UN fourth committee debate

This file contains correspondence and memoranda relating to resolutions adopted during debates on Oman in the Fourth Committee [Special Political and Decolonisation Committee], at the 20th and 21st sessions of the UN General Assembly in December 1965 and December 1966. It includes:

• Allegations of torture and brutality against British forces by Faris Glubb of the Committee for the Rights of Oman; and the committee's relationship with two Labour Party MPs, William Hamling and Robert Edwards
• British lobbying of other delegations, including India
• Parliamentary questions by Gordon Campbell, Hugh Jenkins regarding Britain's military presence in Oman and HMG's response to the UN resolution requesting the withdrawal of British troops
• Summary of action previously taken by the Special Committee and General Assembly on Oman prepared for forthcoming discussions in the Committee of 24 [Special Committee on Decolonisation]