.1>o between 1927 and 1937.
The

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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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