Political Relations Between Muscat and Oman, and UK

This file contains records of meetings with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur on the military programme and civil development, in August 1960. Attendees include Brigadier E H Tinker, R A Walmsley, R A Beaumont, A T Lamb and E A W Bullock. Issues discussed include: M R J Hope-Thomson's report on the Sultan's Armed Forces; the question of who controls desert intelligence officers; auditing; civil development; the Sultan's lack of confidence in Development Secretary J E H Boustead; the 1958 cancellation of the 1891 agreement by which the Sultan was obliged not to cede territory without Britain's agreement; a draft budget for schools and teacher training; the World Health Organisation (WHO) with an explanation to the Sultan by the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health Sir John Charles (49-61).