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Took tea to Dier & sketched.

Dinner & Bridge with Gunns.

Very late, didnt stop till after midnight.

Saturday 28th February

Fort

Rode Wadhna, still a bit off colour. Slight shower of rain. Office, saw Steele,
meeting at Agency re gold export, Gunn & DC, the latter very important & pompous.
RAF came in to discuss purchase of two lorries for Iraq, one Williams & another.
Brit Gvt recognition of Sh Sulman arrived at last. RAF came in after lunch. Went
to see SS at Rafaa, found him very pleasant discussed mostly his own money affairs
& appointment of ABJ as his Nadhir, I approved. Discussed the money in Sakhrir
safe, he wants me to go & get it out soon, nobody knows how much there is.
Altogether a lot going on these days. Saw SS alone, much better than in the old
man's time in a full meglis. He is getting rid of a lot of horses & sending the
camels over to S Arabia to graze with Bedu tribes

Sunday 1st March

Office. Had Wakelin in for some time & various other people.

Went to Rafaa to Sh S pm, he read out the letter from G of E formally recognising
his succession to all the brothers & the uncles. Sh M talked a great deal.

Dined with Leslie Smiths & saw his cinema pictures which were extremely good.

Monday 2nd March