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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [424r] (851/940)
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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6* 1'rcm Tripoli Hr. Audsley was flown by the Iraq
Petroleum Company to Kirkuk to advise on difficulties wnicr.
had arisen over the Iraq Governments interpretation of a
badly thoufht-out clause of the Labour Law, After
consultation with the Company, ttr. Audsley saw the Dlrector-
denertf^ of Labour, who eventually accepted his views and
proposals for mod if leatIon.
7. while in Damascus Mr. Audsley was able to establish
contact with the Presidents of the Transport ttorkers* ^nion
of Damascus, the Federation of Labour in Northern Syria and
Aleppo, and the Hailmayraens 1 Union of Aleppo, and with the
Labour Editor of the newspaper "Al Alam H , His talks with
these Trades Union Leaders were of an introductory nature
and were very friendly and encouraging.
8* Agriculture ,
Copies of Sir Herbert Stewart’s report on Syria were
sent to Holf. Legation at Damascus for transmission to the
Syrian Government. In this report sir Herbert Ltewart has
drawn attention to the importance of the development of the
Jezlrah, which would be of great benefit both to Syria and
to world suoplies of grain and oil seeds. Development would
be almost entirely in the rain-fed area and would thus not
have to await the construction of large irrigation works.
Much ecanomic and administrative planning is however necessary
Both in Syria and afterwards in Persia, the information which
Sir Herbert Stewart had collected in the United Kingdom with
reference to the supply of tractors and agricultural
Implements has been of great use.
9. At the end of October Sir Herbert Stewart went to
Persia where he had further long discussions with the
agricultural members of the Seven-Year Planning Board. H«
also made a tour in central Persia with the advance party of
the Overseas Consultants, Incorporated.
10. forestry and Soil Conservation ,
Mr. V.X. Maitland returned to Iraq for a short visit in
September. There he was just In time to persuade the
Government not to abolish the second post of British Forestry
Bjcpert. Thanks to the cooperation of the Colonial Office,
this post has now been filled. From Iraq he went to Persia,
only to find, as so often happens In Middle iast countries,
a new Minister who had to be convinced just as his
predecessor had had to be. The lack of continuity caused
by frequent Ministerial changes is one of the greatest
difficulties which my advisers have to contend with.
11. Mr. V.K. Maitland wrote for the Persian Government
an Improved draft for forestry legislation and drew up
policies for forestry and pasturage. The carrying out of
sucb policies in a country so large and backward as Persia
bristles with political and administrative difficulties.
Moreover, very considerable numbers of personnel will have
to be trained, so that it does not seem possible for Persia
to do other than tackle these problems area by area.
i
Mr. Maitland
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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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