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Monday 5th June

Rome taken.

Fort.

Court all the morning, Sh Ali on leave & Ali b Khalifah acting for him.
He seemed fairly sensible.

Didnt go out after tea. Wrote letters.

Dinner & Bridge at the Agency, Stoker & Parker, quite good bridge. Hot
morning, Bara subsided.

Tuesday 6th June

Western Front opened.

Fort, HH & Sh A came in, zubaring for some time, Hick phoned news about
second front, all very unexpected & Shaikhs extremely optimistic, I feel
unable to concentrate on normal work & paid frequent visits to the
wireless. Had a meeting of the Food Committee about meat, Bolshie
butchers are being difficult as usual, a lot of talk & eventually found a
solution. After tea went to Senian & painted, then bathed. Pleasant in
garden. Got back quite late.

Wednesday 7th June

Rode over by the golf course, how difficult the place looks to a few
years ago, a camp of white tents on the shore & huge wireless masts over
Sh Mathess & lorries & cars up & down. Office & then court. Heard the
rest of the Doi case, H decided that most of the evidence was not to the
point & the theft not proved. HH spent hours at the Agency Jubaring, but