Trucial Oman Scouts. Code BA file 1203 (papers 1 to 15)

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS). It contains correspondence concerning:

• Security of UK personnel serving with colonial and protectorate forces in connection with the TOS (7)
• Recommendation that a special grant should be made to the Scouts used in the recent Oman operations (1)
• Request by the War Office for planning agreement for a programme to build permanent accommodation for the TOS; further discussion on the building programme and its costs and the consideration of Britain's position in the Trucial States (2-3, 5)
• Adequacy of the TOS for internal security duties (4)
• Case of a soldier who committed a disciplinary offence and the course of action taken and Judge C H Haines's view on the matter (6)
• Inferior terms of Major Amin Ezzadine's contract (9)
• Questions on the jurisdiction of the Commander of the TOS over his troops and the case of Lance Corporal Saleem Mubarak; and a minute by Judge Haines on the case [enclosed] (10, 12)
• Reorganisation and financial responsibility of the TOS (11)
• Half-yearly report on the TOS (13)
• Cost of supplying films for the TOS as a counter-subversion measure and the request by the Commander of the Land Forces Persian Gulf (CLFPG) for free admission to films (14-15)