Armed forces of Sultan of Muscat and Oman

This file relates to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) and the Dhofar Force. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Draft revised terms and conditions of service for UK personnel seconded to the SAF, including the views of P R M Waterfield, Colonel D C Smiley, the War Office, J F S Phillips and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur (21, 28, 33, 38, 40)
• New SAF pay scales and the reasons why consequent over-expenditure should be covered by the Sultan's additional contribution (22)
• SAF Staff lists as on 1 April and 1 July 1961 (23, 31)
• New Commandant of the Dhofar Force A C Meikle's wish to go to Salalah via Aden to pick up his kit (24)
• Procedure for the appointment of senior UK officers (25)
• Application of Arthur McArthur, formerly of the Palestine Police, for a commissioned contract with the Oman Gendarmerie (26)
• Commander of the Land Forces in the Persian Gulf Brigadier Bryers' agreement with Waterfield on joint command in the Sultanate (27)
• First impressions of Meikle, his resignation and the Sultan's wish that he be replaced by a Pakistani officer (29-30)
• Standard form of agreement between the Muscat defence department and contracted officers (32)
• Negative report on the Dhofar Force based on information from Meikle, who resigned because there was nobody he could trust (34)
• The Sultan's agreement to the SAF's proposed affiliation with a British regiment (35)
• Accommodation scales for the SAF works construction programme (36)
• The Sultan's instruction that seconded personnel for the Dhofar Force should be routed from Karachi via Aden (39)