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Rode in the afternoon, on Wadhna, didn't go far as rather hot.

DCs came in & asked me in to dinner with them, sat on the veranda, quite
cool. Saw newspaper cutting about the attacks on M's boat, they had an
unpleasant time.

Tuesday 3rd September

Fort.

Busy morning, innumerable phone calls & people coming in Young Khalifah b
Ali b Daij left for India by air en route for USA to work as secretary
interpreter for Max, a grand chance for a young man, I hope he will make
good there.

Changed the top of the drawing room mantlepiece. Bathed at Sanian.
Rather sticky weather. Went to Law Courts & had a look at the garden
which we are dealing with, it had got very shabby.

Wednesday 4th September

Fort, changed over. Shs M A & S came in & talked about advantages of
closer agreement with B.S & an amalgamation of Gulf States, an idea which
would probably cause alarm & despondency to E of E - however its mere
talk. B.S. apparently sent HH a message by Sh Mohd assuring him that
talk of his being anti-English was untrue etc etc. discussed cleaning
the Howari Channel. Sh Sul & I attended a comic little meeting of
Propoganda dept, Howes & Metcalfe. Sulman rather indignant at being
drafted into it & very suspicious about the whole thing, also a most
tiresome time for him.

Thursday 5th September