Last letter as Viceroy; regret at leaving India; absurdity of idea of Lord Linlithgow carrying on clandestine correspondence with Gandhi; Ottawa Agreement: sole purpose in defeating the Agreement was political; Viceroy feels Jinnah is being personal and trying to create trouble; advises Lord Linl...
Shortness of letter due to pressure of duties on taking over office as Secretary of State; Lord Salisbury's speech on First Reading of India Bill in Lords; Govt of India's suggested amendments regarding tributes from States – not now possible to make any change of importance; has had a long talk ...
Is studying papers left to him by Hoare regarding the Secretariat staffing and procedure and will reply in due course; been advised there is no point in sending Mieville home until the autumn.
Question of extent to which Governor-General could be regarded as justified in refusing a Court of Arbitration in a dispute with an Indian State; general considerations in connection with claims by States for arbitration and interpretation of orders of Secretary of State; desirability of ending T...
Regrets not having met Nehru and wonders what he will do as the Congress Leader; Sind and Orissa Orders approved by Lords; Viceroy's difficult time with the Legislative Assembly; fears Ottawa Agreement may be a difficult fence to clear; glad Muslims from Bengal gave a casting vote in Viceroy's fa...
Doubts that Lord Linlithgow will see Gandhi on his arrival in India; hopes Bangalore retrocession will not be allowed to drag on; meeting of Locarno powers: agreement reached.
Rebuilding of Quetta and the financial cost to the Government; Railways in financial trouble as well; need to postpone setting up of Railway Authority.