Emergency headquarters for the Government of Oman

FCO 8/5514 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31
Description

This file concerns the construction and equipping of a secret Emergency Headquarters for the Omani Government. It contains correspondence and memoranda relating to:

  • The Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Saeed’s wish for the construction and equipping to be carried out by British firms
  • The Omani Government’s desire for HMG to provide a civil engineering expert, a telecommunications expert, and an overall project manager to supervise the execution of the project
  • HM Ambassador in Muscat’s request for a special Loan Service Officer team, to act as the project monitors for the construction of the Omani Emergency Headquarters
  • Saeed Salem’s wish to appoint the British firm Maunsell as consultants for the construction side of the project.

This file also includes the job specifications for: the Project Civil Engineer and the Project Coordinator.