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Drove round to Fort & spent some time at the hospital, getting on slowly.

Dined Lipps, dance at club. Thornburg discussed medical arrangements, Dame threatens to go to Arabia for
two months leaving them in the lurch. He seems to be behaving with no consideration for the coy. Agreed
to making some arrangement with Jones who can help them tide over the absence of Dame.

Friday 12th May

Didn't go out in morning. The parson left after lunch, he was most of the time at Awali. Cinema in
afternoon - very bad - & tea with the Phillips, Howes were there too. Weather is getting hot.

Saturday 13th May

Police went to camp at Budeya. Busy morning. Sh Mohd in, as usual, for a long spell - I shall be thankful
when he goes, he takes up about an hour of my mornings on average. Sh Abdulla on mainland. Finished
annual report.

Went out to Budeya in afternoon & fixed up where the manoeuvres were to take place. Cocktail party at
Agency in the garden which looked very nice lit up, masses of oleanders.

Sunday 14th May

Got up at 5 & went out to Budeya where the Police, about 200 of them, are in camp. From there we had a
sort of field day advancing over the and dunes towards the hills. It went off quite well bar an accident,
when the cavalry charged one man ran over a dismounted policeman, knocked him down & hurt him
coming off himself. Breakfast in the garden. The horses always seem to be causing accidents. Office as
usual. Maddam, the auditor, left by plane. Sh Mohd came in also A.R. Kozaibi; Narayan left on 6 months
leave, I shall miss him a lot. Went out to Sakhrir in the afternoon, spoke to HH about the America idea, he
was in a bad temper & looking ill. All the time fussed over some camels & also some people from Qattar