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Omani rebel activity, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Views of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur on the possible return of the rebel leaders to Oman (1) Rebel activity in Dhofar and the sending of reinforcements to the RAF airfeld and camp at Salalah in case of attack (2-3) The Sultan's insistence that his approval was needed before the movement of British troops to the RAF base at Oman (5) Ambush of a Northern Frontier Regiment platoon, resulting in the deaths of eight Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) personnel, including a British contract officer (6) Report in the Oman Al-Tha