horse-stud farms. Among recent emigrants from Portugal is the son of the former US President - General Eliot Roosevelt. The General is the former manager of a multi-national firm in Portugal, a partner of the Portuguese tourism and construction monopoly. Torralta, and the proud owner of one of the country's best-known His sudden departure from the country followed hot on the heels of his receiving a letter from the Portuguese tax authorities, pointing out that he had never paid any income tax during his sojourn in the country. and was in arrears to the tune of £57,000. The General was last spotted in the south of the movement by the good old inperialist method of indiscriminate Killing and terrorising of the popul ing crops and herds on which the livelihood of the Dhofari peasants depended, But these methods failed he the Dhofari masses.
to stage is own revolution in Muscat, the capital of Oman. In 1970 the obstinate and old-fashion ish-organised coup and replaced by a more modern despot -his son Qabus, who had just arrived back in Oman from Sandhunt.
to the world as a 'nationalist revolution" against Said's despotism. A few loken reforms, such as the banning of slavery and the bunding carried out: and many empty promfuse the revolutionaries and win away their mass support, But the Omani masses were not fooled, and the revolutionaries were certainly not confused.
IRAN MOVES IN itical problems of British imperialsm - in particular the heavy drain on resources caused by its war in Ireland- meant that it could not escalute its military involvement by very much, So the reactionary Iransant regime, which since the late 1960s had built up a huge and well equipped army with the help of Cs and British imperialion, becoming the anti-revolutionary watchung in the Gulf, was called on for help.
an with a few helicopters and techricians, but it was rapidiy escalated from December 1973 onwards. AL the moment there are estimated ro be around 11,000 Iranien troops in Oman, which represents a buge force, considering that the popul ation of Dhofar province is only in the region of 100,000 to 150,000.
ant statements about how his soldsem, who light like lions, are going to wipe out the "illiterate savaces