p.

6.

things are far easier now, with A.Gs, LC.s & p.c.s.
It was wonderful to see him again - quite apart from
his link with Oswestry & Gobowen - he is the first
person I have really talked to since January.

He was still in a peculiar set of borrowed
civilian clothes - or at least, they had been presented
to him by friendly natives. I met him in Tel
Aviv, - & we came back here & talked &
talked. Sunday we just spent quietly, & I had
work to do - & in the evening we made a
pretty big hole in a bottle of whisky. On Monday
I took him up to Jerusalem, where he had to
report, & I had some things I had to do.

And on Tuesday morning he went off to Cairo.
He has to report there, fit himself up again - &
then he is, I hope, coming back here, & we are
going off on 10 days leave together, & really see
& "do" Palestine, & Jerusalem. I called to see (the
Hon) Edwin Samuel, & told him our plans, & he
& his v. charming wife are going to organise our 3 days
there, which should be wonderful. As they are
both extraordinarily busy people, it is very kind of them.

After this, we are going to hire a car, & Ben is
coming with us & we shall go to as many places
as possible in the time. The great advantages of
Ben coming with us, are that he knows the
country, & he knows Arabic & the Arabs. Alone, we
should probably have little or nothing to do with
the Arabs, as so few of them speak English,

6. things are far easier now, with A.Gs, Lcs & p.cs. It was wonderful to see him again - quite apart from his link with Oswestry & [Jebowen?} - he is the first person I have really talked to since January.

He was still in a peculiar set of borrowed civilian clothes - or at least, they had been provided to him by friendly natives. I met him in Tel Aviv, - & we came back here & talked & talked. Sunday we just spent quietly, & I had work to do - & in the evening we made a pretty big hole in a bottle of whisky. On Monday I took him up to Jerusalem, where he had to report, & I had some things I had to do.

Next on Tuesday morning he went off to Cairo. He has to report there, fit himself up again - & then he is, I hope, coming back here, & we are going off on 10 days leave together, & really see & "do" Palestine, & Jerusalem. I called to see (the Hon) Edwin Samuel,v& told him our plans, & he & his v charming wife are going to organise our 3 days there, which should be wonderful. As they are both extraordinarily busy people,it is very kind of them.

After this, we are going to hire a car, & Ben is coming with us & we shall go to as many places as possible in the time. The great advantages of Ben coming with us, are that he knows the country, & he knows Arabic & the Arabs. Plans, we should probably have little or nothing to do with the Arabs, as so few of them speak English,