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T 317/1431

Trucial Oman Scouts: estimates of expenditure and proposal for a working party to consider the Scouts' future, 1966 Dec 09-1970 Mar 09

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal for a Working Party to review the role and purpose of the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) and the financial arrangements which support them, and in particular how the costs are to be shared between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Ministry of Defence Decision to delay this proposed review until after the completion of a defence expenditure study into the long term political objectives of HMG in the Gulf Question of contributions to the cost of a new TOS camp at Sharjah Reviews and estimates of expenditure for securi
FO 1016/569

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/636

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: The difficulties experienced by Trucial Oman Scouts vehicles in the heavy sands of Liwa and the solution used by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and Qatar Petroleum Company Limited Reports that 20 camel loads of rifles have gone from a place near Sharjah to Yankul [Yanqul] The question of the Scouts' agreed area of responsibility in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman; and HMG's frustrations on limitations imposed by Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur, particularly because of the impact on intelligence gathering and the ability to act on
FO 371/163045

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1962

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).
FO 371/149051

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Question of the transfer of jurisdiction over the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) to Abu Dhabi (42-43) Arrangements for Faisal Sultan and Mohammad Saleh to begin a course at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot (44) Enquiry about Mulazim Thoma of the TOS and his entitlement to leave in Lebanon (45) Proposal for Colonel H J Bartholomew to be appointed as the new Commandant of the TOS, in succession to Colonel S L A Carter (46) Summary of meetings with Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, at which an outstanding TOS murder case was