| Description | Typed transcript of pp.47-80 of Belgrave's diary for 1 May to 12 August 1948. Topics covered include collapse of the fire engine garage (3 May) visit with senior medical officer Dick Snow to some malarious swamps (10 May), news of unrest in Iraq (14 May) and anti-American feeling among Arabs over US recognition of the State of Israel (16, 20 May), death of Hamed bin Abdulla, son of the Sheikh of Qatar (27 May), a visit from Wilfrid Thesiger along with the political agent Neale Pelly (30 May), cinema visits (31 May, 5, 8, 23 June, 3, 10, 21, 28, 30 July, 9 August) departure of Sheikh Khalifa by flying boat (12 July) and the (re?)opening of the new 'Pearl' cinema (22 July). |