ECONOMICAL, POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000600600006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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new Moen se Jordan he been the etas, tor a
seeseeelen it civilisation. The asides it Assyria and Persia wee and oanguered.
The Andros it Israel posed through during their endue tram *'pt. Alexender
raped& the visit or Darius to Greece eel *steeled Greek intlaposee tar beyond this
area.It ewe the battlefield of the Paean legions and their Amodio. eueoseecre.
It served as the epringheard erthe Neale* esegeest and wee seder the *sutra it
the Twee tor over Igle years Were the Arab revolt treed it from Mama rule in
1916
As the 'birthplaes of Christianity and the cradle of Maim, it provided the ld
with tee emeektheietio religiose set the rise and erfolopmtat the thirdektelks took
plate in this area. dernealane pert at shish la new Jordan, has slissiel sebstit7
La the ape it all Melee as the traditional stopping plecenotathanied oa his vole
tensted neetesual Jamey heerearard. The SA of the Christian, the blealan end the
&no nay alesre be towed to eons seared spot in lambs for rellgiows inspirEtun or
objeetive.
Pletwithetteling the lame history of the area the Xiasslas it Jordan is today a
yew&iseasture eel inesperieseed esentry Amalie; tor existent* yet mhos
hipetul that it my rind secority and esintela exdatesee as a part of Syria or
Tramejordes? i.e., the land east or the Arden River& following the revolt
of the itraiest was ender the British Ilhadate fres 19110 to l9h6. The Pettish in 1946
reosesieel Traesjerden as en inflegenlent eventry amd Odell& as neg. Then the
Stitt* eittafsess tree neighbering Paleoldre and Treeejordents troubles began. while
Abiellek pleaded ter a peseetel ealaties it the Arebeilewiek prdblake oeatliets took
plass. bine it Paleeitine wee eceesded by the Arab Throw. In the wind at
Treasjerlea eel Israel signed an andetioe espreesest thereby Tramejerdees
esetrat of euetrel, Palestine ene concedet. The liesibedte Unease it Jordan cane
late egieteree as a asietitotiarai aremweby
"The nee adman ens net a place at psalm sad hereney. As an Ireallge.it the
tinier Ara Imo eatiidereel in teeth*, he yea MIS NOM otitbt-Prtttsh atter the de-
feats bet Andes end Medi& on the British for ilameciall aid cad astyport -
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ah found it necessaryto impose press
lkxreirr conflicta continued vith the niaw Doixbar, Israel
on 20 .ftly 1e5Ir King Wallah was iaw6ereil in
ises are not known . the fanaticism* the distress of the
.nritith ti.Iereel sentiments umeotibtedly
I sueee.ed his tat His illness* sobisephrenier is a political as
A yolitical treeeedy because? the West Boa
dislikes the Eashemite ruling house and
at this ti ill at intoruel discard sad division, of interest. But
1951 eith the comma of King Talal the
at Jordsn was altered to vidc that *atter the sovereign is present
vith earwig-a powers. In May*
and departed to Europe for
supporter* the Prime Master, Tevfik
the Council. The Prime banister, how-
both the offices of Prime Minister
and on k Ammer after receiving reports
established the Regorcy Council eon.-
the Prime Minister, the Presit the Senate, and, tmo Senator*
et one from the old Tranciordan area.
to our Tiva3. in Jordan the Ragout of /rag had been to Jordan to pro-
gt the failure to include on the a meiber of the Hashemite family
to eia the i*dcu of tube two couotries. Despite Iraq's great
o desert i.e a terrible barrier and union with eyrie ie considered tw
ii desirable, for Syria also hes an expelling meow and both Jordan
Of the =WWI is also cicated by the addition
The old trankicordiel area east of the Jordan River is
half of its population still adheres in same
life. 'agricultural heels is priereily pastoral.
excess Of land. In recent years it has suffeeed from
complete loss of the wheat amps It vas bovine
port its population Wore the scsulaticat vu tripled.
are ase and health facilities =6er-deve1oped.
There is oath:1u of ree material and the roaatbiW-
ion in
competition with the naiighbaring states are
minority magmas existed. However, with the
the inelmina of part of the former
absorption of more than 450,030 refugees from other
ocial sad, economic footers have been introduced.
"The M*abttents of the area ebad,ed from Palestine are seall.town tradeseea,
embers. This area of Palestine is poor
stcu3.tws1 laM being for the pert hills from which the here rocks protrude
afld expensive terracing is necessary f crops are to be grown. There is, of courser
the mkmean quantity of the vest bank bordering the Jordan River and efforts are
being ?I to bring veter to this "daM /and". The good lend of Palestine is on
the Israeli side. Also the i3. sveaies of trade leave= ole lellastione amd Trans
Jordan are cut sad the tourist dellars have ehout dried up.The old city of Jeru-
salem, etrieh is in Jarden* is bevies a pitiful time.
"There is also adifference between the Palestinian. Arab end the Tnajorden Arab
in OdesigtUrnarX14cemodacce. The Palestinian Arab absorbed into Jordan was quite
well educated and with considerable experience. His influence on the national
government has been felt to an extent that has incurred the maw of the
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ornciAul olux
tics
detected a ftte.lUtg of antipai2t3f on
Arabs and the Palestinian Arabs toward
feature may be taamlicappedi his dews
several octmetions ye were told that the t
and Bethlehem included - may be a (mutely
of both the
other. The
good government
may've/1 mime
bout Christians.
also are involved. The present unreal and a/most untendble
rightly or emouglyj la blamed upon the decisions made by
the Jev, oentrary'be the expectations of some, is
an evereincroaaiag determination on the pert of the
Skirmishes across the border are coatinuous. The
aM abo sits on the rocky hillside overlOokinS
to slip across the frontier and steal the
eaughte 'wounds ce? death result.
4 in Jordaa or intim other Arab countries.
a land concession on the west 'bank of the
perpoee of usites it for resettlement of the
'pod water im the vells he drilled and the
constructed and every epportunity vas given
new Wm* but arith dboolutaly no success. The refugee
be is goiog to be returned to his home in Palestine
In the meantime ebieh eill separate him from his
his 'resettlement* farm into villages *ere
adhools. UM& also at still look
est refugee. In the neemalse, the refueee is
hatredtemwe ever more intensely.
le, "name ,4101114" see ofly thesad ttat Ot the refugee. Others deplore the poor health
feellities. Bducational facilities and teething are far below for reasondble
etmelerde Production erogrees a& an activity of longterm contribution sus the plea
of several vellepaiifiedadvieers. UNRWej as veil as relieious and charitable ore
gamisationsi are delog mmeh to relieve the basic revilement* of the refugee and a
little more eould be helpful but vould sooa disamtear.
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? the Arab IstLonai Uopit.1. It opera
budget for thic ho tal abide hendled over
000, or an average of shout $10.00 per .
mem educated at the American Uhiversity of
k against almost impossible odds. Oate case,
TB of the bone but, he could not be operated
. Be 'would have to go to Jerusalem for this ard.
possible.
end the
will find. Au X
e.
gO43 d. system of
merged a veil-developed
t vea deter/amt./lea of both.
even with the best of good
Also the Arab refugeee have intemeified
increme the educational eaailielea in
mithout achool
for education is severe/y liaited and quite
education. The Undereeeeretary for the
for funds, to supplement the labortetory equipment
provide school clinics, send students to colleges
QLT
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programis providing assistance to the Ministry in thedevelopment
mudioole, one for the teaching of girls end s teashing of
assist trte govermont in the estiblishniat of a vocational school
a echool to train village teachers. No provision, however, is soft in
plans ter equipment for laboratories or li'braries? Such equipment
and can be used to sumplenent the Point Fiver aid
br ma cxMLnieter at
oda NIA has 20G boys end
It is lestatot in a rural area.
it are very pod
Tee ocatributione are being
of the bad umememic conditions in acrdan. The School imay
is not given 'before the next echool year eos-
roonommy vith little or me possibilities of any
at imam of its people is low and the stars-
time are poor sod health ripauities here not
but sound agricultural practices is lilaited.
tame, -,preservation of foods Wei
to the health and velfare of the people. dimple
family LOOMS* ? ale smooch to increasing produativ-
davelopment program. No village development pro.
or ecntemplated except the possibility of the Develop..
In the areatiom of rural eooneratives.
callaittes, renresented in abrisa by Nr. Samuel B.
Beat, is very much interested in unlertaltiog a
they need Ands. Mr. Johnson has recommeded to
for a torrectog and village development ;reject in
ipal objective of this project vault% be to Rake fends
or eamomie reftagees as they are hum, to pay them
of entwine project baring terracing as the
? The crops to be groan on a terracing area voilld
sever to twelve years to 'beam productive and other
throe to seven years to become prodfartive. In the
crops could be raised, the mamiher of people who
Terracing is esnassive.
Ur. J.C. has vrittem a report, The Frontier
therein that iquenta be made to the land
terracing their oum laud, the payments to be made in
says that the good load of these reconomieT refugees is
and they have hitt ?sly their hillside load and need
live on as they do the tense:lag lurk for IBM refines to give the rations
refugees SLIM they retain their henee?
program mith general entiasis on increasing productivity, and
education, and cottage industries should, be the awes& at
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The raven 414.not vont to to mottled ona sive AP his
nor MA b. vent to UM air chime of the MU taking
growls that he was rseettlied? The official posittoo. of
against ressttleaaat. They sacoorage tale refugee In his
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