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1935

Very busy day, wrote drafts of letters about the navy buildings before breakfast & then went over to the
Agency where I spent most of the morning with the Resident & Cole. Cole is having a very tiresome time
as the Resident seems to occupy the whole house and keeps Cole in call all the time. All the afternoon
working in the office then the Shaikh came round and sealed the letter about the building. We have
agreed to do it all subject to certain conditions, then I went up to the Palace as the Resident paid his return
call on the Shaikh, he didn't stay long as later on he was to dine with the Shaikh at the Palace. There were
a lot of mosquitoes up there & the place looked very dirty. I must have it all cleaned out. It is never
swept or washed. Hewitt came round in the morning & I discussed things with him. Dined out at the
camp with the Weymouths, I was so very sleepy that I could hardly stay awake when we played Bridge.
A very busy rushed day. the combination of the naval base, the Saoudia Arabia delegation and the
presence of the Resident make it a terrific lot of work. Fortunately it is still nice and cool, I think
unusually cool for the time of year, I am still wearing thick clothes.