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Category B.-Recommendation for Further Study
9. To give some indication, however, of the building problem, the following is a list of other projects in order of priority with approximate estimates:-
Tehran
(a) Reconstruction of houses which have fallen or are about to fall down in the Gulhek compound: -
Say, 2 A6 houses at £25,000
3 A7 houses at £12,000
5 B4 houses at £7,000
(b) New offices
Bagdad
Building of staff houses:
2 A6 houses at £25,000
:
:
4 staff houses at £7,500 New offices (present ones will have to be replaced in ten or fifteen years owing to the state of the structure)
Kuwait
Improvement of offices and compound and pro- vision of staff quarters. So far it has not been possible to include the progressive scheme for this in the Overseas Building Vote
Beirut
*
New Residence
£
50,000
36,000
35,000
150,000
50,000
30,000
200,000
50,000
100,000
APPENDIX C
THE BRITISH COUNCIL
(See paragraph 12)
Proposals for Expansion in Middle East, 1956–59: Summary
Serial (Item numbers
Project
Cost
in main report)
1st year
£
2nd year
£
3rd year
£
(iii)
€€
(ii)
Visitors to the United Kingdom (Appendix F) Subsidisation of British university staff, teachers and educational advisers (Appen-
58,500
74,000
74,000
dix G)—
(a) Middle East
20,000
(b) Pakistan
5,500
42,000 5,500
70,000 5,500
(iv)
(v)
Creation of British school in Iraq and support of British schools in Egypt (excludes Lebanon and Libya) (Appendix H) Extension of Council's general work overseas
92,000
62,000
29,000
(see Appendix I)—
(a) British Institute, teaching, &c. (b) Tours by experts from the United
Kingdom
75,000
65,000
73,000
3,500
4,500
4,500
(c) Additional books, films, &c.
25,000
30,500
32,000
(d) Dramatic tours
10,000
10,000
(e) Extension of work to Libya and Aden
51,500
32,500
31,500
(vi)
Additional staff and overheads at head-
quarters, training, &c.
11,500
20,000
20,000
(vii)
GROSS TOTAL
354,500
338,000
351,500
(viii)
Less deduction for probable underspend-
ings, cancellations, delays, &c. ...
-70,000
--50,000
-30,000
(ix)
NET TOTAL
...
...
282,500
286,000
319,500
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