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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎181r] (361/642)

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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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Tht Ministry c cnccmed shall snssuts the deals ions of tha
Board and tha Board shall suparrlss its axsautien*
The Board shall dec ids what sm shall ha spent on any sahsna
that it sanctions. ^
Article 5(1)« The Board shall hare a special Budget founded on loans
advanced .By the International Bank of Reconstruction and froai the Oil
Revenues alio ted to it By the OoTaroaentf end the Board shall
administer this Budget.
(2) No monies shall Be withdrawn from the Budget of the Board
without the sanction of the Board.
_ (3) The Board shall every year make its Budget and submit it
to the Minister of Finance for submission to parliament as an annex
to the general Budget.
(4) No monies alloted to the Board shall be spent exsept in
accordance with its budget provls lens and for the purposes set out in
this Law.
(5) The Board nay deposit any surplus monies in its hands
of #iioh it is not immediately in need with a Bank on such terms as
they can arrange.
(6) This Board shall not be concerned with Railway development
during the period of Hie Railway Agreement.
(7) The Board may make (internal) regulations for the
carrying out Af its duties.
Article 6. This law shall eoms Into foros from the date of Its
publioation in the official gazette.
Article 7. The Ministers of the State are charged with the execution
of this Lav.

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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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