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Monday 28th May
Fort. Court & then spent some time at the customs where Madams came to see me, not on business. Heard
most of the latest gossip from Iraq. Saw Sh Abdul Latif who is cadging a piece of land from HH & wont
take what he is given but demanded more & a better site - typical, a tiresome little man so conceited & so
really ignorant.
Drove to Budega after tea, got my own car back and then had a bathe at Senian & went to see Dr Doeg about
a girl child who has sought refuge in the hospital from an evil looking old father who wants to marry her off,
she being about 9 yrs old.
Tuesday 29th May
Wilby, the new Education man arrived in the morning & came to stay with me, older than Wakelin & a great
improvement on the latter. HH & Sh A came in, he didnt stay very long, saw various people. Pelly about a
report of Wakelin's on education & Parker about leasing more ares to RAF & sundry locals. Altogether a
busy morning. Rumours of the Amir Saud coming to Al Khobar in which case HH wants to invite him here.
