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Saturday 20th July

Fort. The sergeants went out to the diving banks yesterday & seem to have had an unpleasant time, all being
sick, too much Arab food for heavy swell. HH didnt come in as he is in the country. Spent most of the
morning writing up next annual report, am doing another ten year report. Saw H Kerim, Akhbar Ali and
Seyd Said. Quite a leisurely morning, getting near Ramadhan & everyone beginning to put off work until
after Ramadhan. Fairly hot day. Gardened after lunch & then went to the library & a drive, later Dick Snow
& Galloway came in. My new lawn is beginning to look like a real lawn. The Norfolk is in here apparently
waiting for developments in Persia where there have been disturbances & communist uprisings & strike at
Abadan. All, it is said, organised by the Russians. Tunnicliffe came in with a long complaint re Leigh & his
"position"

Sunday 21st July

M left by the up plane after an early lunch, a lot of people down at the pier. Various people came in to see
her in the morning about schools & things. When I got back Rozelle & a naval Dr came in, at 1.30 & stayed
til 2.30 then went on to pay calls. He came, apparently, to ask about the Captain calling on HH which we
fixed for Tuesday. Rozelle enjoying herself enormously as her brother during the War commanded the