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FO 1016/631

Military operations in central Oman, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Minutes of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Military Co-ordination Committee (Persian Gulf) A proclamation addressed to the people of Jebel Akhdar, informing them of an alliance between the land and air forces of Britain and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur A letter from Major F C L Chauncy to Sir B A B Burrows on the former's meetings with Sultan Saeed, Brigadier P R M Waterfield, Colonel D de C Smiley and Sayyed Ahmad Bin Ibrahim on the War and the limits of the current blockade against Imam Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i, Tale
FO 1016/630

Military operations in central Oman, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: The hand-over of Izki from the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) to Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) The notes on a meeting about the Jebel Akhdar Campaign at Nizwa on 11 June 1958 The minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the Military Coordination Committee (Persian Gulf) The shooting of Colour Sergeant J L Halford of the Royal Marines while on patrol near Muti The perceived disaffection of individuals and tribes with leaders of the Imamate of Oman and the reluctance of defectors to openly acknowledge the authority of the Sultan of Muscat, Saeed Bin
FO 371/104312

Frontier dispute between Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States, 1953 Nov 13 - Nov 30

This file contains correspondence on: Buraimi murder incident (1051-1054, 1060, 1067, 1069, 1071) Proposal to send ammunition to Sheikh Abdulla Bin Salem at Mahadha (1055) Translation of a private letter from Sayyed Ahmad Bin Ibrahim reporting details of the road the Saudi government have started making for Buraimi (1056) Copy of a letter from Sharjah recording a statement by a slave who was employed by Turki Bin Ataishan, and who escaped from Hamasa (1057) Report from the British Information Service that the American press are not interested in publicising the Buraimi dispute (1