Political relations with UK and Muscat and Oman

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Review of the subsidy for Muscat and Oman (16)
• Postponement of the subsidy review and an exchange of letters with Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur extending the subsidy for a further year (17)
• Briefs about the subsidy and the Sultan's contribution in preparation for his visit to Britain (18)
• Views of T F Benchley and W H T Luce on the future of the subsidy and Britain's global civil aid policy. Luce also reports on talks with a Shell representative and argues against reduction of the Sultan's Armed Forces (19)
• Proposed timing of the 1964 review of the subsidy (21)