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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [109v] (218/642)
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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A consideration not to be overlooked, however, is
the xenophobia which may still.be whipped up when any
foreigner - and especially an Englishman - is appointed
to a post under the Egyptian Government. (Teachers are,
however, largely exempt from this feeling - at least in the
case of the senior posts)#
Terms of Service .
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The adequacy of salaries offered to British experts
varies greatly between the different grades. Pre-war scales
of salary have been raised by 1L$,. to meet the increased cost
of living, for all grades of Egyptian Government officials,
whilst the cost of living is generally reckoned to have
risen by approximately 28Q&. As most foreign officials are
graded with equivalent Egyptian Government officials, the
Government has been very reluctant to offer them any
allowances for the increased cost of living, which are not to
be given to Egyptian officials. They have, however, departed
from this in giving ^expatriation allowances” to foreign
educationists and experts (see Annex A).
At the top, visiting professors - eminent scholars in
their own field - are fairly well paid, and the medical
faculties seem to have been well favoured by the Council of
Ministers: Dr. Pridie, until recently Health Adviser to the
was of the opinion that the salaries offered wore
adequate and was able to secure candidates for the posts he
was asked to fill. In other faculties salaries do not seem
to be sufficiently attractive for British experts. Farouk 1st
University advertised in England last summer for seven
professors, but without response. There are now one German
and/
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/4758
- Title
- Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party'
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence