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Cabinet paper circulating a report by the Chiefs of Staff on the defence of Hong Kong.

Discussions on the threats to, and reinforcement of, Hong Kong.

Discussion of No. 64, suggesting amendments to the draft of a Parliamentary statement about the Amethyst incident.

THE 5th Earl of Listowel, who has died aged 90, was the virtually unknown Fabian liberator of India, Pakistan and Burma. As Secretary of State for India in 1947, he oversaw partition and the transfer of power on behalf of the Labour prime minister Clement Attlee, receiving a manuscript letter fortnightly from the British Viceroy, Viscount Mountbatten on whom the spotlight was focused as Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs murderously rioted on the sub-continent. Although \"Billy\" Listowel rarely spoke or wrote about it, he was proud of Britain's role in yielding power without the bitter colonial wars of the French and Dutch in Indo-China and Indonesia. In a rare letter in 1989 he defended Mountbatten against a nasty review of Mountbatten's Diaries by Auberon Waugh. Mountbatten, he pointed out, had been convinced that a handover to nationalist leaders was the only route after he had occupied Indonesia and Indo-China in 1945, but had to keep his views secret from Winston Churchill, a hard-bitten imperialist and by then leader of the Conservative opposition.

Washington talks in September (pg. 48-51). devaluation announced (pg. 51-54). Conservative Party Conference (pg. 54-55). industrial relations (pg. 55-56). T.U.C. and wage-freezing (pg. 56-57). parliamentary debates (pg. 57). economy cuts announced, 24 October (pg. 57-58). Steel Bill (pg. 58-59). Parliament Bill (pg. 59-60). groundnuts (pg. 60-61). Election preparations (pg. 61-63). foreign policy (pg. 63-64). Malta and Nigeria (pg. 64-65). the year surveyed (pg. 65-66).

The National Will to Victory (pg. 1). Criticism of the Government (pg. 1). Government Changes (pg. 2). Resignation of Mr. Hore-Belisha (pg. 2). Growth of the Army (pg. 3). Rationing Commenced (pg. 3). The Military Situation (pg. 3). Premier's Warning on Consumption (pg. 4). Fear of the “Vicious Spiral” (pg. 4). Food-stuffs Subsidies (pg. 5). Mr. Hore-Belisha on his Resignation (pg. 5). Premier's Explanation (pg. 5). Loan to Turkey (pg. 6). Government's Views on American “Safety Zone” (pg. 6). New Conversion Loan (pg. 6). Working of the Blockade (pg. 7). Mr. Churchill's Appeal to Neutrals (pg. 7). Ministers' Confidence (pg. 8). The Asama Maru Incident (pg. 8). Increase in Road Accidents (pg. 8). New Pensions Bill (pg. 9). Labour Opposition (pg. 10). Debates on Economic Planning (pg. 10). Location of Industry Report (pg. 11). Government and Agriculture (pg. 11). New Railway Pooling Arrangement (pg. 12). Evacuation and the Schooling Problem (pg. 12). New Anglo-French Trade Agreement (pg. 13). Coal Shortage (pg. 13). Government's Economic Policy (pg. 14). Labour Party's War Aims (pg. 15). Labour Party and Finland (pg. 15). Volunteers for Finland (pg. 15). Colonial Development (pg. 16). Land Regulations for Palestine (pg. 16). Opposition in Commons (pg. 16). Military Standstill (pg. 17). The Altmark Exploit (pg. 17). Norwegian Protests (pg. 18). British Indignation (pg. 18). Exeter Men in London (pg. 19). Mr. Churchill on Work of the Navy (pg. 19). His Warning to Neutrals (pg. 20). Sir K. Wood on the Air Force (pg. 20). Mr. O. Stanley on the Army (pg. 20). Concessions to Italy (pg. 21). Italian Note of Protest (pg. 21). Government's Failure to Help Finland (pg. 21). Public Disappointment (pg. 22). Premier's Defence (pg. 22). His Appeal to Neutrals (pg. 23). Criticism of Government (pg. 23). British Successes (pg. 23). Supreme War Council's Declaration (pg. 24). Mr. Churchill's Hint (pg. 24). Blockade Leakages (pg. 25). Premier on Use of Blockade (pg. 25). Premier's Confidence (pg. 25). New Government Loan (pg. 26). Accounts for 1939–1940 (pg. 26). Report on Thetis Disaster (pg. 26).

European Cereal Supplies (pg. 29-30). Cause and Effect (pg. 30-31). Civil Aviation Bill (pg. 31). United Nations Bill (pg. 31-32). Budget for 1946–47 (pg. 32-33). National Land Fund (pg. 33-34). Conference on World Trade (pg. 34). Nationalisation of Iron and Steel (pg. 34-36). Cable and Wireless, Limited (pg. 36). Bill on New Towns (pg. 36-37). Salaries of M.P.'s (pg. 37-38). Second Reading of National Health Bill (pg. 38-39). The Food Shortage (pg. 39-40). Mr. Morrison on his Mission to America (pg. 40-41). Atomic Energy Bill (pg. 41). Civil Aviation Bill (pg. 41). The Government's Highway Policy (pg. 41-42). Financial Help for Scholars (pg. 42). The Coal Bill, Third Reading (pg. 42). National Insurance Bill (pg. 42-43). Polish Forces under British Control (pg. 43). Cotton Working Party Report (pg. 43-44). Call-up for the Forces (pg. 44). Dominion Consultations (pg. 44). The Future of Sarawak (pg. 44-45). Anglo-Egyptian Treaty Revision (pg. 45-46). The Cabinet Mission to India (pg. 46-47). Mr. Bevin on the Four Power Conference (pg. 47-49). Labour Party Conference (pg. 49-51). Labour and Communists (pg. 51-52). V.E. Day (pg. 52). Mineworkers' Conference (pg. 52). The Coal Situation (pg. 52-53). Justices of the Peace (pg. 53). Denning Committee on Divorce (pg. 53-54). The B.B.C. (pg. 54-55). City of London Reconstruction Plan (pg. 55).