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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [258v] (520/940)
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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12. The production of citrus fruits at present is negligible.
It was stated that this situation is not altogether fortuitous
as < it was not desired to compete with Palestine. That consicLp^*—
ation may no longer hold good and in any case it seems desirable to
take advantage of the early climate of the Jordan Valley by
extending citrus and banana cultivation.
13. The possibility of growing date palms in the Azraq area
seems well worth investigation.
14. If the large expansion in fruit growing which seems likely
to be an important aspect of agricultural development is to
become a reality, great numbers of fruit - nursery plants will
be required. It is important that only the best varieties should
be planted, and cultivators must look to the Agricultural Department
for supplies. It is said tha.t the departmental nurseries cannot
meet even the present demand, and it is obvious that nursery
plant production must be greatly increased. There would bo
little point in undertaking an all-out campaign to induce
cultivators to change over from a cereal to a fruit growing
economy unless the necessary supplies, materials and services
were available.
15. The department should also increase considerably the
quantities of improved seeds which it grows and issues, particularly
when the economic botanist is appointed and produces them. In this
connection the present system whereby the Department issues such
seed to cultivators on the basis of payment in kind at harvest
time, requires careful watching. Experience of a similar system
elsewhere showed that, due to inadequate protection by the cultivator,
the seed v/hich he supplied in repayment was often quite unsuitable for
further issue.
16. The Shera is an inhospitable tract of country. Cereal growing,
supported by a measure of livestock keeping, would seem to offer a
precarious existence. It would be desirable to ascertain by trial
whether it is possible to establish any kinds of fruit’ on the
high land under rainfed conditions, and whether they can succeed.
(in the lower valleys of this region a number of fruits grow
successfully under irrigation).
17. The proposed water tanks in the grazing areas as sources of
drinking water for livestock will be a boon, provided they catch
and hold an appreciable volume of run-off rain water for a
reasonable time.
18. Enquiries will be instituted as to the possibilities of
improving the quality of the grass in some of the main grazing .
areas with a view to making practical trials if there is any
prospect of success under the climatic conditions which maintain.
19. Emphasis was laid on many parts of the country on the absolute
need of adequate measures to protect from the depredations of
nomads and the losses which occur through the scant respect
for private property, particularly when the product is new
or rare in the region. This, of course, is a matter for the
oivil administration.
X. Refugees
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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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