Slavery

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Britain considering an approach to Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur to persuade him to subscribe to the Anti-Slavery Convention of 1956 and issue a proclamation banning slavery throughout the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (1)
• Advice from the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations as to how the Sultan can satisfy the UN regarding slavery (2)
• Memo detailing the history of anti-slavery actions and present attitudes regarding slavery in Muscat and Oman, the Trucial States and South Arabia (3)
• Britain's belief that it is no longer politically expedient for it to issue manumission certificates in a state that has not yet abolished slavery (4)