Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom and His Majesty the King of Egypt... Aug 1936 (Cmd 5360): with map (Cmd 5308) London 1937
Has spoken at length to both Curzon and Brodrick regarding the military administration controversy; hopes to receive the new proposed rules of business for army administration from Minto in the near future; Russians have made it clear that they wanted to keep the status quo on the Indian frontier.
Military administration controversy still taking up a lot of his time; has doubts about the new Secretary's place in the Council, and about legality of orders of 31 May.
General Election in England; expresses annoyance at the way the Tashi Lama's visit has been organized; has received letter from Ottawa asking 1) if there can be Indian Civil Service appointments for Rhodes scholars and 2) if India would consider sending a 'forestry expert' to a Forestry Conferenc...
Has received his first letter from Minto; has discussed the weekly private letters with Sir A Godley, who will be contacting Minto directly; has heard that Kitchener has threatened to resign if 'dual control' were restored; gives Minto a message to convey to Kitchener should Minto think fit, indi...