Financial difficulties in both countries. Simon's opposition to pay cuts. Asks Viceroy to consider possibility of increasing income-tax or asking Services for voluntary cut in pay. Efforts to stabilise British credit. Necessity of tariff: opposition by Snowden and Samuel. Discussions with In...
Congratulations on keeping Council together. Impossible to warn Viceroy about collapse of gold standard. Optimistic about result of election. Intention to carry on R.T.C. Gandhi's attack in speech. Promises to look into question of Mitter's expenses at Geneva. Prefers Sifton for Bihar and Or...
India Debate. Opposition restraint in criticisms. Impossible to accept Viceroy's suggested statement about communal decision. Indian interest in Ireland. Suggestion of GCSI for Hailey.
Reasons for sending telegram direct to Controllers of Currency in financial crisis. Impressions of Conference. No chance of agreement on communal question in Minorities Committee. Hope of Princes adjusting differences on return. Difficulty of understanding Gandhi. Thinks Indians will be forc...
Interest taken in election. Muslims anxious for communal question to be settled before discussing matters regarding responsibility at Centre. Forecast for course of Conference. Pleased that Viceroy agrees to Tegart for India Council. Attempts to get Storrs to London for talk. Does not agree to Ra...
Sweeping victory in election. Hope that Simon will be in Cabinet. Thinks Moslems will accept reasonable proposals in regard to communal settlement. Making enquiries as to future Governor of Bengal. Rewa's request for European officer as Diwan.
Viceroy's suggestions about his Council: importance of doing nothing to make it less responsible to Parliament. Against appointing Indian without portfolio. Thinks Bhore's appointment to Commerce Membership would disturb British commercial classes. Encloses letter from Godfrey regarding Indian...
Hopes Viceroy will like personnel of Committees. Mistake to make changes in Council at present. Disapproves of change in balance of British and Indian personnel. Viceroy's suggestion of Griffith as first Governor of N.W.F.P. Burmese anxious for Governor from England. Government crisis over ta...
Reuter message that Ramaswami Aiyer had been appointed to Viceroy's Council. S/S's 56 questions in H/C. Reasons for inability to make Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Bill permanent. Agrees to Knighthood for Suhrawardy. Talk with King. King's suggestions for dealing with terrorism. Talk with M...