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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [207r] (413/642)
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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Cypher/OTP
DEPaRUvIKNtal distribution
PPOM //ASHINGTOM TO PORSPiM OFFICE
Sir 0.Pranks,
Mo. 2723
May, 1949.
D. 6.37 p.m. 18th May,194-9.
R. 12.15 a.ia. 19th May,1949.
Repeated to Bagdad,
B.M.E.O.(Cairo) Saving.
PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL
Addressed to Foreign O tfice telegram No, 272 3 of
— re Pe.-ted for information via Foreign Oifice to
Bagdad and Saving to B.M.E.O.(Cairo).
My telegrams Nos. 2598 and 2614.: Loan for Iraq.
Bayne has just informed us that (possihly owing to
continuation of the United Nations General Assembly into
w International Bank have not yet seen the Iraqis
but tnat a dinner nas been arranged for May 21st at which
Bank officials will meet Tewfik Suweidi.
'nrvm-,™ 2 ’+ Meai '! hil e nt a policy meeting of the Bank this
morning i. was decided tnat a Bank Mission should leave for
agcad as soon as possible once an invitation is received
aW w r ^+ G0 ^” t '. in 0rder that U arrive there
about June 1st. ihis Mission, which will consist of Bayne
as leader, ^ an economic expert (Doctor Vkuliam Y/elk) and an
engineer with knowledge of flood control, is intended to make
■in economic survey and to sit down with Haigh and the Iraqis
to determine whether the Iraqi authorities L-e yet ready to
f definite project for the Bank's consideration and whet
adhi+in° r + tl ^ S + ln flood cont rol have yet been decided. In
audition to determining the credited-worthiness of Iraq, the
Mission vail also attempt to evaluate, before the Bank «ives
hionf'd^h 06 ' Wha j ! he S ? 0pe of the Ira( li Development Board
.houid be in relation to the available resources of Iraq. The
oc-nk do nou (repeat not) regard the Iraqi draft bill as^
satisfactory and will so inform Tewfik Sueidi.
B-urh-ri "W ®ayne requested that His Majesty's Ambassador at
Uld + 0t ^ rt; P"' c '.t not) mention the above to the Iraqi
After*th-t S Vi at ieast .j mtl1 toe Bonk has seen Tewfik Suweidi.
toy ne 13 likely to get into touch with us again and
bLiR iv^Si-^fn £ ? lse over securing an Iraqi invitation, the
lank niay ask a.or xiis Majesty s iiinbassador*s assistance.
their return^omiraq? Pr0P ° SeS t0 P “ S t “ r ° Ugh London on
n h/ 1 v ?^ e ' L ^ n .^^- LGe P^- ease Pass to Bagdad and Saving to
B.i‘i.k.0. (Cairo) as my telegrams Nos. 35 and 47.
[Repeated to Bagdad and Saving to B.M.E.O.(Cairo)1.
[Copy sent to Middle East Secretariat].
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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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- 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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