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Sunday 1st March
Easter Sunday
A celebration in the morning, 27 people came with the service including a number of the new Iraqi Levies
who are, according to the chaplain, Nistoreans, there was no room & some knelt outside the door, but they
behaved perfectly, the Chaplain loked rather startled & stopped a moment in the service to say it was not
a Catholic service. Office rather late, a long talk with M Khabi about foreign ownership of land, HH
wants to forbid his subjects to sell to foreigners. A Col, RE came to call, a pleasant man, name I think
Todd, about labour questions. Sh M came, but I didnt see him, asking permission to export tea. His son
Ali is said to have made 25000 over smuggling, he might help his father!
Rode with Ham in the afternoon from Sehlah to Budega, very pleasant, passed some of the Govt sheep
flocks, we have over 10,000, they seemed better than before.
Went to the Bank on way home & had a very late cup of tea.
Monday 2nd April
