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FCO 8/4385

Defence Attache's annual report on the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 1981, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

The Annual Report on the UAE for 1981 by the Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel J P Cameron.
FCO 8/5816

Bahrain: annual review for 1984, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file contains the annual review and calendar of events for Bahrain for 1984, sent by the British Ambassador F S E Trew to the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe. It also includes related correspondence discussing elements of the review, including oil, defence sales interests, trade, the economy, societal dissent, the causeway to Saudi Arabia, the Shia in Bahrain, drugs and the situation of the Ruling Family.

FCO 8/5511

Oman: Defence Attache's annual report for 1983, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file contains the Defence Attaché Annual Review for Oman for the year 1983 and related correspondence.
FCO 8/5468

UK training assistance to the United Arab Emirates (UAE): including annual report on the UAE armed forces for 1983, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file contains the annual report on the UAE Armed Forces for the year 1983 by the Defence Attaché at HM Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
FCO 8/790

Armed forces, 1967-1968

This file contains the reports of the UK's Defence Attaché in Saudi Arabia C S Fitzpatrick; his annual reports for 1966 and 1967; and his monthly reports February to April 1967 and September 1967 to February 1968.
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.
FCO 8/2233

Oman: intelligence reports and Defence Attache's report for 1973, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file contains the Annual Report for 1973 by the UK Defence Attaché in Muscat Colonel C E Welch, which deals with generalised matters in outline, and related correspondence. This file also contains the fortnightly Oman Intelligence Reports (numbers 57-64, 30 December 1973 to 20 April 1974), which report in detail on: The prosecution of the war in Dhofar The military situation in Oman as a whole The equipment, organisation and state of morale of the Sultan's Armed Forces

FCO 8/82

Redeployment of forces and force levels, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Parliamentary question from Colin Jackson MP to the Secretary of Defence Denis Healey on the purpose of the planned increase in British forces stationed in the Gulf, March 1967 Proposals of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf R S Crawford for fixing establishment ceilings as a basis for control over the number of British servicemen deployed to the Gulf; a chart detailing the establishment figures for the Gulf approved by Ministry of Defence; a letter from Crawford to M S Weir describing the figures as surprising and disappointing

FCO 8/80

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper titled 'Persian Gulf - Future of our Support for Local Forces and Secondment Policy' Training of British units in the Gulf, 1968-69 and the outline of plans for 1969-70 Letter from the Ministry of Defence to the Treasury concerning 'Areas where difficulties are being or may be experienced in filling Seconded Posts', including sub-sections on the Trucial Oman Scouts, Abu Dhabi Defence Force, the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), and Libya Confidential Far East Command Exercise Shadow, September to October 1968 'Provision of Military

FO 371/162864

Sultan's Armed Forces, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed terms of service for Pakistanis seconded to the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF).
FO 371/140183

Trucial Oman Scouts. Code BA file 1203 (papers 1 to 15), 1959

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).