Discussions at UN about Oman

This file relates to the Oman question at the UN. It contains correspondence on:

• Delaying representations concerning Oman in Ecuador until there is a specific resolution (1)
• Tunisian Government's position concerning the Oman conflict (2)
• Reports of attempts to enlighten official and public opinion in Morocco regarding the Oman situation (3)
• Discussion of potential voting on the Oman question at the UN and how to present Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur in a more favourable light (4)
• Text of the eighth resolution of the Arab Foreign Ministers' Conference - 'Issue of the Oman Imamate' (5)
• Unconfirmed reports that the ex-Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i is to attend the UN General Assembly in New York on the advice of the Arab League Foreign Ministers (6)
• Approval of Ghalib's visa and confirmation that 'Oman Imamate' passports would not be recognised by the United States (7)
• Reports concerning the Omani delegation regarding their representation to the UN, including a transcript of a transmission from the Imamate of Oman requesting aid from the UN General Assembly (8)
• Report on the relationship between the Herbert de Ribbing Mission and the Omani question in the UN (9)
• Suggestion that Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur should visit the US at the beginning of the General Assembly (10)
• Further comment on the Oman question at the UN; acknowledgement that Sayyed Ahmad Ibrahim could not represent Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur in the US (11, 12)
• Evidence that could be used in a debate on Oman (13)
• Brief on the Oman question for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference (14)
• Suggested visit of Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur to New York for the UN General Assembly (15)
• Reports of talks with the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs on 11 March 1961, and the position taken by the Lebanese delegation to the UN (16)
• Further reports on the Omani delegation (17)
• Proposed tactics for the UN General Assembly relating to the Oman question (18)
• Reports that Taleb Al Hina'i and Sulaiman Bin Himyar applied to the American Embassy for visas (19)
• Preparation of a brief concerning the sovereignty of Oman (20)