UK armed forces in Muscat and Oman

This file relates to the military conflict in Oman. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi's concern about mines. He is keen to speak to the Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i to urge him to restrain his followers from laying more mines in the Dhahira area (67)
• Extracts and cuttings on the conflict from foreign media outlets, including Trud, L'Orient, and Voice of the Arabs, (68, 70-72)
• Plans, efforts and the termination of the rehabilitation programme for Jebel Akhdar, the last stronghold of the Omani rebels, captured largely by British Forces in 1959 (69, 78)
• British military exercises and patrols (74, 81)
• Travelogue of J F S Phillips's visit to Jebel Akhdar (75)
• Statistics of British casualties in Oman from 1957-60 (76) 
• Mine explosion near Fanja (80)
• Secondment of US officer E P Sydnor to the SAS in Oman (83)
• Medical services for British troops. The British Forces Arabian Peninsula considers this to be inadequate and wants an additional section stationed at Nizwa (84)
• New York Times report and details of mining incidents in 1960 (85)
• Information on recent incidents (86)