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anthem & also God Save the King. It was nice having some organised music from a real band. After the
sports the band came here & had beer, tea, sandwiches & smokes in our dining room, they consumed 4 dozen
bottles of beer & lots of cigars & cigarettes. James was very pleased with them & joined them in the dining
room, we couldn't get him out from there.
Monday [21st January]
The Admiral went to the oil fields & as I had a morning off we took Mrs Rose down the souk and then for a
drive. She enjoyed it very much. Then Captain Phillips came round & he & the SNO & I had a long
business talk in my office. Very much to our disappointment the Admiral cancelled the dinner on board
owing to rough waether, everyone had been looking forward to it so much. It didn't look very rough.
