The following press statement has been put out by the Gulf Committee:
Since the beginning of Oetober, Britih and Iranian forces have been engaged in a ferocious offensive agrinst the liberated areas of Dholar in the southern pro vince of Oman. Beginning an | October, social mousing cack counterseas troops have been thrown into the Wes tem part of Dhofar, where they have been supported by jets of the Iranian, Omani and British air foices, by Ira mian helcopter panships, by covamns of armoured cars, and by naval forces shelling the land trom the sea.
Since its inception in 1965, the Dholar War has been characteriscu by a brutal and indiscriminate coun ter-insurgency pelicy on the part of the Sultan of Oman and of his British backers. willages are beibe burnt down, wells blown up, crops set on fire, bends strated from the am. Hany pontical pri soners in the Sultanate have been tor tured and numerous others have been shot.
Despite considerable alterations in some aspects of government policy in Oman, these criminal practices have continued and have, in codent veirs, Incens fied. The latest Anglo Iranian onslaught is reportedly more severe than any pre viously seen, not only in its military as pects but also in its assault on the live lhood of the civilian population.
Red Weekly. November: 1934 Page 4 British military personnel, whose presence Whitehall tries to conceal, and by ap to 11,000 Iranian troops. The Shah of Iran, not content with executing han dreds and imprisoning tens of thousands of his own people, is now using his new-Found power to bolster repression in neighbouring states. And, despite reports that some Iranian troops have left Oman - reports that are designed only lo doElect the enticism of some Arab states -Iranian troops still play a front-line TO IDLITS WaL The reople satook or the bee that ail foreign troops should be with dawn, all sunical posoners ShoUs Dr released; political parties should be allowed to operate; and the autocratic powers of the Sultan should be ended.
This latest offensive confirms that official British policy, far from altering. is to intensily the war against Oman's people. The silenoe which surrounds Bri tish involvement must be ended. Last June a group of Lahour Members of Parliament wrote to The Times calling for a withdrawal of British personnel froar Oman in the context of the current Defence Review. The Crani wooie thist he iree to decide their own future, and all British Immediately withdrawa.
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CP commando-type raids. year, weekly L'Expresso in June of this ENTER KISSINGER The arrest of General Micell has undoubtedly created a stir in the upper ranks of the armed services. The Guardian of 4 November descobed the military as being shocked and outraged by the arrest". But it is obvious that far from solving matters the arrest will create more dissension, and there will be many more officer who will now be prenated to discuss how to deal with the It is equally obvious that Henry Kissinger is not visiting Rome because he has nothing better to do. The State Department's anxieties in relation lo capitalist Europe are well known, and are reflected in the fact that they are cren