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1945

Meeting of food committee, Sh A was away so I took the chair. Quite a good meeting, discussed barter,
some complaints about tea shops & sweet makers and also about sheep being smuggled out of Bn, HH has
got an idea that this is happening. Saw various people after the meeting. Went over to see Galloway, he &
Hay seem on very bad terms, not surprising. Discussed the air passage question, at the moment it is
impossible to get here by air & to Iraq or India by air.

Cocktail party at Jufair, an enormous number of people but nobody introduced any of the navy, however I
spoke to one or two who seemed pleasant & a great improvement on the Norfolk. Many more of them are
regular navy & so a much better type.

Friday 14th February

Didnt go to Jidda. Worked all the morning in the garden, drove to Muharraq in the afternoon. Though a very
warm winter yet the garden is backward, the only flowers out are alyssum & nasturtiums & some flowering
shrubs. My grass on the lawn is very scrubby & the garden still looks very wintery.

Drove over to Muharraq in the afternoon.