Intelligence reports

This file contains Trucial States Intelligence Reports from 20 October 1968 (number 22) to 21 December 1969 (number 49). Issues covered include:

• Members of the Trucial Oman Scouts operating with the Dhofar Liberation Front while on leave
• A strike in Dubai by workers of Richard Costains Limited and labour trouble in Sharjah
• Illegal immigration, including people from South Yemen
• The activities of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Republic and Iran, particularly at educational institutes
• Public pessimism about the Union of Arab Emirates
• The repercussions of the arrest and interrogation of Saif Bin Ali and Obaid Bin Ali
• The establishment of the Arab Socialist Front
• Qatari aid to Ras Al Khaimah
• Communist publications
• The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Fatah
• The Omani People's Front
• Ras Al Khaimah subjects in the Abu Dhabi Defence Force
• Increasing Abu Dhabi influence in Umm Al Quwain and rumours of a marriage involving the Ruler of Umm Al Quwain's son Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla
• The Wadi Jizzi [Wadi Al Jizi] incident involvng Omani rebels
• Ba'athism in Dubai
• Iraqis in the Gulf
• The movements of Sayyed Tariq Bin Taimur
• The Saudi Fedayeen for the Liberation of Saudi Oman.

This file also contains a map of Abu Dhabi. It also contains a Trucial States Intelligence Briefing Memorandum, dated 3 December 1968, which consists of a short summary of subjects likely to be of use in outline planning and briefing. It includes reference to:

• Terrain
• Climate
• Population and towns
• Beaches and landing places
• Airfields
• Ports
• Roads
• Telecommunications
• Agriculture and food
• Oil storage and distribution
• Water supplies
• Construction resources
• Electric power supplies
• Health
• The Army
• Police forces
• Military installations.