Omani rebels

This file relates to the internal conflict in the Sultanate if Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence and memoranda concerning:

• HMG's efforts to prevent publicity of British army movements to Salalah, lest it be construed as direct assistance to the Sultan's Armed Forces against Dhofar rebels or as standby for Kuria Muria [Khuriya Muriya]
• The Sultan's determination not to accord special treatment to Musallam Bin Nufl Al Kathiri, one of the leading figures of the Dhofar Liberation Front (DFL)
• Voice of the Arabs broadcasts, including reference to the role of Indian merchants in Dhofar, Dhofar's fight against British domination, and excerpts of a talk by Yusef Ali
• Reports of a revolution in Nizwa
• Preparedness of Sheikh Sulaiman Bin Himyar Al Nabhani to reach agreement with HMG and persuade other Omanis to follow him
• Role of Jordanian advisor to the Omani rebels Yusef Saleem Tadros
• HMG's concern that Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur not suspect it of entertaining proposals from rebels behind his back
• Protection of the Sultanate from subversive penetration by sea
• Possibility of Omani rebels opening an office in Karachi, Pakistan
• Reports of shooting in Bakha on 7 May 1967
• Egyptian influence in South Arabia and its threat to the Sultanate
• Planning of a second operation by British forces in the Hauf area of the Eastern Aden Protectorate to clear Dhofari rebels out of the port and disrupt their supply line; for political reasons it is to take place after the UN's Committee of 24 visit to Aden and Oman in June
• Reported contacts between the Front for the Liberation of Occupied Yemen (FLOSY) and the DFL; and indications of a split among the DFL, with some inclined towards the United Arab Republic and socialism and other towards Saudi Arabia and imamism
• Claims of military success by the DFL
• Inauguration in Algiers of an office of the Omani liberation movement
• Possibility of a meeting between HMG and the Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i arranged by Ali Kharusi; and HMG's reluctance to contact the Imam because of Sayyed Tariq Bin Taimur's intention to overthrow his brother Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur
• Reports of a visit to Cairo by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman
• Account of a meeting of the Committee for the Rights of Oman involving Faris Glubb