Grateful to Secretary of State for his efforts with Cabinet regarding the Press Act and emergency measures; his own views on renewal of certain preventive acts as permanent measures and on attitude of Cabinet; Bhore; Zanzibar; illness of Sir P Chetwode (C-in-C, India) and Sir H Craik (Home Member...
Has decided to appoint a Reviewing Committee for the quinquennial review of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; the Committee to comprise Chairman (from England) and two members from India; the enquiry to take place in winter and will take about two months to complete.
Has come to decision about Madras Land Estates (second Amendment) Act; encloses Joint Note from Legislative, and Education, Health and Lands, Departments.
Busy with making Criminal Law Amendment Act and Press Act permanent; no adverse reaction anticipated; Assembly friendly; Congress also behaving well; grateful to Secretary of State for agreeing to views on frontier policy; has advised the Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana to hold Durbar ...
Hopes Graham's and Hubback's appointments will be announced in October; successor to Sir Hugh Stephenson (Governor of Burma); grateful the Secretary of State agrees to advance to Nahakki on frontier; no Afghan reaction anticipated; Criminal Law Amendment Bill defeated in Assembly by 10 votes; Vic...
Correspondence between C.I.G.S. and Chetwode; hopes there will be no need to draw on India for personnel and equipment for use in Abyssinia; request for increase in number of knighthoods; question of peerage for Chetwode; thinks Congress are working hard to get Gandhi to lead them again but doubt...
Country peaceful at the moment; Chetwode back from frontier and pleased with result of jirga; road progressing well; Congress postpones decision regarding new Provincial Councils until February.
Little cause for anxiety at the moment; Congress will probably pull themselves together before elections; moderate elements becoming more confident; spasmodic efforts to organise but no team work; question of Parliamentary approval for Criminal Law Amendment Bill; Zanzibar Land Alienation Decree;...