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Fort. Customs, office. Various people came in. Hot day. Decided to alter the system of natars at Budeya
& to change them every month. It will be something of a shock to the ones who have been there for many
years doing nothing. Went out to Budeya with the Amir in the afternoon & told him what was going to
happen. They looked very astonished & upset. Called on Hussein Yatim on the way back & saw his
tobacco which is doing well, he is drying it. Then played Bridge at Mespers, Col Chippendall came in
with another RAF man, sat & talked to him for some time. Skrimshire thought he had heard the other
man say that Stafford had "filed his papers" i.e. divorcing his wife - but I think he made a mistake.
Stayed on for dinner, the Nixs, Davies & Metcalfe, the last having had several drinks, talked the most
unmitigated rubbish about marriage etc - being very young and unmarried it was quite amusing to hear
him.