Internal political situation

This file contains:

• A report of a storm that has caused heavy damage in Muscat (21)
• A report of a discussion with the Ruler of Kuwait regarding the possibility of HMG receiving an Emissary from the Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i (22)
• Correspondence regarding press reports in Jedda [Jeddah] of incidents in Oman, and whether to approach the Saudi Arabian Government about this and about the Omani rebel question in general (23, 38)
• A letter from the Consul General in Muscat J F S Phillips reporting four recent incidents in Salala [Salalah]. It includes a translation of a letter by the Arab Youth of Dhofar (24)
• Correspondence regarding rumours of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's plans to abdicate (25)
• A report of the capture, by the Sultan's Armed Forces, of three Omani rebels (26)
• A cutting of a report from the Iraqi newspaper Al Sha'ab, along with a translation, accusing the British Embassy in Beirut of distributing pamphlets that falsely profess to be produced by the office of the Imam of Oman (27)
• A report of the visit of Sheikh Saleh Bin Isa Al Harithi to Damascus (28)
• A report that the Government of Lebanon has agreed to the setting up of an office for the Imamate of Oman in Beirut (29)
• A suggestion that the question of Saudi Arabia's sheltering of Omani rebels be raised during talks with Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. It also contains a Local Intelligence Committee weekly report, which includes details of information obtained from captured Omani rebels (30)
• Details of a pamphlet [not enclosed] received at the British Embassy in Damascus, produced by the Oman Liberation Front, a splinter group of Omani rebels formed by Saleh Bin Isa. The Political Residency in Bahrain requests summaries and copies of future pamphlets (31)
• Reports of a delegation from the Imamate of Oman, which has left Damascus for Cairo (32, 34)
• Correspondence regarding Saleh Bin Isa, who is in Kuwait at the invitation of the Kuwaiti Government (33)
• A report that Saleh Bin Isa has claimed he has been appointed Imam of Oman in place of Ghalib Al Hina'i (35)
• A copy of a letter from the Imamate of Oman to Shell, along with comments on the letter (36)
• A document announcing the official opening of an office for the Imamate of Oman in Beirut (37)
• A report of a pamphlet published in London by Faris Glubb, titled 'Free Oman', and a request to be informed if Glubb makes plans to visit the Gulf (39)
• Notification that F C L Chauncy is going home on leave (40).