| Description | Typed transcript of pages 69-104 of Belgrave's diary, covering the period between 7 April and 31 December 1931, with a gap from 9 April to 27 October when Belgrave was on leave. Topics covered include a visit to the elderly Shaikha Isa and talk of oil (3 November), accidental electrocution of three men (12 November), visit to the new oil well (13,17 November), a visit from former political agent Reginald Alban (21 November), deportation of prostitutes (1 December), arrival of a swarm of locusts (4,7 December), fancy dress party and stage play (18 December), the death of a naval airman - Heinemann - in a plane crash (21 December) followed by the funeral and then Christmas and New Year festivities. |