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see if there are any niggers with ulterior motives, you have but to
give the word. Anyway, we should line to hear from you, for our friends
are few and the enemy is about our walls.
What are your reactions to armoured cars visiting Kuwait during
their periods of annual training, and/or Airmen and N.C.Os. doing ditto
on leave? I get periodic minutes on this subject, and usually reply
"no intelligence objection, if P.A. Kuwait agrees"; here, again, your
advice would be appreciated. Kuwait is totally unknown territory to
me, and I have no idea as to whether RAF personnel are regarded as a
blot on the landscape or not. Way back, I seem to recollect that you
once remarked: "the more, the merrier: let 'em all come2". There was,
however, at this time some talk of a rest-house or canteen at Kuwait, and,
since this has not materialised, you may have had good reason to alter your
I hope to get an opportunity to come down and see you in the not
too distant future; your name has become a by-word for hospitality, and
it would be nice to see you in a congenial setting in which you have
been able to expand and exercise your considerable personality and charm
unhampered by the petty restrictions of an A.H.Q,. 2
mt is away at Basra this week-end, but he asked me to be sure
to include his affectionate greetings in this letter.
Write when you have time, and find it in your heart to forgive
this long period of silence on the part of
on.
Captain G.7. DeGaury M.C
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
KUWAIT.