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1935
Tuesday [12th March]
Fort. Abdulla & Sulman came in the morning & we discussed the negotiations with Ibn Saoud's
delegation, then they had a meeting in my office. Lunched with Shaikh Mohammed out in his garden
near the Portuguese Fort. We & Loch & Sh Mohammed & two sons were the party. It was really very
pleasant. Mohammed met us at the little house in the middle of the garden, he was dressed in pale brown
silk & had some pink roses in his hand which he gave to M. He is naturally of a sour type with no sense
of humour but he was really quite amicable. The garden was looking beautiful, lots of apricot, peach &
citrus blossom, we lunched in the shade of some huge tamarsind trees which look rather like elms & the
green grass, fruit blossom & the earth covered with blown leaves made it all look quite like a garden at
