BRITISH EMBASSY MUSCAT CONFIDENTIAL RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO.35 28 APR 1972 3/1 When I called on the Sultan in Salalah on 13 April he told me that Tariq had asked for the job of permanent Omani representative to WHO and that he wasinclined to grant the request. Tariq's idea apparently was to give himself some sort of diplomatic status in Geneva. I understand from Asim Jamali that the Sultan has now turned down this request and suggested that Tariq lives in Germany. It seems possible - though I have no evidence - that the Sultan may have received advice on this from the Saudis (para 2 of St John Armitage's letter 3/6 of 15 March), as there has been a certain amount of coming and going in Nem3/31211 connection with the forthcoming visit of Saudi military and civil delegations to consider aid to Oman. 2. Asim Jamali says that Tariq is now very angry andupset with his nephew and Asim is doing his best to quieten him down. He has in fact suggested that Tariq returns to Oman to discuss the matter with the Sultan himself as he believes that there may have been some genuine misunderstanding In the meantime however Asim has himself been appointed the Omani delegate to the WHO Meeting on 9 May and this may give him an opportunity of seeing Tariq in Europe iſ the latter does not take his advice and return for discussions with the Sultan. DF Hawley Copied to: HM Ambassadors in: ABU DHABI JEDDA DOHA TEHRAN BAHRAIN KUWAIT JEDDA HM Consul General DUBAI CONFIDENTIAL
