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FO 371/185367

Political relations: Pakistan, 1966

This file relates to relations between the UK, Pakistan and Muscat and Oman over Gwadur [Gwadar]. It contains correspondence relating to: Discussion on the current situation regarding the 1958 Gwadar Agreement, including these four issues: the position of Major Sakhi Raja and four doctors and dentists, the interruption of recruiting, the return of all seconded Pakistani officers and the military clauses of the agreement.

FO 371/185377

Military situation and Baxendale case, 1966

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman.

FO 371/149029

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file relates to the armed forces of Oman. It covers correspondence on: Financial provision for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) for 1960/61 and short term measures set out in an agreed minute [both enclosed] (1) Loan of two 5.5 inch guns to the SAF, and the recommendation that the loan should continue for the current year, but not in the long term.

FO 371/149035

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file relates to the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.

FO 371/149032

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Procedure for recruiting contract officers for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) (48, 52) Proposal for seconding officers from Australia and New Zealand for service with the SAF and the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) (49) Replacement of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's boom [a type of sailing vessel] and the question of whether to purchase a British type of boat, or to construct a vessel of local type (50) Suggestion by the Sultan to appoint an officer who could act as an inspector and auditor for the SAF (51) Problem o

FO 371/126919

Political relations between Muscat and Oman and UK, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Suggestion by St John Armitage, who established the Dhofar Force, that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur should be provided with a team of British officials to advise him (1) Meeting between D M H Riches and the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Sultan Neil Innes, who is planning to resign from his position (2) Request from Innes for a further meeting with Riches (3) Various papers, memorandums and letters discussing Britain's relationship with Oman and future changes that should take place in the adm

FO 371/114678

Organisation of the Muscat and Oman Field Force (Huqf Force): supply of arms and equipment; recruitment of British officers, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Supply of equipment and training for the new Muscat and Oman Field Force (the Huqf Force) (1) List of arms and equipment for the expansion of the Field Force. It also contains a comment on the three sections of the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): The Muscat Infantry, the Batinah Force, and the Muscat and Oman Field Force (2) Delivery of arms to Muscat, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's plans for the next moves in Oman.

FO 371/168693

Meetings with Sultan, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Invite to a supper party hosted by RAF Salalah for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur (1) Meeting between W H T Luce and the Sultan. Topics of discussion include: Buraimi and the de Ribbing Mission; and the Sultan's proposed summer visit to England (2-3) HMG's relations with the Sultan and an account of a conversation with Commander Thomas Fox-Pitt of the Anti-Slavery Society about the Sultan.

FO 371/179824

Supply of arms, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Purchase by Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur of four Cadillac Commando armoured cars for the Dhofar Force with instruction by an American expert on how to use and maintain them. It also discusses Anglo-American competition for the supply of arms to the Middle East (6-7) Visit of arms salesmen to the Gulf and the possibility that the Sultan's Armed Forces may soon start purchasing non-British arms (12) Request by the MOD to replace the Piston Provost of the Sultan of Oman's Air Force which crashed on 22 May 1965.

FO 371/179823

Sultan's armed forces, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Plans for ambushes by the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) on the Hadramaut and Saudi Arabia frontiers (3) Preparations for raising a third infantry battalion of the SAF, which would have a specific oil company security responsibilities (4) Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's plan for the SAF to take over the Dhofar Force next year and his intention to meet the cost himself.

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