Discussions at UN about Oman

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

• Lobbying for the forthcoming discussions and the potential for anti-colonial arguments (101)
• Expectation of the UN Secretary General U Thant to receive the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's comments on the de Ribbing Report and views on a settlement with the rebels (102)
• Plans for the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly to take up the question of Oman; guidance on what information can be discussed by Government representatives; and plans for the distribution of the de Ribbing Report (103)
• Press cutting of an article [enclosed] from the Daily Telegraph entitled 'No Sign of Atrocities in Oman' (104)
• Committee for the Rights of Oman and interactions with freelance journalist David Page-Thomas (105)
• Press cutting of an article [enclosed] from the New York Times entitled 'U.N. Study Backs London in Oman' (106)
• Brief from the News Department concerning allegations made in a memorandum of the Committee for the Rights of Oman, including cuttings from the Daily Express, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Herald, The Times and the Daily Mail (107)
• Question of whether the British case regarding Oman should be represented in the Fourth Committee by a minister (108)
• Suggestion that the question of Oman not be raised in NATO (109)
• Article in The Economist on Muscat and Oman entitled 'No Man's Land' and comments on the de Ribbing Mission (110)
• The Sultan's reactions to the De Ribbing Report (111)
• Alleged comments made by R J Edwards MP regarding Britain in the Middle East as reported by the Birmingham Post, and the question of whether Edwards or G F Glubb had been in the Sultanate since 1959 (112)
• The decision of the Fourth Committee to circulate a letter from the Sultan to the President of the UN General Assembly as an official document (113)
• Points to be stressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (114)
• Edition of the Summary of World Broadcasts, including a talk on the Voice of the Arabs radio service by Himyar Bin Sulaiman on Herbert de Ribbing's visit to Oman (115)
• Confirmation that the UN Division of the Ministry of External Affairs received the de Ribbing Report; and the necessity of lobbying in New Delhi (116)
• Possibility that de Ribbing may not be present at the Oman debate (117)
• Questions of how many countries have recognised the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and of how many RAF personnel and planes are in the country (118)
• Objection to Zayed Rifa'i taking the lead against Britain in the Oman debate (119)
• Request for at least two weeks' notice before the Oman question comes up and the distribution of copies of the booklet 'Muscat and Oman' (120)