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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [273v] (550/940)
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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the refugees, and the practical, political, economic and social
difficulties are not to be underestimated. But the plight of the
refugees presents an opportunity which Syria might well turn to
good account. ^
2 * POLITICAL
Syrici, like other Arab States, v>/as left in a state of
demoralisation and impoverishment by the Palestine war. Her
impoverishment was aggravated by the burden of the refugees
and by mismanagment of her finances. The stage was set for
the emergence ol some new force to assume leadership.
Little was known of Husni el 2aim at the time of the
• Le is a Lurd and has made his career in the Army.
His was carried out with surprising speed and efficiency
but, whilst he secured a vote of confidence from a little over
hall the Chamber of Deputies, it was only with great difficulty
that., he succeeded in persuading any of its members to form a
(j-overnment with him. His Government was recognised by the
United States, Prance and ourselves on 27th April.
Zaim has stated that he does not propose to alter
the foreign policy of his predecessor and that his first
objectives, alter an armistice with Israel, are the composing
of the dillerences with the Lebanon and the enecrragement of
foreign capital investment for the cono^uc+ion of pipe
lines. He has now signed a letTi ^ + 'i ve decree ratifying the
Franco-Syrian More tar,, ^o*.; -'d on negotiated by the previous
Government. The agreement with the Trans-Arabian Pipeline
Company was ratified on 18th May and Zaim has made it known
that he hopes shortly to sign the proposed agreement with the
Middle East Pipe-line Company and to come to terms with the
Iraq Petroleum Company in regard to their proposed pipe
line and the terminal on the Syrian coast.
In the past we have had to be careful not to press the
/Syrians
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction'
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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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