Letter from F W Oliver, Dar-el-Nabati, Mariut, to A V Hill Has been through a trying four months but realised that Alamein 'would be ''so far and no further'''. Has read about the question of an enquiry to investigate 'the high charges incurred in this part of the war effort'. Discusses the great cost of the war to Egypt and compares rates of products to show how cost of living has 'spiralled'. 8 May 1943