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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [297v] (594/642)
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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The contrlTDation which it is hoped
Middle East oil will make to the recovery of the
United Kingdom and Europe is shown by the
following figures
Flow of oil to Western Europe
(in million barrels)
Source
1228
12M
1951 (est
Middle East
, 69 * 7 ^
(23.3%)
133.1
(38%)
360.5
(82%)
u.s.a;
88.5
(29.6%)
( J \Uk%)
15.7
(3.6%)
Rest of
141.0
172.4
62,6
W. Hemi s pher e (47.1$)
(50%)
(14.3$)
The A.I.O.C* represents our greatest and
most important single overseas investment. A.I.O.C.
sales to American companies and to.hard currency
markets in Europe and elsewhere are a vital
element in our overall balance of payment.
8* Machinery for dealing with Middle East
Policy .
In September 1945 the Foreign Secretary
called a Conference of British representatives
in the Middle East, to survey the whole field
of our policy in the area and to make recom
mendations on future, lines of action. The
recommendations which he then submitted to the
Cabinet (C.P.(45)174 of September 17th, 1945),
and which received their approval, called
•amongst other things for the following:-
(a) the establishment of the British
Middle East Office in Cairo, one of
whose responsibilities would be the co
ordination and development of British
/poliay
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/4758
- Title
- Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party'
- Pages
- 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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