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Tuesday 1st April
Fort
HH came in, in very good form. Discussed his uncle Mohd very freely & then had a long talk about the oil
pipe from S Arabia. HH said, which is true, that whatever income Sh M had he would be in debt - perfectly
true.
Dinner at R. Browns to meet USA Ambassador in Iraq, who didnt come!
Wednesday 2nd April
Fort.
Meeting of the food committee, decided to take controls off a lot of commodities and to stop Govt paid
shopkeepers, replacing them with local people who will buy from Govt & sell to ration card holders.
