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FO 371/149057

Sale of UK aircraft to Gulf States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to the prospective sale of UK civil and military aircraft to Gulf States.
FCO 8/6214

Sale of Tornado aircraft to Oman, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to the sale of Tornado military aircraft to Oman, notably the Tornado contract between British Aerospace and Oman for 8 ADV aircraft, the visit Omani Minister of Finance Qais Zawawi to the British Aerospace Public Limited Company and Head of Defense Export Services regarding the contract, and a brief of Tornado deals with other countries.
FO 371/185374

Omani airforce, 1966

This file relates to the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force (SOAF). It contains correspondence concerning: Question of a replacement Piston Provost aircraft for SOAF and SOAF’s future in general, discussed by the British Consul in Muscat and Oman D C Carden, the Commander of the RAF Persian Gulf Air Commodore E G L Millington, the Military Secretary in Muscat Brigadier P R M Waterfield, the Commander of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel A D Lewis and the Commander of SOAF Squadron Leader Entwisle.
FO 464/47

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953, 1953 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953'.
DEFE 5/44

Nos 1 - 100. (Described at item level), 1952 Jan 1-1953 Feb 17

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 1 January 1953 to 17 February 1953 concerning global strategy.
DEFE 5/43

Nos 647 - 730. (Described at item level), 1952 Nov 27-Dec 31

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 27 November 1952 to 31 December 1952, concerning global strategy.
FCO 8/357

Saudi Arabia, 1967-1968

This file concerns Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Federation of South Arabia and Yemen during the British withdrawal from Aden.
CAB 134/1086

Middle East Oil Committee: Meetings 1-16 (1955); Papers 1-32 (1955-1956); Meeting 1 (1956); Papers 1-3 (1956), 1955 Jan 6-1956 Jan 24

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Middle East Oil Committee’s minutes of meetings from 6 January 1955 to 7 January 1956. This entire file concerns Gulf matters.
FCO 8/3915

Relations between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file contains 12 copies of the Royal Engineers' survey notes on the astronomical fixations, observed in March 1964 by 13 Field Survey Squadron, in the vicinity of the frontier between Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate of Oman.
FCO 8/2031

Popular Front for Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG), 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) during 1973.
FCO 8/2023

Military operations in Dhofar Province of Oman, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns military operations in the Dhofar Province of Oman, January to December 1973.
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.