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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [226r] (451/642)
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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FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO BAGDAD
No. 123
3rd May, 1949. D. 12.15 a.m. 4th May, 1949.
and to Washington no. 4820 .
Repeated to B.M.E.O. (Cairo) No. 361 Saving.
IMMEDIATE '
CONFIDENTIAL
Addressed to Bagdad telegram No. 423 of 3rd May
and to Washington, repeated for information saving to
B.M.E.O. (Cairo).
My telegram No. 396 to Bagdad [of April 28th: Iraq
development].
Copies of the record of the discussion with McCloy
and Ilii'f referred to in my telegram under reference
have now been forwarded by bag.
2. Neither McCloy nor Iliff had had the opportunity
to give much thought to the Iraqi position, They^felt
that the Bank would want to examine the various projects
in more detail and to consider the recommendations
among themselves before going into the question more
fully with His Majesty's Government. We made it clear
that we regarded the Haigh Commission projects as taking
precedence over other schemes such as railway development,
3. Iliff emphasised that the Bank would as a
sine qua non insist that the Iraqis should balance their
budget. This point would be studied by the Mission which
he hoped would be able to set out even earlier than
June (assuming that the Bank first had the opportunity of
examining^the Haigh Reports). The Mission would include
financial'as well as technical experts.
A. as regards the points raised m paragraph 5 of
Bagdad telegram No. 11 Saving Iliff appeared in subsequent
discussion with the Treasury to think that Bayne was
rushing his fences. On point (1) Iliff, who negotiated
the Iraqi sterling balance agreement in 1947, is of course
well aware that sterling releases were provided on a
generous scale in order to enable the Iraqis to undertake
/their development
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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.
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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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- Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party'
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- front, front-i, 2r:289v, 291r:320v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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