UK military operations in Aden and Persian Gulf

This file contains:

• A list of military exercises in the Gulf planned for 1963 and the need to avoid them coinciding with the visit to Oman of the representative of the UN Secretary-General. It also contains discussion of the possible effects of the exercises on Iraq and general guidance about publicity for military exercises (4)
• Reports on exercises and patrols in Muscat and Oman from 1 October to 31 December 1962 (5)
• Comments on the advantages and disadvantages of holding military exercises in the Gulf (9)
• Further correspondence on plans for military exercises and the potential publicity and political issues they raise (11)
• A proposed unofficial visit for Major-General Mubarak to Aden to view the Thunderbird ground-to-air missiles (14)
• Press reports in Damascus on the construction of a British atomic base in Aden. It also contains details of plans for the arrival of a battery of Thunderbird missiles in Aden, in order to assess the effect of heat and humidity on them (17)
• A forecast of military exercises to be held in the Gulf area from 1963 to 1964 (24)
• Correspondence regarding whether formal clearance is required from the Sultanate authorities for a particular exercise and the need to publicise it accordingly. It includes a copy of the Commanders' Committee paper on the exercise (29-30).