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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎173v] (346/642)

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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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suggested that orders should he placed for the plant to
complete and extend the existing Government soap-making ^
factory An East India Company trading post. at Tehran.
Mining
O.C.I. suggest that the proposed steel mill at Karaj
should he converted into a blast furnace with a capacity
of 100 tons per day of pig iron and a foundry for making
cast-iron pipes and miscellaneous castings. The plant
for the proposed steel mill-was ordered from Germany before
the war hut was never delivered. It is now stored at
Hamburg and its release has been approved by the control
authorities. It is probable that much of the plant has
seriously deteriorated and much preliminary planning will
be required before this proposal can take effect.
5* Petroleum Developmen t
Personnel
The report recommends the recruitment of specialised
j.rrsonnel to carry out the proposed preliminary survey work
in Persia.
6. C ommunications
The report recommends the laying of new copper wire
telephone circuits between Tehran and Qum, Quin and Kashan,
Tehran and Sharud and Tehran and Kazvin. In addition the
purchase of carrier telephone and telegraph equipment is
recommended, to provide twelve voice and eighteen duplex
telephone channels for use over the proposed new copper wire
telephone circuits. Motor vehicles, testing equipment and
'tools for these operations will also be required. Plant
for reconditioning the Telefunken short wave at the Tehran
transmitter station, the 7i kilowatt RCA short wave transmitter
and kilowatt RCA short wave broadcast transmitter, will
be required.
Statistics .
Personnel
The establishment of four new statistical departments is
proposed. Foreign experts will be required to supervise these
departments.
Goods
The purchase of office equipment and punch-card
machinery for three of the new statistical bureaux is
proposed.
Civ il Engineering
An air survey of 3»200 square kilometers in the
Zayandeh Rud Valley and 46,000 square kilometers of the
Caspian coast area, is recommended for the first season’s
work. To plan water supply schemes photography and
topographical mapping of 13 important towns is also proposed.
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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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