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1822

1944

Friday 29th September

At Jidda.

A breeze all day, quite cool & rather rough on the sea when we went back to Manama by
launch. Spent some time reading the D diary then to the fort where I watched the
prisoners weaving & had a look round. All seemed in order. After lunch read &
tackled the Zubara files. Got back to the house about 7.30 & Glass, RAF doctor,
brought a senior RAF medical man to call, I liked him, talked of conditions in
England he was far more cheerful than Sir Theodore Gregory. Rather hot & damp
evening, noticeable after Jidda. Very behind hand with this diary, just couldnt get
down to it so had to write it up.

Saturday 30th September

Didnt go to Fort, worked in office. HH & Sh A came in, much talk about Sh Mohd's
arrival & who & where to meet him. More Zubara talk, all the same stuff that has
been said so often before. Discussed Police pay with HH & decided to raise the W
allowances by Rs 10/- also spoke about Narayan, HH said he was going to talk to Hick
about him. He feels he should have been told about M Jafar & that N is far more
deserving. Discussed the date proposition. Went with Smith to the Agency about a
cable from UKCL about rations, stayed on some time. H thinks Galloway is going to be
P.R. I scarcely know him. He is at home marrying. Sh Khalifah came in to tea &
then Stoker with whom we went to see the race course, he returned & the Meikles
called, Smith & Hick to dinner, H has a tiresome habit of talking "as if adressing a
public meeting"