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& sticky especially in the first part of the morning. Went to Ganari
after tea & later caled for Hadow & went with him to dine with Sh
Khalifah bin Sulman at his place in Muharraq. Several RAF men & levies
there. Not a very good dinner but quite pleasant sitting outside on the
sand & it felt much drier than it is in Manama. Took H back to Jufair.
Very sticky at night, still sleeping inside, with a fan.

Monday 3rd July

Fort. Spent an hour with the Police who are on point duty teaching them
traffic signals which they are getting very bad at. Court, dull cases.
Afterwards went down to the Police Station & looked into a case of sugar
smuggling, the people are foreigners unfortunately or we could make them
talk. Quite a nice day with bara blowing strong. Drove out to Awali to
see Anderson, Hadow & Rogers were there so had some time to wait -
discussed drinking in the bazaars, water at Rafda, borrowing a man from
Bavco for elec work & ration difficulties, then went to dinner with the
TT.s. a very good dinner, waffles. Had quite an amusing evening.

Tuesday 4th July

Didnt go to Fort, got a lot of office work done. HH came in, very
bright, didnt stay very long. Hick came in to see a letter from Qatar,
he is off in a day or two - rather a relief to have him & his menage not
on the spot. Saw various people.

Took the dogs to Mhq & had a bathe in the sea, high tide.

Wednesday 5th July

Took Police out on the launch for swimming practice, all enjoyed it, we
were off the customs pier, sticky. Various people came in, manager of