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FO 371/156794

Military exercises and patrols in Muscat and Oman. Includes 10 photographs depicting: Military exercises in Oman: recovery of plastic mines from a cache near Aswad; exterior/interior views of plastic mine and components. Dated 1961., 1961

This file relates to military exercises in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
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 371/185378

Defence budget, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Increased expenditure on the Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF) during the period 1966-67. It includes a statement of the budget for this period (1) Muscat military budget for 1966-67 as approved by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and approval for the payment of the first installment of the military subsidy (2) Request from the Sultan for a review of the decision not to pay him a military subsidy in 1967-68, in view of the delay in receiving revenue from oil production.
FO 371/185365

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
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
FO 371/149042

Supply of arms and military equipment to Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file relates to the supply of arms and military equipment to the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/168713

Arms supply under Salalah Agreement, 1963

This file relates to the supply of ammunition to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur under the Salalah Agreement. It contains correspondence on: Disputed claim by the Sultan that Browning machine guns and spares ordered from HMG have failed to be delivered. The Sultan feels very let down and asks for his money back.
FO 371/156795

Military exercises and patrols in Muscat and Oman, 1961

This file relates to military exercises in Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/168654

UK military operations in Aden and Persian Gulf, 1963

This file contains: A list of military exercises in the Gulf planned for 1963 and the need to avoid them coinciding with the visit to Oman of the representative of the UN Secretary-General.
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 371/148870

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

This file contains correspondence relating to: Suggestion to station a tank-carrying landing ship, tank (LST) in the Gulf, in case of the need to intervene in defence of Kuwait, and the question of where to conduct exercises for the tanks and crew (17) Request for the LST Dieppe, sailing from Aden to carry out landings in Oman (18) Request from the new Political Officer with British Forces in the Arabian Peninsula (BFAP) R A Clinton-Thomas for a number of documents and reference papers [list enclosed] and details of Clinton-Thomas's visit to Aden (19) First visit to

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