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Wednesday 1st January

Usual New Year procedure.

Got up early & tidied the house, strings of visitors all the morning till noon when I went to the Agency. HH
& the Shaikhs came here at 9.15 & we processed across to Agency, guard ofhonour etc & paid the usual call.
No conversation of any note. Gardened in the afternoon.

Thursday 2nd January1

Office. Busy morning.

Lunched with Grahams, TTs were there, they went out to see HH who seemed far from well having had a

nasty fall on a tiled floor in the morning & a very bad cold still. Sat there some time, flies & dirt quite awful.
He ordered the guards to be doubled and a guard at night inside his house. Couldnt quite make out why he
wanted this.

Church committee meeting here. Went off quite well.

Friday 3rd January

Gardened in morning, interviewed a Palestinian teacher, we are having some trouble with them but I think
V is somewhat difficult in his dealings with them.

Took James to the cinema.