FO 1016/250
Muscat: Petroleum Development (Oman) Ltd financing of Huqf force to protect oil exploration operation, 1953
This file relates to the establishment of the Huqf Force in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to protect the oil exploration activities of Petroleum Development (Oman) Limited (PDO) [a subsidiary of Iraq Petroleum Company]. It contains correspondence concerning:
Postponement of general recruitment, but continuing efforts to select British officers and find a commandant.
