Omani rebel activity

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Views of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur on the possible return of the rebel leaders to Oman (1)
• Rebel activity in Dhofar and the sending of reinforcements to the RAF airfeld and camp at Salalah in case of attack (2-3)
• The Sultan's insistence that his approval was needed before the movement of British troops to the RAF base at Oman (5)
• Ambush of a Northern Frontier Regiment platoon, resulting in the deaths of eight Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) personnel, including a British contract officer (6)
• Report in the Oman Al-Thawra of the destruction of a British military vehicle, with the deaths of three British soldiers (7)
• Summary of Egyptian media reports about the death of a British officer in an ambush in Dhofar (8)
• Report of a further ambush on the SAF in Dhofar (9)
• Dhofari rebel use of Hauf in the Eastern Aden Protectorate as a base and a proposal for an operation to be carried out against the rebels there. It includes a paper, titled 'The Denial of Hauf to Dhofari rebels' (11)
• Report on the situation in Dhofar (12)
• Details of the proposed operation, including preparation for its publicity, the need to get the agreement of the Sultan, and the use of the landing ship HMS Fearless (13-14)
• Foreign Office submission regarding the proposed operation against the Dhofari rebels, along with comments and responses (15)
• The Sultan's plan to write a letter to the Shah of Iran following the capture of Omani rebels by the Iranian authorities and the subsequent handover of the rebels to the Sultanate (16)
• Report of the successful operation at Hauf and the conveying of the thanks of the Sultan (19)