Political relations: Discussions at UN about Oman

This file concerns the question of Oman as it was addressed by the UN. It contains correspondence on:

• Preview of the conclusions of the UN's Ad Hoc Committee on Oman (2)
• Request from Faris Glubb for UK representative to the UN Lord Caradon to meet with Taleb Al Hina'i (5)
• Summary and assessment of the main points from the Committee's report (6-7)
• Need to provide the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur with a copy of the Committee's report. It also contains a commentary on the report by Faris Glubb (8)
• D J McCarthy's assessment of the Committee's report (9)
• Preparation of a brief for the UK delegation to the 20th session of the UN General Assembly on item 75 regarding the question of Oman (10, 13)
• Preparation of a statement on the Oman question to deliver at the General Assembly. It contains draft statements prepared, but not used, for the previous session of the General Assembly and which might now be made use of. It also includes accounts of statements, made by the UK and the United Arab Republic, during the early stages of the 20th session of the General Assembly (12)
• Discussion of Oman at the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly. It includes consideration of the strategies to be adopted by the UK delegation; an account of the progress of the debate; the text of the speech given by C P Hope of the UK delegation; and summaries of other contributions made to the debate, including by Faris Glubb and petitioners representing the Imam of Oman (14-19)
• The Sultan's objection to any further engagement with the UN (15)
• Text of the draft resolution, British efforts to lobby various delegations and their governments and the details of the vote on the resolution (20, 24)
• Text of the statement made by Hope on 13 December 1964 in the Fourth Committee, in response to the statement made by the representative of Sudan in introducing the draft resolution on Oman (25)