Discussions at UN about Oman

This file relates to lobbying and preparation for discussion of the Oman issue at the 17th session of the UN General Assembly. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Analysis of the voting for 1961 on the Omani resolution in the Special Political Committee and in the plenary, for the purposes of lobbying in the 17th Assembly (31)
• Brief for the question of Oman item raised by Ghana at the Commonwealth meeting held on 1 October 1962 (32)
• Information, including on civil development and rebel activity, to assist in lobbying until the 'Muscat and Oman' booklet is ready. It includes communication between the Foreign Office and British Embassies throughout the world about lobbying and voting intentions (33)
• Impending departure of four Omani rebels to New York: Sulaiman Bin Himyar, Taleb Al Hina'i, Ibrahim Mohammad Al Tafayish, and Abdur Razzaq Mohammad Khalidi. It also contains: a copy of the August issue of Saut Oman; and an Arab League publication On The Record, on the Sultanate of Muscat's demand of admission to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the question of the Imamate of Oman (34, 38)
• Lobbying of NATO and Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) delegations (35)
• Preparation of the 'Muscat and Oman' booklets in readiness for the forthcoming debate in the UN (36)
• Futility of getting the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to write a letter to other heads of state. HMG asks him to send a letter to the UN Secretary General instead (37)
• Booklet for lobbying: 'Muscat and Oman' [enclosed]. The appendices include passport applications, with photos, by Sheikh Saleh Bin Isa Al Harthi, Taleb Al Hina'i, Mohammad Bin Hamad Bin Sulaiman Al Harthi and Mohammad Bin Abdulla Al Salimi (39)
• Sympathy for the British point of view from El Salvador (40)