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Commodore called & got full blast of Zubara - not his fault! Sh Khalifah came & reported that the Police
caught sons of Hamud B Subah smuggling, we all knew that they were doing this for a long time. Dined
with the Andersons & played Bridge, a very pleasant party.
Sunday 17th February
Worked all the morning in the office. Saw various people. Marcus brought the new Bank Manager to call,
very dull & common, not an acquisition. One of the bin Muttars about a legitamacy case, Daij about a case
in which some of the Rafaa Khalifahs were caught smuggling, HH is very het up about it, Mohd Saleh about
municipal elections, he seemed very stupid & extremely gloomy, Khedouri ex Bank about his case about a
house, all rather tiresome interviews, also Cochrane about Police & cars. Arranged flowers after lunch, lots
of lovely nasturtiums, orange & scarlet & pale yellow. Drove to Mhq & then Mylkhia came in, his family
used to live in Switzerland. I saw his name on an old paper about a wedding. GP came over in the evening
& stayed till 8.30 talking, his face has grown very heavy, he talked a good deal of conceited nonsense.
Monday 18th February
