Discussions at UN about Oman

FO 371/156783 1961
Description

This file relates to discussions at the UN about the Oman question. It includes correspondence relating to:

  • Visit to Athens by Secretary of the Cairo Committee for the Independence of Oman Mohammad Amin Abdulla (60)
  • Muscat and Oman's potential membership of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) (61-62, 66)
  • Oman independence debate at the UN (63)
  • UN brief on the question of Oman (64)
  • Canadian viewpoint on the Oman question (67)
  • Discussions with the Danish Ministry of Foreign affairs concerning Oman (68)
  • Suggestions for future lobbying instructions (69)
  • Aggression at the Muscat-Oman border (70)
  • Steering Committee at the UN General Assembly's consideration of the Oman question, including a brief for the UK delegation to the UN (71-73, 79)
  • Comments on the historical arguments relating to the Oman question from a delegate of Saudi Arabia Ahmad Shukairy (74, 80)
  • Lobbying of UN member countries concerning the Oman question; the question of persuading Indonesia to abandon its draft resolution in Oman (75-78)