Omani Liberation Army

This file relates to the aftermath of the Oman rebellion and ongoing operations to capture the rebel leaders, Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i, Taleb Bin Ali Al Hina’i and Sheikh Sulaiman Bin Himyar Al Nabhani. It covers correspondence on:

• Reports on the whereabouts of the three men
• Descriptions of the routes from Tanuf to Muti; Masnaah to Rustaq; Sharaijah to Birkat-Al-Moz [Birkat Al Mouz]; and other routes to Jabal Akhdar [Jebel Akhdar]
• Statements as the result of interrogation from the son of the chief of the tribe to which Ghalib and Taleb belong Mahmood Bin Zahir and a cousin of Taleb’s Ahmad Bin Abdulla Bin Hilal al Hina’i
• A list of demolitions of villages
• The Libyan government’s view and policy in relation to the Arab League
• A collection of samples of ammunition captured in Oman
• A report on the Kumah patrol, including the route from Kumah to Jebel Akhdar and a hand-drawn map of the area
• A chronology of events in Oman during 20 June – 20 August 1957
• A despatch on the operations in Oman from Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows
• The issue of whether the Arab League will raise the question of Oman in the UN General Assembly and the possible effect that RAF action in Oman might have on this
• A visit of Salah Bin Isa and Mohammad al Harithi to the US Ambassador in Cairo to appeal for support for Oman
• Evidence against Oman’s claims to be an independent country, including a passport application of 1946 by Taleb declaring himself a Sultanate subject [not enclosed]
• Information on the leaflets bearing warnings and instructions dropped by HMG and the Sultan’s forces into villages in Oman, including the effectiveness of the leaflets, the means of reproducing the leaflets, a timetable showing the dates and the nature of each leaflet and multiple copies and/or translations of the leaflets. It includes one warning that resistance will result in ground and air attacks
• Burrows’s instructions that Gulf posts should ensure that the Egyptian Jamil Aref a correspondent of newspaper Akhbar El Yom and magazine Akher Saa does not reach Oman
• The return of operational aircraft in use by British Forces Arabian Peninsula
• The potential effect that an independent sovereign state in Central Oman could have on any claims Saudi Arabia might have to the area.