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Hedd election, apparently much keenness about it & a good deal of briber)'. Ali Kanoo about Yusuf who is
getting more & more mad. Braganza for some time. Wrote to Agency about M Jafar. Hot day in the office :r
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Monday 7th May

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Fort. Saw a man from Casoc who came to talk about smuggling etc. Court, a long morning but dull cases.
Everyone wondering whether or not tomorrow will be Victory Day. Sat up late, eventually got the
announcement through & then at about 1 Opm a lot of the office people came to decorate the house & went on
doing so, assisted by a posse of police till after midnight. Having begun they wouldnt leave off. Earlier I
drove round the Place & had a talk with M Saleh about the feeding of the poor & also went to the Fort where
all were busy putting up flags. Hot day, the summer has come.

Tuesday 8th May

We celebrated this as Victory day but some did not, agency didnl, navy did & so on. Altogether a bit of a
muddle about it. To the Palace in the morning, HH received the new USA vice Consul from S. Arabia, a tall

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