| Description | Typed transcript of pp.58-108 of Belgrave's diary for 29 April to 30 August 1954. Topics covered include another heated discussion over the Zubara issue (1 May), cinema visits (3, 9, 28 May, 3, 15 June, 8, 18, 28 July, 10, 27 August), more opium smuggling (17, 24, 31 May, 19 June), an attack on the law courts in the local paper, Saut al Bahrain, and the need for change (30 May), dinner with James Belgrave and Enid Coates, his future wife (1 June), tensions and fighting between Shia and Sunni (2, 5 June), replacement of Admiral Beecher by his brother-in-law Admiral Henderson, while his daughter - Virginia Beecher - stayed on Bahrain to marry a naval officer (14 June), anti-government feeling (17 June), departure of Marjoire Belgrave (18 June), arrival of Gerald de Gaury (27 June), attack on the Fort following sentencing of Sitra rioters, during which several protesters shot by police (1 July), days of unrest, with 2500 men absent from BAPCO work (3 July), compensation for shooting victims from the Fort disturbance (15 July), meeting with the new Anglican chaplain, Morris - replacement for Rickells - as well as Fr. Connolly the Catholic priest (26 July), work on the Dacre coat of arms (20 August), celebratory party for the second edition of James Belgrave's book on Bahrain (25 August) and Belgrave's work on second chapter of 'Personal Column' (26 August), |