Prospects of successfully forming an Interim Government; possibility of averting railway strike; additional shipping to get women and children home; transportable power sets for India.
Idea of a Conference in London to discuss possibilities of common Empire policy and co-ordinating organisation in the Far East dropped for the moment; future of the British Council and suggestion that British council officials visit India.
Indian Food Delegation; Burma; Wylie's suggestion for use of the Army in the food crisis; appointment of Indians to consular posts in Persia; possible embarrassment from the fact that land in Assam which might be cultivated for crops was being left vacant.
Congratulations on the Statement by the Cabinet Mission and the Viceroy; press reaction in U.K. to the Statement; Dominion Prime Ministers' Meeting in London; food situation still causing anxiety; Prime Minister anxious for Cabinet Mission's early return; passages to U.K.
Debates in both Houses; next step towards formation of Interim Government; elections to Constituent Assembly; India's relations with South Africa; protection of services - glad to see Provincial Ministries likely to be reasonable.
Announcement of discontinuance of 'War Service' recruitment; consultation on compensation proposals for Secretary of State's services; number of Europeans in India; age of retirement of High Court Judges and their pension conditions; Auchinleck's visit to U.K.
Viceroy's visit to Calcutta and Andamans; Sapru Committee Report; encloses copy of Casey's interview with Gandhi; Nehru's views on future of Indian States; Dalal's resignation; possible action resulting from proposals in the Bengal Administration Enquiry Committee Report; food situation; Indian troo...
Cabinet Mission's arrival in India; encloses note of his talk with Jinnah; food imports allocation from Washington; possibility food ration might have to be cut further; Council passes scheme for insurance and medical relief for industrial workers; Pethick-Lawrence's query about accommodation for a ...
Forthcoming Simla Conference; food situation; Aung San case; agreement that Indian troops should not be used to suppress political movements in Burma; civilian passages; agrees tone of language used by India Office in correspondence with G. of I. should, as far as practicable, be similar to that use...