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Tuesday 29th June

Fort. Orderly Room. A few men to see mostly asking for loans. HH & Sh
A came. Talked of Warner's visit to coast & he came in to meet HH who
seemed to like him. They had quite a talk. Had Wakelin in for a long
time before going off to Egypt. He was less tiresome than some times.

Had Maddams & Smith to dinner & went to the cinema, quite a good film.

Wednesday 30th June

Went to the Fort in afternoon & watched the men practising, I weighed
about 50 of them & was surprised to find how light most of them were.

After dinner bathed at Senian, very pleasant.

Thursday 1st July

No parade as the men preparing for the sports at the Fort. Office.
Warner left by westbound plane, I liked having him. Busy morning, saw
A.R. Kozaibi who talked bitterly of the regime in S Arabia, he he seemed
to think everything there badly managed & didnt hesitate to say so, but
no mention of our loan. Saw Seyid Said about BW Hindi case.

After tea went to Gassari and sketched, after early dinner went to the
cinema, a poor film about the blitz, if it is a sample I dont like war
films.