| Description | Typed transcript of pp.50-98 of Belgrave's diary for 12 May to 16 October 1955. Topics covered include news of Eden's election as Prime Minister (27-28 May), cinema visits (31 May), first issue of Ali Siejar's new paper 'Wotan' (4 June), departure for UK (22 June), dinner with various friends and former Bahrain colleagues, as well as Robert Belgrave (2 July) before boarding a ship for America (7 July), arrival in New York (12 July), Washington (14 July), Boston (17 July), San Francisco (23 July), Yosemite (27 July), Los Angeles and Hollywood (29 July) where he met Sir John Farrow's wife Maureen O'Sullivan (30 July), New Orleans (1 August) - most of the trip involved meetings with various dignitaries and diplomatic connections as well as Americans connected with the Bahrain oil industry - back at Brighton and London (17 August) followed by surgery in hospital (29 August) and departure for Bahrain via Paris (13 September) and Beirut (25 September), confirmation of Egyptian meddling in Bahrain politics (28 September), engagement of James Belgrave and Enid Coates (2 October), resentment of Sheikh Daij bin Hamed, judge, towards Sheikh Sulman (3 October), |