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FO 1016/198

Issue of Muscat visas by British officers, 1952

This file relates to the rules for issuing visas for entry into Muscat.
FCO 8/600

Commercial export of oil, 1967-1968

This file relates to oil affairs in Muscat and Oman.
FCO 8/2017

Communications in Oman: BBC radio receiving and transmitting station in Masirah, Oman, 1973 Jan 01 - 1974 Jan 08

This file concerns radio communications in Oman.
FCO 8/884

Trucial Oman Scouts: rulers should be asked to bear greater burden of cost, 1967

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).
FCO 8/571

Omani rebels, 1967-1968

This file relates to the internal conflict in the Sultanate if Muscat and Oman.
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 1016/793

Muscat and Oman: internal political situation, 1970 Jan 01 - 1970 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to:The possibility of extracting Sayyed Qaboos Bin Saeed Al Saeed from Salalah without the knowledge of the Sultan's Armed Forces and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin TaimurThe limits of Sultan Saeed's rule and the consideration of a palace coup by Sayyed QaboosA featured item on Independent Television [ITV] on rumours of a palace coup in Oman, broadcast on 6 July 1970The plans for a total communications blackout until the royal family have elected QaboosThe plans to prevent Qaboos from being handed over to the Sultan if the coup is unsuccessfu
FO 1016/786

BBC relay station on Masirah Island, 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations between HMG and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur for permission to lease land on Masirah Island to establish a relay station and therefore create a more audible BBC service, which can be used as a 'weapon' against revolutionary countries of the Arab World; and the Sultan's conflation of the issue with his interest in an agreement with Pakistan over Gwadur [Gwadar] and his concern that this might affect possible mineral exploration on the island.
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.