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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [297r] (597/940)
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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I have the honour to transmit the following
report on the work of the Development Division of the
British Middle Bast Office from the 1st January to the
16th April 1949, Inclusive.
2. General-
Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director of the Food and
Agriculture Organisation, visited Cairo during February
and called at this office on the 24th. The meeting was
most cordial and Mr. Dodd made it clear to Hefnawy
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
the Director of the Near East Regional Office, in our
presence, that he wished to see close co-operation between
F.A.O. and the B.M.E.O. Development Division. The
attitude towards us adopted by Mr. Dodd has already
resulted in closer relations between the members of
Develonment Division and Hefnawy
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and his staff, and
one tangible result was the early decision of F.A.O. not
to form a Forestry Commission for the Middle East.
Instead, Hefnawy
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has told us that he will concentrate
his efforts on the implementation of Mr. V.K. Maitland’s
recommendations for this area.
There has also been a marked improvement in our
relations with the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and
the Minister of Agriculture entertained the members of
Development Division and their wives at a dinner at the
Mohamed Aly Club during March. The cordiality of that
meeting showed definite progress in our relations with the
Ministry of Agriculture, and Mr. VJC. Maitland has been
asked to make a survey and drew up a Forestry plan for
Egypt. He hopes to do this early in June.
Mr. Garner, Deputy Director of the International
Bank, accompanied by Mr. Bayne and M. Villechaise, also
called at this office on March 17th, and spent two hours
discussing Middle East problems with Sir John Troutbeck,
members of the Development Division and Mr. Mayall of the
Embassy. Development projects and their financial aspects
in Persia, Egypt, Iraq and Syria were discussed during a
meeting lasting two hours and the question of oil
royalties was also broached. It is noticeable that the
International Bank now appears to rely on the B.M.E.O.
gj; a source of information on Middle East affairs and to
have a great respect for the knowledge and experience of
the members of Development Division.
Our«•...
The Rl^ht Honourable Ernest Bevin, M.P
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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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