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Office. Sh Sulman came in, discussed Mhyser road & land rights. Cold day, shamaal, but

very fine. Went up to the school with Vallance, saw new desks and white washed rooms.

P.M. went with Sh Abdulla to refinery & Farsia to see some land required by Bapco.

Read, bridge engineer, looked in before dinner.

Wednesday 17th January

Court, Sh M pursued me to the court house to talk about the Mi Leggar estate case - which
he has completely confused. Very cold in the Court. Some rather tiresome cases.

Very cold day but not as cold as yesterday.

Various reports of lost boats & some bodies washed up in the sea.

Drove round about in the afternoon & then the Weightmans & Lloyd Hamilton to dinner. A

pleasant party, Bridge after dinner - I sat & read.

Thursday 18th January

Went out to Sakhrir with HW who tried to persuade HH not to go visiting the king who, he
said, was desperately hard up & would not welcome a crowd of guests all expecting to be

given presents.

Friday 19th January