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Visit to the Trucial Oman States for sand trials with wheeled vehicles, October - November 1963, 1966 Jan 01-1966 Dec 31

This file contains a report produced by the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment of a visit to Abu Dhabi in October-November 1963 in order to carry out a desert tyre trial and a comparison between the Dodge Power Wagon and the Land Rover LWB. It includes maps of the vehicle route and photographs of the trial.

FO 371/140184

Trucial Oman Scouts. Code BA file 1203 (papers 16 to end), 1959

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS). It contains correspondence concerning: Confusion over Major Amin Ezzadine's contract regarding a pay increase and free leave passages (16) Terms and conditions of service for British officers and other ranks seconded to the TOS (17) Difficulty in covering all parts of the territory it is responsible for due to the ineffectiveness of existing vehicles in soft, deep sand in places such as Liwa.

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Visit to the Trucial Oman States for sand trials with wheeled vehicles, October - November 1963, 1966 Jan 01-1966 Dec 31

Trucial Oman Scouts. Code BA file 1203 (papers 16 to end), 1959