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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [305r] (609/642)
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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l. (a) Liaison industry. KstaDXisnmont of an Advisory Hoard
or industrial Consultants In London.
^ (b) me rn vision of technical assistance. Central organisation.
, \ (c> training iacuities. K&cilities in the United Kingdom
•;nd nritlsn Colonial territories. Technical training in the
Rtlciaxe Last, training centres. Training within industry.
(d; Adtv stages and disaavantages of the uverseas Consultants
a ro roach.
(e) future role and organisation of the Dovelooment Division
or the nritish Middle Last uffice.
(t) nevie^ of tne situation regarding the employment of
nritisn technic 1 experts r nct advisers by Higgle 0 v^ mi? ents.
(a) iteview of tne social and r-eifsre policies of British oil
and otner companies in the middle Last.
(d) question of increasing JBntsn influence niong the working
classes in the Kiddle East.
p. (a) Hesettierent or Arab refugees.
Possibility that the uverseas food Cor oration might
undertake -rojects in certain Kiddle East countries.
(c; Jhevi ^ cf the economy of Israel and its present and
possible repercussions on neighbouring states.
(c) heview of the working of the various U*tt. Regional
bodies m the Kiddle East and or the British middle East Office^
relations witn them.
4. (a) me machinery or development. Central Development Beards,
oarpie 3recocts.
(d^ finance, (l) uovommont assistance. (2) Oil companies.
($) Intemitional rank. (4) Middle East Bank. (5) O.E.L.C.
countries.
{c) Detailed assessment oi tne needs or each country in terras
of imanee, equipment, technical assistance, research, ^tc.,
and or our al ility to contribute towards the meeting or these
need.* .
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- Open Government Licence