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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [106r] (211/642)
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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II /
EMPLOYMENT OF BRITISH EXPERTS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This paper is concerned with experts in the fields of economic
and social development^ It includes general administrators (e.g.
Secretary to the Iraq Central Development Board, Foreign Minister
to the Sultan of Muscat)* University posts, and legal posts'and
civilian police* It does not include elementary and secondary school
teachers or service missions or'advisers. It i s based upon
information supplied by His Majesty’s Missions, in the Middle-East*
I. THE PROBLEM
The provision of technical assistance is, probably, the field
in which His Majesty’s Government can make its greatest contribution
to social and economic development in the Middle East* In Egypt,
Iraq, the Kingdom of the Jordan, and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, there is a
long-standing political and economic association with Great Britain
and a tradition of British technical assistance. In Iraq this
tradition is cemented by a treaty obligation under which Iraq is
bound to give fjj-st ehoooe to British experts. In Egypt there is
now a new awareness of the importance of tackling the social and
economic problem; His Majesty’s Government's assistance has been
specifically invoked and this assistance will certainly involve the
provision of a. considerable number of additional technical experts.
In Syria ahd Saudi Arabia a demand for British experts is now
developing; and in Persia there is likely, for the first time,' to
be a considerable demand for British experts to carry out certain
aspects of the Seven Year Plan,
2 . Meanwhile the Truman Fourth Point has aroused great interest
in the Middle East and stimulated the Governments to consider more
seriously than hitherto the possibilities of technical advice. It
will he important that we should he able and ready to make our full
contribution to "Fourth Point" assistance to the Middle East, both
through United Nations channels and by bilateral arrangements
(See M,E,(0)(49 ) 22 , paragraph 12,).
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party'
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- front, front-i, 2r:289v, 291r:320v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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