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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎61r] (121/642)

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The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1949-13 Apr 1950. 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 country the Gihb Report emphcisises that agricultural
^ development must take the form of,
(1) a more intensive cultivation (involving in particular
the expansion of irrigation),
(2) cultivation of more valuable crops, (fruit and
vegetables at the expense of cereals).
Reconstruction of grain silos is recommended. The need for
improved rural education, marketing and distribution,
agricultural co-operatives, research and experimental
stations, greater use of fertilisers, the introduction of modern
methods and equipment and the control of pests and diseases
is emphasised.
Development of industry is necessary to provide stimulus
for agriculture, to ensure a market for agricultural products
and to give employment to labour not absorbed in agriculture.
Greater tariff protection and official encouragement are
necessary, in addition to improved methods and bettor publicity
for locally manufactured articles. The encouragement which
industry would derive from the availability of cheap power
is emphasised.
Both in the interests of agriculture and industry the
full use of the water resources of the country is recommended.
The importance of the administrative organisation to be
entrusted with this development is stressed. It is pointed
out that private concessionary companies do not provide the
best approach (particularly in view of the danger that
irrigation might be sacrificed to hydro-electric power;, ana
the establishment of a Public Utility Corporation to develop
water resources is recommended. Failing that a Water
Resources Board should be set up to co-ordinate and control
the activities of concessionary companies.
The following table covers the works of a capital
nature which Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners believe are
desirable for the economic progress of the country.
TABLE A .
PROGRAMME FO R IR^IGATIOR,
Perio d
Location
Details
1 # Lac One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees YammofteivS
(3 to 5
years)
Complete minor works
for main canals
already built.
Detailed studies on
possibilities of
water storage in lake.
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The file contains papers relating to the Working Party of the Middle East (Official) Committee. It mainly consists of Working Party papers received by the Commonwealth Relations Office, and a register of these papers with notes at the back of the file.

The file includes agendas for meetings of the Working Party. It also includes papers circulated to members of the Working Party for consideration at meetings, relating to the following subjects: economic and social development in the Middle East in general; the Iraq Central Development Board; the question of an International Bank Loan for Iraq; a visit to Bahrain in January/February 1949 by Matthew Thomas Audsley; the Persian [Iranian] Seven-Year Plan; employment of British experts in the Middle East; a survey of the oil resources of the Middle East; and economic factors in Middle East development.

In addition, the file includes papers relating to economic and social development of the following places: Iraq; 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 ; Saudi Arabia; Cyrenaica, Tripolitania [Libya], Eritrea, and Somalia; the Colony of Aden and the Aden Protectorate; the Lebannon; Ethiopia; Sudan; and Yemen.

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1 file (320 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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 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 320; 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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