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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [256r] (515/940)
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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ANNEX B
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Summary of the Report by the Agricultural
Adviser to the British Middle East Office .
1. Agricultural Statistics
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
, like most other Middle East countries needs to
put its agricultural statistics on a more reliable basis than at^
present. Possibly statistics connected with other departments of
Government require a similar overhaul. The Statistical Adviser to
the British Middle East Office has already prepared detailed plans
for improving the statistical organisation of all departments of
the Governments of Iraq and Iran and these are being put into
execution. He will shortly undertake the preparation of plans in
the same connexion for Syria and the Lebanon. It is suggested
that
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
should utilise his services to put all their
statistics on a sound footing.
II. Agricultural Industries
These industries are restricted at present to small-scale
manufacture of tobacco, wines and spirits. If present agricultural
policy and practice in the Jordan Valley are reorientated so as to
make the best use of irrigation supplies, tobacco may become a
profitable crop in that area. Increased production will lead
presumably to greater manufacture.
2. A considerable expansion can take place in the output of
wines and spirits if
(a) the ravages of Phylloxera are adequately combatted and
counteracted by an all-out drive for the production and
destruction of resistant vine stock
(b) large areas of land at present producing very indifferent
cereal crops and well suited to grape-growing, are planted
under vines.
3. An olive crushing Industry of appreciable dimensions can be
developed in time if large areas of land, particularly in the
North, now giving a poor return from cereal growing, are devoting
to the much more profitable use of olive production, for which
local conditions appear to be well suited. Some areas in the
northern region of Arab Palestine afford admirable examples of the
target at which to aim#
4 Any development programme for
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
should include a
great expansion of fruit growing. Conditions are suitable for the
production of a large number of fruits. To obtain the maximum
returns from fruit growing, the establishment of a sound fruit
preservation industry is essential. It will not only prepare
canned and dried products from first class produce but will convert
into jams, jellies, juices, squashes, etc., produce not up to
standard for the fresh fruit market. It will also act as a safety
valve and outlet for the disposal of fresh fruit in case of
difficulties in marketing.
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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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