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FCO 8/4507

Trilateral talks between Oman, the UK and USA, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns proposed Oman-US-UK trilateral talks.
FCO 8/2022

Defence Attache's report on Oman for 1972, and Oman Intelligence Reports, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is about the Defence Attaché's report on Oman and Intelligence Reports, 1973 to 1974. It contains correspondence relating to: The submission of the Defence Attaché Muscat Colonel C E Welch's Annual Report for 1972 from Ambassador D F Hawley to the Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
FCO 8/2233

Oman: intelligence reports and Defence Attache's report for 1973, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file contains the Annual Report for 1973 by the UK Defence Attaché in Muscat Colonel C E Welch, which deals with generalised matters in outline, and related correspondence. This file also contains the fortnightly Oman Intelligence Reports (numbers 57-64, 30 December 1973 to 20 April 1974), which report in detail on: The prosecution of the war in Dhofar The military situation in Oman as a whole The equipment, organisation and state of morale of the Sultan's Armed Forces

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 8/570

Annual reviews for 1966 and 1967, 1967-1968

This file contains the Annual Reports and Calendar of Events for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman for 1966 and 1967 by Consul-General D C Carden and related correspondence.

FO 371/162864

Sultan's Armed Forces, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed terms of service for Pakistanis seconded to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF).
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