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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 1016/634

Military operations in central Oman, 1958

This file relates to the military operations and blockade in and around Jebel Akhdar.
FO 371/132822

Armed forces of Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Subsidy for Muscat and Oman, and further details and calculations related to military expenditure. It includes an exchange of letters between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and the Foreign Secretary and drafts of an agreed minute on the control of expenditure under the subsidy (51, 57, 62, 69, 72, 74-75, 78, 81, 83-84) Expansion of the Dhofar Force and the posting of a seconded officer for the force (52, 59, 67) Secondment of officers to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF).
FO 371/132755

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1958

This file concerns the political situation in Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/156797

Armed forces of Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1961

This file relates to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) and the Dhofar Force.
FO 371/132820

Armed forces of Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conditions of service for British officers seconded to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) (20-21, 28-29) Programme of arrival of officers for the SAF (22) Request for authorisation for the secondment of three additional officers (23, 25) Question of responsibility for the Muscat subsidy for the SAF (24) Paper on the reorganisation of the armed forces in Muscat [Not enclosed.
FO 371/132819

Armed forces of Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed reorganisation of armed forces in Muscat and Oman (1-2, 5-6, 12) Conditions of service for British officers seconded to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF). It includes a copy of the text of the Muscat Order, 1955, and a press cutting from The Times (3-5, 8-11, 13-14, 16-18) Nomination of Colonel D de C Smiley as Chief of Staff for the SAF (15-16) Question of financial assistance for the SAF (19)

FO 371/140074

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1015 (papers 55 to 65), 1959

This file relates to the internal political situation in Muscat.
FO 371/140170

UK military operations in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1195 (papers 66 to 90), 1959

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/132821

Armed forces of Muscat, 1958

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.