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Fort. Shaikh came in not A - he was off colour last night. Discussed the tea quota & Zubara. Very hot &
damp. HH in quite a good mood. Talked about the new Brit Govt - very upset by Churchill & Eden being
out.

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Wednesday 1st August

Really frightful weather & the electric power constantly stops, one quite suffocated. Went with HH to the
USAJC camp, by instruction, an awful affair, horribly hot & damp, we were not met & had to stand about in
the sun & then, we wandered through some dull offices up to the control tower, all glass and horribly hot &
then to the AC hospital which was pleasant & a nice doctor there then to the mess to drink warm liquids, a
squalid place. Office & customs. Sh Mohd returned from Egypt, by car, why come now from a cooler
country? In the afternoon I went down to see the launch which had been pulled into the sea. Met Sh
Khalifah who is being bothered to take an American general out to the pearl banks. Dined with Commodore
to meet new AOC, AVM Stafford, not greatly taken by him but his talk was very interesting about the inner
doings of our spies, also Winston & other big noises, he seemed to know a great deal. Stayed on till 1.15 -
bathed in the tank.