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1955

1945

Worked in office before breakfast, still a terrific gale blowing, saw various people then went to the customs
& then to a labour meeting at Agency & discussed various things afterwards with Pelly. He is pleasant to
deal with. The meeting as usual didnt seem to come to any decisions. Drank a glass of sherry after the
meeting. To Budega in afternoon, spent some time trying experiments in water arrangements. The gardeners
all seemed very stupid about it.

Thursday 14th June

Fort. Office, busy morning.

Went to Jidda in the afternoon sailing from Jidda, a very strong wind, took 15 minutes to get across. All well
there & very cool & pleasant. Hesketh came over to dinner in even stronger weather. He seemed to enjoy
himself & went all round the place especially interested in the weaving as he is mixed up in that sort of work
& comes from Lancashire. He went back after dinner, a dark night & a rough sea. When discussing thefts
Hesketh said he thought that some of the Americans were in the racket, I am writing this later but in view of
developments its interesting.