Internal political situation

This file contains:

• A series of reports on actions taken by the Imamate of Oman and its supporters against the British political and military presence in the Sultanate, from Sawt Al Arab [Voice of the Arabs], the Office of the Imamate of Oman, Al Akhbar, and the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Cairo (102)
• The correspondence on the resumption of contacts between British and Omani authorities at Dammam, Saudi Arabia, enclosing an excerpt from Al Zaman, Cairo dated 29 April (103)
• The correspondence relating to a report that Britain has submitted new proposals for the resumption of negotiations, and Imam Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hinai has summoned Taleb Bin Ali Al Hinai and Sulaiman Bin Himyar Al Nabhani to Dammam (104)
• The correspondence on strategies to improve the image of the Ruler of Oman Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur and discredit the leading figures of the Imamate at the UN (105)
• The correspondence about the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani's predisposition to believe that rebels from Oman were responsible for the sinking of the Dara, and whether to brief Sheikh Ahmad before the investigation has been concluded (106)
• The brief for talks with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld on 31 May (108)
• Sultan Saeed's agreement to the proposals on granting amnesty to the rebels (109)
• The recommendations of British Ambassador to Iraq H Trevelyan on how to prevent Iraq from sending supplies and volunteers to Oman through Saudi Arabia, and improving Iraq's relations with Sultan Saeed by opposing the UAR in the Arab League (111)
• The support for the release of an authoritative statement by HMG, in the form of conclusions on the sinking of the Dara, potentially turning opinion against Omani rebels. H Trevelyan's support for releasing the conclusions implicating rebels in the sinking of the Dara (112, 115)
• A letter from J C B Richmond to Sir W T Luce on the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Saleem Al Sabah's views regarding the situation in Oman (113)
• The request for any evidence linking Saudi Arabia to the sinking of the Dara (114)
• The correspondence surrounding the passport application of the rebel leader Mohammad Bin Abdulla Al Salimi [Al Shaibi] son of the Ibadhi historian Abdulla Bin Humayyid, and former associate of Ibrahim Bin Isa Al Harithi during the Sharqiyah revolt (116)
• The request to identify and interrogate Abdul Rahman Bin Saif Bin Hamad, suspected of being involved in the Dara explosion and reported to be in Doha (117)
• The assessment that the surveyor's conclusions on the sinking of the Dara are technical and transparent, and should not compromise the informant, who has provided little information (120).