Discussions at UN about Oman

This file relates to the Oman issue at the 16th and 17th sessions of the UN General Assembly during 1961-62. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Arab delegations' plan to raise the Oman issue in the Committee of 17 and possible British tactics (12)
• Possible visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to the UN General Assembly. The State Department is unofficially opposed to a visit. Tariq Bin Taimur is not a suitable representative as the Sultan distrusts him (11, 7, 13)
• Efforts to secure support from Japan for the Sultan's case (3)
• Brief for the foreign affairs debate on Oman, on 5 February 1962 (4)
• Iranian delegation's failure to vote in accordance with its Government's instructions (5)
• Reference in a General Assembly document to the Imamate of Oman as the 'State' of Oman, and Britain's objection to this (6)
• 16th Session of the General Assembly and the official records of the 299-305th meetings of the Special Political Committee on 27 November to 1 December 1961 (8-9, 1)
• Press statements by Wendell Phillips the Special Political Committee debate closed and his offer to make propaganda on behalf of Oman. The British are sceptical of his value and integrity (10)
• Inclusion of the question of Oman on the agenda for the 17th session of the General Assembly, and discussion of British tactics, including production of a booklet on Oman in multiple languages (15-17)
• Ambassador I D Scott's discussions with President Ibrahim Abboud of Sudan and with Ahmad Kheir about Oman's inclusion on the UN agenda; and British efforts to press Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur to write a statement (18)
• Regret that a suitable representative for the Sultan may not be found; and C T Crowe's suggestion that the Sultan should state his case to the French African Governments (19)
• Brazilian Ambassador's request for HMG's views on the Oman question (20)