FROM BAHRAIN TO FOREIGN OFFICE En Clair FOREIGN OFFICE AND WHITEHALL DISTRIBUTION Sir B. Burrows No. 788 July 23, 1957 IMMEDIATE D. 1.50 p.m. July 23, 1957 R. 3.02 p.m. July 23, 1957 Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 788 of July 23, Repeated for information to P.O.M.E.F. and Saving to Muscat. E 171 My telegram No. 786. In addition to confirmation about leaflets I stated to Press in answer to questions about foreign participation that automatic weapons and land mines which were presumably of foreign origin had been used in the fighting in Oman. When asked if I knew their origin, I replied that I had no concrete evidence of this. ADVANCE COPIES: Private Secretary Sir F. Hoyer Millar Sir W. Hayter Mr. Beeley Head of Eastern Department Head of News Department HHHHH
