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1944

Sunday 18th June

No parade. Cool day but sandy. Office. Dealt with two cases about the
Amir & some Police in both cases it seemed that something queer took
place over smuggling cases as the men got . Saw Mohd b Mana who was
interesting about Qattar & Seyd Said re diving & pearl market - expects
it to be poor this year. Grisewood came in. After tea went to see HH at
Rafan, he sent for me & Sh A. Spent an hour & a half discussing the
Zubara affair & the draft agreement brought back by H & me both urged him
to agree to it, he considered he had gained 2/3 of his objective, the
other third being the question of building, eventually decided to agree.
After dinner a man called Coyne came in, flying through, he got to Bn in
42 hours from England, remarkably quick.

Monday 19th June

Fort.

Court most of the morning. Finished the Doi case & read to them the
judgement, which was a long one, the was an immediate appeal as I
expected. Various smuggling cases.

Went out to see Dodds at Awali to talk about church committee affairs,
found him comparatively reasonable.

Tuesday 20th June

Sh Khalifah returned. Spent some time in the Office at the Fort. The
feeling among the Police seems rather better & some who wanted discharge
now seem to be content to stay, HH came in having been to call on Sh A at
Mhq, he didnt stay long, talked about the rifles which the Qattaris took
yrs ago & the garrison of the fort at Subara. Saw the audit clerk & then
Wakelin about rises in his teachers pay. Didnt go out after tea, wrote