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Coll 54/1(S) 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Reconstruction' [‎430r] (863/940)

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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 visit I made to Iraq on 29th September lasted
till 3rd October• 1 was able to save the post of Assistant
Forast Officer from beine surrendered by the Director
General of Agriculture and to press for the secondment of
Mr. Svans from the Colonial Service* That action has since
resulted in Mr, isivans being sent to Iraq.
2 0 Some information was obtained on current economic
developments and their relation to the presant state of
agriculture in Iraq a Conversations were held with the two
British officers now serving with the Ministry of Agriculture
in that country. In view of Iraq’s shaky financial
condition these facts were mentioned in a tour note end
later at discussions at B.M.15.0.
3# I arrived in Iran on the 4th October and
represented B.M.E.O. till relieved by Sir Herbert Stewart
on the 25th. During my stay I improved the draft forest
legislation which had been prepared after I left the
country in June, 1948. In response to a request made by
the Under-Secretary for Agriculture I prepared a suitable
draft forest policy and a draft pasture policy for the
country, which was embodied in the revised legislation for
the Council of Ministers. As a new set of Ministers had
been installed I had to begin all over again with persuasion
regarding the need for forests and soil conservancy in the
country. I had useful talks with some Seven-Year planners,
mainly Dr. Naflcy. Dr. Adi and Mr. Fateh. I discussed
with them £,M.£.0*s position vis a vis the American group
of Overseas Consultants Inc. who were shortly to arrive in
Persia. I had an interview with Prince Abdul Kesa and
discussed a wide variety of subjects, with emphasis on the
Seven-Year Plan and forestry. Fxon the Seven-Year planners •
and from Prince Abdul Reza I received assurances that
British experts would be required in the Seven-fear Plan
execution. In such ways I prepared the ground for the
subsequent visit of Sir Herbert Stewart and Dr. Murray,
which was timed to coincide with the arrival of Overseas
Consultants Inc. The report which I had previously
written on forestry in Persia, which was embodied in a .
resort sent by the American Embassy Tehran to Washington
had, it appears, convinced the Americans that the whole of
the agricultural Seven-Year Plan required re-cesting.
4 C I was able to ret the Persians interested in
Colonel Wright’s aerial rurvay proposals (Hunting Aero
Surveys Ltn.). I understand that Col. bright has made
guod progress as a result cvf the contacts which I assisted
him to obtain. As regards timber exploitation, it was
judged toe aarly to make any recommendations to the
Persians, be are still at the planning ard no!icy level.
Dr. Uaflcy, at the and of my stay, enquired from me whether
it would be possible to go to Persia for six months at least
to assist with the planning and I gave him to understand
that I would endeavour to do so. I also undertook to
assist in the recruitment of suitable British officers when
pests were available*

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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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