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Police Sports in afternoon - 3-6.30. Went off smoothly and well. We had an
enormous audience, people outside the fence all the way down the road & many
inside. Shaikhs all present & seemed to enjoy it, Haq & the Wakefields & a few
English, our own staff, I was sorry that no more came as it was a very good show &
well done.

The play party to dinner & to a rehearsal. Quite tired after a busy spell.

Friday 10th April

Didnt go out for day. Wakefield came over & stayed a long time discussing the
ADCs ideas on various nmatters, AC building at Mhq, local Levies etc etc. All
very interesting & on strength of it we decided that M should go to India quite
soon.

Drove to Budega P.M. quite a lot growing.
A most interesting dinner party at Agency, PR.PA. Self, ArchD, Avon de Crepagny &
his A.Com Digby Johnson. After dinner had a regular war council & discussed
raising a levy Corps hire for the Gulf & also the question of an AC building. The
AIM extremely keen & obviously a mover. He was all for settling things then &
there but the staff officer restrained him the whole time & pointed out lack of
materials & lack of equipment.

Saturday 11th April

Took the Archdeacon to call on HH at Rafar on our way to Awali, told him about
idea of enlisting levies here & tried to make him realise that things are moving
rapidly. Dined with TTs & a rehearsal. M announced her impending departure &
that she had to drop her part, except Blue all seemed sad. Went to cinema, a
perfectly rotten show.

Sunday 12th April

Early service, rather poor attendance.