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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 1016/782

Arms smuggling to Dhofar rebels: Iraqi involvement, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Confirmation that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's order to confiscate all arms in the possession of Omanis entering the country is applicable to Dhofaris; and notification of this to the Trucial Oman Scouts, some of whom return with arms bought from abroad The means of countering arms smuggling, primarily from Basra, including the monitoring and searching of boats Details of an Iraqi boat intercepted in Shatt Al Arab by Iranian authorities, which contained arms, ammunition, members of the Iraqi Army and intelligence serv
FO 371/174568

Armed forces of Sultan, 1964

This file contains: Staff list for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) as on 1 January 1964 (1) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's initial refusal to accept Major H E Sanders as the next Commander of the Northern Frontier Regiment and his subsequent acquiescence following his receipt of the War Office's explanation of its promotion policy (2) Request for copies of reports from the SAF annual administrative inspection for 1963 (3) Disbanding of SAF camel platoons and the increase in the number of donkeys assigned to battalions (4) Appointment of Colonel A D Lewis as