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Visit by Mr Barran of Royal Dutch Shell, 1968

This file relates to visa applications and visits to the Gulf by various people.

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman regarding the loss of control of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur over central Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: The statements of Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd to the House of Commons on the situation in Oman on 23 and 25 July 1957 International press reaction to the situation in Oman, including reports from: the Associated Press, America, Pravda, Lebanon, Baghdad, Cairo, Pakistan and Tripoli.

FO 371/140189

Air force of Muscat. Code BA file 1223 (papers 6 to 21), 1959

This file relates to the establishment of the Sultan of Oman's Air Force in 1959.

FO 371/149033

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Staff list of officers serving in the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) as on 1 August 1960 (61) Nomination and career histories of H R D Oldman and S L A Carter as candidates for the next commander of the SAF and a request that the process be settled while the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur is in London (62, 64) The Sultan's suggestion that a senior British officer should carry out an inspection of the military organisation every year (63) Application by William Benson Hargreaves for the post of accountant in the Muscat Defence

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Visit by Mr Barran of Royal Dutch Shell, 1968

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

Air force of Muscat. Code BA file 1223 (papers 6 to 21), 1959

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960