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FCO 8/2022

Defence Attache's report on Oman for 1972, and Oman Intelligence Reports, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is about the Defence Attaché's report on Oman and Intelligence Reports, 1973 to 1974. It contains correspondence relating to: The submission of the Defence Attaché Muscat Colonel C E Welch's Annual Report for 1972 from Ambassador D F Hawley to the Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
FCO 8/2021

Co-operation between armed forces of Oman and United Arab Emirates, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is about cooperation between the forces of Oman and the United Arab Emirates, 1973.
FCO 8/2233

Oman: intelligence reports and Defence Attache's report for 1973, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file contains the Annual Report for 1973 by the UK Defence Attaché in Muscat Colonel C E Welch, which deals with generalised matters in outline, and related correspondence. This file also contains the fortnightly Oman Intelligence Reports (numbers 57-64, 30 December 1973 to 20 April 1974), which report in detail on: The prosecution of the war in Dhofar The military situation in Oman as a whole The equipment, organisation and state of morale of the Sultan's Armed Forces

FCO 8/2020

UK military assistance to Oman: policy and reviews, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file relates to policy and reviews of UK military assistance to Oman, July 1973 to January 1974.
FCO 8/1637

Defence attaches of UK in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: The wish to appoint a defence attaché in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman before Britain's withdrawal from the Gulf; and Chiefs of Staff's (COS) view that Colonel K C P Ive should not be appointed, and its nomination of Lieutenant Colonel C E Welch Concern at the possibility of an escalating commitment in Dhofar if the operation against Omani rebels by the Sultan's Armed Forces does not succeed quickly The question of whether a defence attaché is required in the Trucial States/UAE, including the views of Political Resident G G Arthur; th