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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎110r] (219/642)

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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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and one Italian professor in the Engineering Faculty at
Parouk 1 st University, and two more Germans have been
appointed. This is, however, stated to be due partly to the
poor opinion which the Dean of the Faculty holds of British
engineers.
• Professor nddison, Chairman of the .association of
British Officials in Egypt, has listed the following reasons
why technically qualified professors are unwilling to come
to Egypt:-
(i) Financial difficulties. Because of existing exchange
control regulations, they would be unable either to transmit
money■to Egypt or from Egypt - except perhaps for small
amounts.
(ii) Personal insecurity. Press reports present a very
unattractive picture of living conditions in Egypt. Many
disagreeable incidents have in fact occurred.
(iii) Cost of travelling. Although the salaries offered
have an attractive look, yet the figures lose their
attraction when matched with cost of living and expenses of
travelling to and fro on leave.
(iv) Contracts offered are usually for three years only.
This is just long enough to lose touch with conditions at
home, and to miss promising chances of promotion. On the
other hand, it is quite insufficient to enable satisfaction
to be produced in Egypt.
Secondment and Subsidization .
In the case of teachers, the problem of recruitment will,
it is hoped, be largely solved by (a) a system of secondment
from British schools; and (b) subsidization of salaries by
the/

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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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