Dhofar rebels and arms smuggling

This file relates to rebel activity in Dhofar, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence, mainly telegrams and memorandums, on:

• Details of the operations against the rebels by the Sultan's Armed Forces, including 'Operation Rainbow' against the rebel groups of Ali Shulfan and Mussallim Bin Nufl
• Rumours that Mussallim and some members of the Al Kathiri have visited Jadhib [Jadib], Yemen
• RAF photo reconnaissance and transport operations
• The suspected arms smuggling from Basra of Abdulla Bin Humaid Al Ghasani
• An assessment of the arms captured at Mudhai and Einoot
• A request for assistance from Middle East Command HQ in interrogating prisoners
• A request made to HMG to close the route into Dhofar from Hadramant [Hadhramaut] and notes on camel and foot routes between Hauf and Dhofar
• A report from the Local Intelligence Committee on the potential for instability in the Eastern Aden Protectorate
• A communique of the Front for the Liberation of Dhofar [Dhofar Liberation Front] announcing the beginning of the struggle against British imperialism, published in the Cairo newspaper Al Gumhuriya, and the opening of an office in the city.

The file also contains correspondence on the movements of:

• Hafidh Abdulla Ramzin of Bait Ruwas [Bayt Ruwas] and Mas'ud Saleem Khantor of Bait Jabub [Bayt Jabub] flying to Mukalla, Yemen
• Sa'ad Bin Saeed Al Muqaddam, alias the Pirate, arriving in Al Gheidha [Al Ghaydah]
• Sheikh Sulaiman Bin Himyar Al Nabhani, Amir of Jebel Akhdar and Abdulla Saeed Al Faresi on separate visits to Bahrain
• Faisal Abdul Latif of the liberation front for the occupied Arab south [National Liberation Front] to Baghdad
• The Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i to Algeria where he may open an Imamate office for the movement for the liberation of Oman.