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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎299r] (597/642)

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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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and for considering how farther
progress can best be achieved.
14. As a first step, the Middle East (Official)
Oommittee has been reconstituted, under the chair
manship of an Assistant Under-Secretary in the
Foreign Office,, The Middle East (Offield)
Committee has in turn set up a Working Party,
under Foreign Office chairmanship, consisting of
representatives of the Foreign Office, the Troasui^
the Board of Trade and the Central Economic and
Planning Staff -, together with representatives of
other Departments concerned with particular sub
jects under discussion. The terms of reference
of the Working Party are set out in Annex A.
15. Attit ude of the U,S. Government .
The United States Government has reached
parallel and similar conclusions about the import
ance of economic and social development in the
Middle Easts Annex B to this Paper contains the
agreed results of discussions between the United
States and H,M„ Government held in Washington in
October 1947 (ME(0)(47)28 of November 11th, 1947)).
16. Act ion - T hree Phases
Measures for economic and social develop
ment may be regarded as falling into three phases -
Survey, Planning and Implementation.
17. The initial phase of Survey has now been
virtually completed, and the time has come when
we should pass into the phases of Planning and
Implementation, which to some extent overlap#
18. Phase I - Su rve y .
A brief resume may be useful of what has
been accomplished over the past few years in
respect of economic and social development in the
Middle Eastc
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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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