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An interesting man called MacKereth called, on way by air to England but the aeroplane didnt go on to
Basra, in the evening he brought his wife to call, a pleasant woman & both knew many places & people in
Middle East who we knew.
Cinema, Suez, rotten picture.
Sunday 4th May
Had Sh Abdul Hussein to see me & an interesting talk, first asked him if he wanted to go back to Iraq, which
he emphatically denied, then discussed the position there, he told me much about the various
personalities.
Saw Sh Abdulla b Hamed, wanting to sell one of his houses - said Alban had sent for him re court &
commented on the queer way Alban talked & how he is summoning all sorts of people to see him. They all
regard him with suspicion.
News that 200 Brit troops coming through & asking accommodation, fixed it all up at the Palace & then they
didn't arrive - or even let me know, typical muddle.
The Indian gunners at Awali opened fire on a British RAF machine! Fortunately they missed it.
The Kennedys to dinner.
Looked in on Elspeth Graham before dinner re house affairs.
Aeroplane returned to India.
