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1945

Lovely day, quite hot in the sun. Gardened most of the morning, Parker came in to get some seedlings & I
went back to see his garden, the only nice thing about it being the lawns, otherwise very bare. Very few
flowers out, the Balsam which has been fine is over & other annuals not out yet.

Drove round the race course & then to a cocktail party at Agency to meet two USA Senators - who didnt turn
up according to programme but there came instead two AVMs, Collier & George and Witney Straight, also at
the Agency a big noise Public Relations man from Cairo, Ryan, the whole houseparty came to dinner. The
two AVMs were quite pleasant, Ryan rather ponderous & pompous. W.S. very pleasant. James comported
himself well & got on excellently with them.