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FCO 8/1620

Withdrawal of British armed forces from Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is about the withdrawal of British military forces from the Gulf, January to August 1971.
FO 1016/352

Proposed increase in strength of Muscat and Oman Field Force, 1954

This file concerns proposals to expand the Muscat and Oman Field Force (MOFF), also known as the Huqf Force.
FO 371/132822

Armed forces of Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Subsidy for Muscat and Oman, and further details and calculations related to military expenditure. It includes an exchange of letters between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and the Foreign Secretary and drafts of an agreed minute on the control of expenditure under the subsidy (51, 57, 62, 69, 72, 74-75, 78, 81, 83-84) Expansion of the Dhofar Force and the posting of a seconded officer for the force (52, 59, 67) Secondment of officers to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF).
FO 371/140191

Air force of Muscat. Code BA file 1223 (papers 32 to 58), 1959

This file concerns the Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF).
FO 371/156695

Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper by the Chairman of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISN) E J Pakes on 'Sea Communications within the Persian Gulf and between India and the Persian Gulf' (1) Request for information on traffic in explosives and dangers to shipping in the Gulf.
FO 371/149016

Commercial relations between countries of Arabia and UK, 1960

This file relates to expenditure on military and development programmes in Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/132820

Armed forces of Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conditions of service for British officers seconded to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) (20-21, 28-29) Programme of arrival of officers for the SAF (22) Request for authorisation for the secondment of three additional officers (23, 25) Question of responsibility for the Muscat subsidy for the SAF (24) Paper on the reorganisation of the armed forces in Muscat [Not enclosed.
FO 371/148869

Units of UK armed forces in Arabia and Persian Gulf, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Response by the Minister of Defence Harold Watkinson to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on the number of British troops stationed in the Aden Protectorate.
FO 371/126951

Armed forces of UK in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains: Notes and material collected in response to an enquiry from the Ministry of Defence regarding the agreements by which HMG is able to station armed forces in the Gulf, and the status of these forces. It includes translations of documents from 1934 regarding the purchase of land in Bahrain for use by HMG. It also contains a paper titled 'Position of our naval, military and air forces in the Persian Gulf states' (1-3) Paper entitled 'Organisation and deployment of land forces in the Persian Gulf, Muscat and Oman', prepared by Commander Land Forces Persian Gulf.
FO 371/149030

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Reports that some in Pakistan wish to tear up the Gwadur [Gwadar] Agreement and the implications this would have for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), which would not be able to recruit soldiers from Gwadar (17) Responsibility for the use and maintenance of the Wali's wireless sets and the suggestion that a senior wireless operator be appointed (19, 27) Provision for the unloading of a bulldozer (20, 28) Staff list for the SAF as on 1 April 1960 (21) Proposals for continuing SAF dhow patrols after the present dhow charter en
FO 371/140190

Air force of Muscat. Code BA file 1223 (papers 22 to 31), 1959

This file contains: Details and estimated costings for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's Air Force (SOAF) construction programme, along with related correspondence (22, 24, 29) Movement order for the SOAF to move to RAF Khormaksar in Aden (23) Estimate of the cost for the maintenance of the airstrip at Bait al Falaj [Bayt Al Falaj], along with related correspondence (25) Correspondence relating to the task forms and other papers accumulated relating to the SOAF (26) Correspondence relating to the visit of A J Crawford of Airwork Services to Muscat, to discuss a service contract (28
FO 371/149032

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Procedure for recruiting contract officers for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) (48, 52) Proposal for seconding officers from Australia and New Zealand for service with the SAF and the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) (49) Replacement of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's boom [a type of sailing vessel] and the question of whether to purchase a British type of boat, or to construct a vessel of local type (50) Suggestion by the Sultan to appoint an officer who could act as an inspector and auditor for the SAF (51) Problem o