British Legation, Jedda 1555 159 30th December 1946 (My dear Overton), I was rather shaken by your tale om 10.203 of 21st December 1946, tuling me that in spite of all our efforts to explain to you ofice that the city bed and nitawy hospital for sale and the sye No. pital for Jedda were separate and distinct ovo jeste, the Aug in Rot sont the beds - and possibly bodoing and other agunt intended to the Jedde mye Dog pitel with that oupplied for the military hospital In view of the constant seference shoughout al corespondence to the fact that what was to be opplied for Tase was a slety bed hoopia (see ces. my tolegom zo 12 ad Oeyton" reply 25(16) of Jemmary a3ed my letter 163/71/42 to layton o February 19th; telegpom os opoh 176 to Central Handgusters copied to you for Orion and troopers teleso. 94831/32 of January 25th todos) this confusion uomo quito Anexplicables and 16 sa ordbarracing to have to try now to recove from the Sau2 y equipment thas should nover have been sent to thone You w12 apreciate that these oxdance store a contrasted with the strictly medical atores which wewe checked over here by a Regel an Medical Compa orderly before delivery to the Saudio inter were cleared from Customo dicot and talen over as from the shipo aide by the option Condonding troopa in Jedde ma that this legation did not attempt the cronous and expert taste of Interpreting Any vouchers and checking deliver3.03. I as that separate zeferences to the cuppity of salty bede occur in two different batohoo of vouchetoe one numbered Sla83 of broary 27th laot and one munboxed S52.795 of bewoh and last, 03 6270 and Ons 6278 roapeetively. if these refer to tuo segno consiguen to, 96 la cless that the audy have bed one hundred beda instead of the sty intended, but I om o sure and dextely have 20 time to analyse cores of vouche o various Gates - whether bede, e. bedstenda and aging mesues alone have been dull cated, or whether (a) bedaing sheets pillows ab (b) othex hoapital equipment, have been sent to Z on double the intented welee Can Cenova Headquarto elucidate this? In the meantime, X 22 write to the sand Arab Covement and try to recover the sist bodo which are weated for Jedda, Leoving other domes until receive your reply to the above angry. It is possible 500 Dr Longinotto may not be an ion neco has e Noi itali od when en te sched, 411 aheeta and blankets which have been in te boud tores ait. (Yours sincerely). 01 Arnola ovexton, KCB.. KCMG., 1.3.ORATOY--SMITH. Briticale est orice, CARD.
