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FCO 8/81

Visit by Chief of Defence Staff, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: The paper produced in connection with the visit of the Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force to the Persian Gulf, June 1968, with background brief and personality notes.
FCO 8/80

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper titled 'Persian Gulf - Future of our Support for Local Forces and Secondment Policy' Training of British units in the Gulf, 1968-69 and the outline of plans for 1969-70 Letter from the Ministry of Defence to the Treasury concerning 'Areas where difficulties are being or may be experienced in filling Seconded Posts', including sub-sections on the Trucial Oman Scouts, Abu Dhabi Defence Force, the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), and Libya Confidential Far East Command Exercise Shadow, September to October 1968 'Provision of Military

FCO 8/79

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Clearance of the Special Air Service (SAS) Exercise Dyne with the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with an outline of the programme and training areas for Dyne Foreign Office agreement to Special Army Volunteer Reserve's Exercise Ever Ready XIV Clearance given by HM Political Agency Dubai to the Ministry of Defence for the Inter Service Expedition by dhow from the Trucial States to the UK referred to as Exercise Sinbad Meeting on the future of Britis
FO 1016/569

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/568

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/565

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/564

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman.
FO 1016/563

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 1016/559

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman, particularly in regard to the Omani Liberation Army.
FO 1016/391

Muscat and Oman: internal situation, 1955

This file relates to the dispute between the Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur concerning the sovereignty of Interior Oman.
FO 371/140133

Mapping of boundaries of Trucial States. Code BA file 1087 (papers 1 to 7), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to:Maps of the Muscat - Trucial States frontiers (1)Julian F Walker's work on the Muscat - Trucial States boundary and tribal demands in the Dhahira region. It includes a request by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Salimin of the Al Bu Shamis [Al Shamsi] tribe to purchase arms and receive financial aid from HMG, and a request by Sheikh Ali Bin Ahmad Al Salf that the Naim tribe be accepted as another Trucial State.