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Saw Mohd Saleh & told him a good many things about the Beladya that need improving. Really Kirahaim
would be much better in the job. Court Ali b Ahmed absent, not well. Not many cases & dull ones at that.
Went to see Smith afterwards. Various people came in when 1 got back. The old Shaikha, Fatma A1 Qattam
is haunting my office about her land & water affairs with Bapco. Didnt go out after lunch, did a lot of
gardening. Dined with Snow, Ranee was there, dinner outside quite pleasant but doubtful after the fish after I
had eaten it. Galloway returned without wife - she unable to get a passage, rather funny. Spent some time at
the garage which they have tidied up quite a lot. It was in an awful state of muddle.

Tuesday 1st October

Didnt ride, HH came in earlier than usual, seeming quite hopeful about his talk with Hay, Hay & Galloway
came to the palace at 10 & I didnt get back to the office till after 12.30. HH was quite sensible - Hay, I am
sure, missed a good deal of it, I could see that he didnt follow it at all, Galloway & I more or less sat &
listened. Hay, as he said, told HH he would give no reply & didnt. He did not strike me as being very
diplomatic about it. HH asked him if he agreed to the argument with Qatar & Hick's letter or if he wished to
say it was washed out - HH had far the best of the argument & Hay became more & more apoplectic. HH
was very angry indeed about it & sayed for ages afterwards saying some very bitter but perfectly true things
about the British. Gardened after lunch, cut the grass. Bathed at Senyan. Listened to the Nurenburg
sentences - one of the most dramatic things I've heard on the wireless.