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Fort. HH arrived early before I went down & was in a bad humour .1. because he passed Wavell on the road
& had not been told about him .2. letters re Qatar. He stayed a long time discussing Wavell, Qattar & some
land gifts. told about him. I asked him if he would drill Khalifah's well first, he refused. Altogether very
tiresome. Saw Macpherson, having taken YK to the Agency, as he agreed to sign, the old man then refused
to do so, the whole affair is in chaos again. M left. Leigh left for Baghdad to try & buy lorries. Went to the
Customs & had a talk to Wakelin, who seemed upset & depressed, I rather sympathise with him, he doesnt
like to see a new man taking over his job yet he wants to go home. Hottish day. Took a note to the SNO,
who was in the bath, then bathed at Senyan, later the Commodore camein to see me. Wilby went to a
teachers tea party & to some sort of party after dinner, he looks unwell & feels very ill.

Wednesday 6th June

Went to Idari with the Police who bathed there. They all seem to enjoy it very much. Quite hot & damp.
HH & Sh A came in & we solemnly called on Pelly for HH to give an hour & half talk about Zubara, he
repeared himself a bit but on the whole I thought that his argument sounded sensible, they then returned to
the office for more talk on the same subject. Saw various people, another epidemic of applications for more
pay, I get so sick of it.