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1945

Holdstock & his wife & Gornall came to call, she seemed very colourless. He is a very self satisfied youth.
Galloway c£me in just as they were leaving & was as heavy as bad. awful, his appearance & manners are
equally unptePosessuiS' so ver>' different to some who have been here.

Sunday 10th February

\nt most of the morning seeing people, Ali bin Hussein, just back from Bombay, Ali Bin Khalifah to talk
it his son who is at school at Baghdad. Ibrahim bn Mohd. who is getting very deaf, suggesting that I
d appoint him "public relations" officer to deal with strikes & labour who dont want dealing with. He is
working youtl, |-,ut t00 talkative.

talking till af anc^ P*ayec^ the piano afterwards, he has some new music, some of it very agreeable,
^ \er 12.30.
e afternoon in
got a bit sore liesurely manner over to Idari & across to the Budeya road, very pleasant in the
\ stiff from riding after so long off a horse.