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Rode in the morning. The Bishop went over to call on G.P & Hick & was not over pleased as a result, he
thinks it is a waste of money to get Persian labour & stone to build a church in Persian style & altogether
I think he has misgivings about the GP ideas. Office, spent a long time with Madams & Leigh discussing
electric accounts & then dealt with food account & other matters. All seemed to be fairly satisfactory.
Busy morning. Fred Davies came to lunch, a nice fellow, a pleasant lunch, all got on well, he drove the
Bishop back to Awali to see Dodds. They had a very difficult interview & Dodds, on being rebuked by
the Bishop, said he would throw his hand in. The Bishop apparently gave Dodds some plain words which
he resented. Went for a drive. The Bishop had a service in Muharraq & we had the Birds to Bridge &
dinner. When they had gone I had a long talk with the Bishop mainly about Dodds. He is very sensible
& understanding but much more authoritative. The Birds were pleasant & we had some good Bridge. A
very cold day & raging shamaal.

Thursday 15th March

Didnt go to Fort owing to change over. A very busy morning what with one thing & another I didnt have
one spare moment. Saw innumerable people, Hutchings, A Kerim who is in a fuss about some stupid
anonymous chits threatening me. Had a meeting at Agency, with Snow, about medical policy, saw Snow
for some time first, went down to the hospital to see Dr Doeg about various matters - very short of nurses
there - then to Packer to talk about YK and the church annual, he discussed big oil politics & showed me