New currency for Muscat

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Conversation between C E Loombe and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur on currency, and points to be dealt with concerning monetary law for Muscat (1)
• The Sultan's project for the issue of a new dollar-linked currency in Dhofar based on Cities Service oil revenues, and British opposition to it (2-3, 5-8)
• Enquiries by American lawyer Paul C Aiken, acting on behalf of the Sultan, to the US State Department and the American Bank Note Company about negotiating contracts for printing bank notes and minting coinage (4)
• Question of designing and minting new silver rials for Dhofar (9-11)