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[[preprinted letterhead]] 
BRITISH MIDDLE EAST OFFICE,
10 SHARIA TOLUMBAT,
CAIRO.
[[/preprinted letterhead]]

March 29th ?

My dearest Philip,
I can not remember when I last wrote to you as for many weeks now I have been in a whirl. I do not know how surprised you will be to get a letter from me here. Just before I left for my Christmas/New Year trip with Kees, I heard that my name was to be considered for a very interesting job under our Foreign Office and shortly after my return in January, I was interviewed and evidently approved. I started the job in London on Feby 20th and on March 6th left for Cairo via Paris & Rome. I can