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FCO 8/79

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Clearance of the Special Air Service (SAS) Exercise Dyne with the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with an outline of the programme and training areas for Dyne Foreign Office agreement to Special Army Volunteer Reserve's Exercise Ever Ready XIV Clearance given by HM Political Agency Dubai to the Ministry of Defence for the Inter Service Expedition by dhow from the Trucial States to the UK referred to as Exercise Sinbad Meeting on the future of Britis
FCO 8/78

British forces, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Parliamentary questions of James Davidson MP and Rear Admiral Morgan Morgan-Giles to Secretary of Defence Denis Healey on the role of British forces in the Gulf 'The Forthcoming Struggle in the Arabian Gulf', Sawt Al Arab, Cairo, 3 November 1967 US State Department's assessment of the British presence in and stabilisation of the Gulf Parliamentary question from Ben Whitaker to Foreign Secretary Goronwy Roberts on the expiry date of UK defence treaty commitments in the Gulf with further comments Article on 'Support for Iranian Militar
FO 1016/634

Military operations in central Oman, 1958

This file relates to the military operations and blockade in and around Jebel Akhdar.
FO 371/168711

Personal guard of Sultan, 1963

This file relates to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF).
FO 371/149037

UK armed forces in Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains: Text of a broadcast by Faisal Bin Ali on political prisoners in Oman and Bahraini exiles in St Helena and news concerning the resignations, appointments and visits of Syrian Ministers (2) Commentary by Sawt Al Arab on the British military conference in Oman (3) Correspondence relating to publicity for Special Air Service (SAS) exercises in Muscat (5, 10, 14, 16) Proposal to appoint a senior military officer to lead the Oman Working Party (OWP) and the longer term programme for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF).
FO 371/140271

Discovery of ancient Arabic books in Oman. Code BA file 1761, 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to: Discovery of ancient Arabic books in Sulaiman Bin Himyar's cave in Oman by SAS troops and initial fears that this may be a hoax by Stewart Carter (1) Certainty that books were found, but doubt as to how ancient they are and whether they include a history of Oman.