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Intelligence and reports from Mecca, 1920-1921

This file is about various intelligence reports from the Agents at Mecca. The reports cover various information on the internal political, social and day-to-day affairs of Mecca, Madina, Taif, Yemen, Syria, Hejaz, etc.

FCO 8/844

Internal security situation, 1967-1968

This file concerns the internal security situation in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence on: The visit of Lord Lloyd to the Trucial States and his concerns about the security situation and whether the Gulf might be vulnerable to the same type of disturbances as in Aden Reports of a dispute in Ras Al Khaimah between members of the Shihuh tribe and the German company Held & Francke who are quarrying stone near their territory with an article from the Guardian dated 15 April 1968.

FO 1016/397

Operation in interior of Oman, 1955

This file relates to an operation by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, to occupy Nizwa, the base of the Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i, which was backed by Britain and code-named ‘Full Blast’.

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