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Also war provides many with very nice snug billets. There are many things I'd like to expand on but there again is the censor & one must wait. Perhaps however I could give my views on our men's behaviour in Cairo of which no doubt all have heard. First let me say that in telling the truth our friend Bean got himself disliked but he did the right thing. The behaviour of the rioters in Cairo early last year was disgraceful but the rioters were few and the affair was made worse by the way it was handled.

30,000 non regular troops recruited largely from men used to fend for themselves were 52 days at sea. Cairo is a charming place in many ways but it always

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