Omani rebels

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

• Sighting of a non-Dhofari with the Dhofar Liberation Front (DFL), probably a Chinese communist, which Consul General D C Carden considers both positive and negative
• Possibility of Taleb Bin Ali Al Hina'i returning to Oman and his efforts to establish a relationship with HMG, including a meeting with Head of Chancery P R H Wright
• HMG's consideration of the ruling succession in the event of Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's death, including discussions with his son Sayyed Qaboos Bin Saeed A Said and the idea of integrating the Imamate
• Situation reports recording armed clashes and incidents involving the Sultan's Armed Forces, the RAF, and the DFL
• Coverage provided by the Cairo and Kuwaiti press
• Iraqi help for Omani rebels
• Role of Saudi Arabia in the conflict
• Report by Major R J F Brown on Dhofar, dated March 1968, including references to the geography, people, tribes, administration, commerce, security forces, Dhofari grievances, and the pattern of DLG activity
• The wish of the Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i to join the Union of Arab Emirates
• Article in Al Thawri, the mouthpiece of the National Liberation Front in Aden