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constructive way about them & their methods. & he dealt
at some length with some of my points. But I shall
see what comes out of it. It was all very interesting
- he is an excellent & amusing talker, & very authentic
as he is in constant touch with the Palestine G.O.C.
& [Auchinleek?], & previously Lyttleton, & now Casey.

But a piece of official news came through yesterday
which does affect me. & that is that G.H.Q., M.E.F.
have now ruled that service with these Coys will
be fore a limited time, or tour of duty, according
to rank, & so by doing a very quick sum I have
found that mine comes to an end on Aug 1st.
I must say I am pretty glad in many ways,
because this job becomes a bit of a heart breaker
after a time - & I am only saved because of
my quality, or whatever it is, of trying to do well,
whatever I do - & because I can easily use every
minute of my spare time to write to you & think
of you, & read. You can imagine that I am
furiously thinking about what will be next, &
most important, whether I can turn this to
advantage in my next home posting application.
And if not that, I do not know what they will do
with me, but I shall try bloody hard to go up
the ladder, & I hope, to do with administration,
where I really could enjoy myself.

Barbara, I cabled in another [illegible]30 on May 4th - &
which will probably be dated July or August when it
appears on your bank sheet. I told you, & I hoped