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FCO 8/5736

Defence visits from the UK to Saudi Arabia, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns defence visits from the UK to Saudi Arabia.
FCO 8/5416

Naval mines in the Persian Gulf: possible mine clearance operations, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file relates to naval mines in the Gulf.
FCO 8/791

Armed forces, 1968

This file contains monthly the reports of the UK's Defence Attaché in Saudi Arabia C S Fitzpatrick from March to September 1968.
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.
FO 1016/568

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 1016/782

Arms smuggling to Dhofar rebels: Iraqi involvement, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Confirmation that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's order to confiscate all arms in the possession of Omanis entering the country is applicable to Dhofaris; and notification of this to the Trucial Oman Scouts, some of whom return with arms bought from abroad The means of countering arms smuggling, primarily from Basra, including the monitoring and searching of boats Details of an Iraqi boat intercepted in Shatt Al Arab by Iranian authorities, which contained arms, ammunition, members of the Iraqi Army and intelligence serv
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 371/168886

Arms supplies, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sale of Thunderbird I missiles to Saudi Arabia by British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) (21) Minutes on the possible supply of Vigilants and Thunderbirds to Saudi Arabia (22) US counter-offer to supply the Saudis with the French anti-tank missile ENTAC (23) Deployment of a squadron of US aircraft to Saudi Arabia for training purposes (24) Proposal for discussions between the US and UK on arms supplies to Saudi Arabia.
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 371/162813

Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Recent bomb explosions in Dubai and the security concerns of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISN) (3) Damage claims made following the explosion in and loss of the ship Dara in April 1961, and information about an explosion on Daressa and one of the suspects (7) Explosion in the BISN steamer Dwhova between Dubai and Muscat (8) Explosion on the Dwarka and the question of whether BISN should change the itinerary of their ships, so that no ship would call both at Dubai and Muscat on the same voyage and wheth