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Sunday 1st March
Easter Sunday
A celebration in the morning, 27 people came with the service including a number of the new Iraqi Levies
who are, according to the chaplain, Nistoreans, there was no room & some knelt outside the door, but they
behaved perfectly, the Chaplain loked rather startled & stopped a moment in the service to say it was not
a Catholic service. Office rather late, a long talk with M Khabi about foreign ownership of land, HH
wants to forbid his subjects to sell to foreigners. A Col, RE came to call, a pleasant man, name I think
Todd, about labour questions. Sh M came, but I didnt see him, asking permission to export tea. His son
Ali is said to have made 25000 over smuggling, he might help his father!
1 ^ Rode with Ham in the afternoon from Sehlah to Budega, very pleasant, passed some of the Govt sheep
T flocks, we have over 10,000, they seemed better than before.
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Went to the Bank on way home & had a very late cup of tea.
Monday 2nd April
