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and three dancing girls. We took them all to the lock up to sort out in the morning. We found three men
who we were after. I never saw such a startled crowd as the party when we burst in on them. Then back
to Manama in a motor launch and into two cars off to Rafaa. It was cold out on the desert at night. We
knocked up the Amir, a young Shaikhling of the royal family, & he & I & the Amir of Muharraq, who
was with me, sat a long time in the Rafaa Shaikh's meglis drinking coffee & eating chocolates while we
ran over all the men called Rashid living in Rafaa as we suspected someone of that name. Then we made
a house to house search of several Rashids but without success as they were all quite well known. Drove
back again to Manama & eventually got to bed. Court. Abdulla & Sulman came in to discuss the
Saoudia negotiations. Played golf in the evening. Steele came in afterwards.