The Arab servants had laid out our bedding in a top floor, which was divided into I0 by I0 foot cubicles. Each cubical had a window and its own light source; we welcomed the privacy wherein we could contemplate our sorry situation.

I switched off the light and soon was fast asleep, but not for long. I was awakened by something biting me and the remarks from the other cubicles indicating in a forceful vocal manner others had the same problem. I switched on the light and was amazed to see little brown tealeaf like creatures scurrying for cover. These manifested to be ''bed bugs'' I had never seen anything like them before. When the light was on they disappeared, when switched off and then back on they were everywhere, I would switch off the light and then on and hit out at them in a frenzy, as they were killed they left splatters of blood, my blood, all over the sheets and pillows, it was revolting. Everybody, including the Sergeant in charge, was in the same boat. After that we did not sleep a wink all night.

Early the next day a truck was dispatched to Safad and soon returned with two 40 gallon drums of D.D.T. We did not wait for the servants to spray; we took apart our beds and washed them and the room in the D.D.T. It is a wonder we did not all die from the effects of the D.D.T. but with the windows wide open we all got a good night's sleep and never saw another bed bug again and hopefully, never will.

Sa'sa Post as I said, was a fort like building which could repel any attack. The massive steel doors were big enough to allow vehicle traffic to enter the courtyard, yet could be closed with ease. All windows had steel shutters and when everything was closed up for the night, with a Palestinian^* Police Man ^*Arab Palestinian in Arab areas and Jewish Palestinian in Jewish areas) on guard on the flat roof, 60 feet high, and one of us in the Duty Room below, we felt very secure. One could almost say as snug as a bug in a rug, only there did not seem to be much humor in that. It amazed me to think how securely this was built, yet an underground tank from which our only source of water was pumped, was outside the Post and vulnerable to be interfered with, it is interesting to note goldfish were kept in this tank to dispose of any mosquito eggs. We all believed the goldfish were tank broken!

The life style at Sa'sa was very relaxed. In all there was a complement of six ''British'' Police living on the Post and six Native Police living in villages within 5 miles. Our duties were to take turns as duty officers, which meant you were confined to the Post and recorded any activity such as the comings and goings of personnel and checked that the Native Police taking turns on guard duty on the roof, stayed awake. There was a tube running from the roof to the duty room and the guard would confirm his alertness by shouting all was well or whatever, every hour.