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Emergency headquarters for the Government of Oman, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns the construction and equipping of a secret Emergency Headquarters for the Omani Government.

Radio station, 1967

This file concerns a proposal to establish a radio station in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.

Education, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Education of Omani students and personnel in the UK and literature on courses offered by the British Council through the University of London and University College Swansea (1) Views of Colonel J E H Boustead on higher education for Muscatis in the UK. All suitable candidates are already studying at other colleges, in for example Cairo and Kuwait (2) Possibility that some Omani students studying abroad (e.g.

FO 371/174571

Broadcasting, 1964

This file contains a survey of the possibilities for broadcasting in Muscat by the Chief Engineer of the Diplomatic Wireless Service Donald Bailey and related correspondence. The British see political advantage in providing Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur with a local alternative and antidote to Voice of the Arabs but want assurances regarding the type of content for broadcast before funding the scheme. The survey includes maps illustrating day and night transmission ranges and illustrated plans for a studio, an office, a transmitter building and a power house (4-5).

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Emergency headquarters for the Government of Oman, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

Radio station, 1967

Education, 1961

Broadcasting, 1964