THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1972. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER WORLD EVENTS 1972. -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1972. -- I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE FIRST QUARTER -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE SECOND QUARTER -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE THIRD QUARTER -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE FOURTH QUARTER -- CHAPTER 5 -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- II. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER 2 -- CANADA -- CHAPTER 3 -- LATIN AMERICA -- INTRODUCTION -- ARGENTINA -- BOLIVIA -- BRAZIL -- CHILE -- COLOMBIA -- ECUADOR -- PARAGUAY -- PERU -- URUGUAY -- VENEZUELA -- CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA -- CUBA -- THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- MEXICO -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE WEST INDIES -- GUYANA -- BRITISH HONDURAS -- III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE USSR -- CHAPTER 2 -- EASTERN GERMANY -- POLAND -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- IV. WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- FRANCE -- WESTERN GERMANY -- ITALY -- BELGIUM -- THE NETHERLANDS -- LUXEMBOURG -- CHAPTER 2 -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- DENMARK -- ICELAND -- NORWAY -- SWEDEN -- FINLAND -- AUSTRIA -- SWITZERLAND -- THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- SPAIN -- PORTUGAL -- YUGOSLAVIA -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- MALTA -- GIBRALTAR -- V. THE MIDDLE EAST -- CHAPTER 1 -- ISRAEL -- CHAPTER 2 -- TURKEY -- IRAN -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE ARAB STATES -- THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- IRAQ -- SAUDI ARABIA -- YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC -- PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN -- KUWAIT -- BAHREIN -- QATAR -- UNION OF ARAB EMIRATES -- OMAN -- VI. AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTIONS -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA -- CHAPTER 3 -- ETHIOPIA -- SOMALIA -- FRENCH TERRITORY OF THE AFARS AND ISSAS -- UGANDA -- TANZANIA -- KENYA.

CHAPTER 4 -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- RHODESIA -- BOTSWANA, LESOTHO, AND SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 5 -- GHANA -- NIGERIA -- SIERRA LEONE -- THE GAMBIA -- LIBERIA -- CHAPTER 6 -- FRENCH-SPEAKING WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA -- MADAGASCAR -- THE REPUBLIC OF ZAtRE -- RWANDA AND BURUNDI -- PORTUGUESE AFRICAN TERRITORIES: GUINEA(BISSAU), MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA -- EQUATORIAL GUINEA-SPANISH SAHARA -- CHAPTER 7 -- THE SUDAN -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- VII. EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- SOUTH EAST ASIAN CONFERENCES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN -- BANGLADESH -- SRI LANKA (CEYLON) -- NEPAL -- AFGHANISTAN -- CHAPTER 3 -- MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, AND BRUNEI -- HONG KONG -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- INDONESIA -- THE PHILIPPINES -- NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM -- CAMBODIA -- LAOS -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHINA -- TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- KOREA -- VIII. AUSTRALASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- AUSTRALIA -- TERRITORY OF PAPUA-NEW GUINEA -- CHAPTER 2 -- NEW ZEALAND -- IX. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION -- CHAPTER 1 -- EAST-WEST NEGOTIATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICAL -- DEPENDENCIES -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 4 -- INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE ORGANIZATIONS -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE SOUTH EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE CENTRAL TREATY ORGANIZATION -- CHAPTER 5 -- REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY -- COMECON -- X. RELIGION -- XI. SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGY -- XII. LAW -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- CHAPTER 2 -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- XIII. THE ARTS -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION -- OPERA -- BALLET -- THE THEATRE -- ART -- MUSIC -- THE CINEMA.

ARCHITECTURE -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- CHAPTER 2 -- LITERATURE -- XIV. ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- INTRODUCTION-ECONOMIC TRENDS AND POLICIES -- INCOME AND EXPENDITURE -- THE EXTERNAL ACCOUNT -- INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY -- POLICY DEVELOPMENTS -- COMPANIES AND INVESTMENT -- CHAPTER 3 -- VIOLENCE TODAY : A CRIMINOLOGIST'S VIEW -- XV. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- DOCUMENTS -- TREATY OF ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 2 -- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENTOF MALTA WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF MILITARY FACILITIES IN MALTA -- TREATY ON THE FUTURE BASIS OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 2 -- THE SIMLA AGREEMENT -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION 1972 -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1972 1 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.