Sultanate of Muscat and Oman Armed Forces (SAF)

This file relates to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF). It contains correspondence concerning:

• The costs of maintaining generators, and living arrangements for the James Kilpatrick & Sons Limited engineer
• Arrangements for contacting headquarters out of working hours
• A list of required reading material, including 'British Inventions', 'Fame and Football' and 'Islam in Britain'
• The mail distribution process and signal despatch service
• Recruitment difficulties in Gwadur [Gwadar] and possible conflict with the recruitment of police officers for Bahrain
• An application for employment from British subject R Macdonald Porcelli
• A new method of repairing and maintaining vehicles
• A planned cricket match against Land Forces Persian Gulf
• Recognition of Major Wilson's efforts during an operation to rescue M L Tait from the Political Agency, Dubai after he got lost on the Jebel Hafeet [Jebel Hafit] mountain
• Patrols in the Hadhramaut border area
• The strength of the force in June 1965
• Arrangements for another article on the SAF in Soldier magazine to aid recruitment, although Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur does not want journalists visiting the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
• Expenditure figures
• The 'Summary of Events' numbers 27-28, covering 1 September to 31 October 1965
• An application for employment in the Qatar Security Forces by Captain C P M Boyd of the Oman Gendarmerie and Captain A W Woodman of the Muscat Regiment
• Updates on the SAF for the 1966 edition of the Statesman's Yearbook.