THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1959. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER OF WORLD EVENTS 1959 -- ANNUAL REGISTER ADVISORY BOARD -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ANNUAL REGISTER 1959 -- I HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE FIRST QUARTER -- CHAPTER 2 -- EASTER TO MIDSUMMER -- CHAPTER 3 -- MIDSUMMER TO THE GENERAL ELECTION -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE NEW GOVERNMENT -- CHAPTER 5 -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- II THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 -- CANADA -- CHAPTER 3 -- AUSTRALIA -- NEW ZEALAND -- WESTERN SAMOA -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA -- THE FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND -- GHANA -- CHAPTER 5 -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN -- CEYLON -- THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA -- SINGAPORE -- CHAPTER 6 -- FEDERATION OF THE WEST INDIES -- BRITISH HONDURAS -- CHAPTER 7 -- NIGERIA -- CAMEROONS -- BRITISH SOMALILAND -- KENYA -- TANGANYIKA -- UGANDA -- CHAPTER 8 -- CYPRUS -- MALTA -- THE ADEN PROTECTORATE -- BRUNEI -- THE MALDIVE ISLANDS -- III INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND CONFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 -- EAST-WEST NEGOTIATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICAL -- LEGAL -- DEPENDENCIES -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL -- CHAPTER 3 -- REGIONAL AND SPECIALIST ORGANIZATIONS -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC. TREATY ORGANIZATION -- COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- THE WARSAW TREATY AND THE COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECONOMIC AID -- THE CENTRAL TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE SOUTH EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION -- IV THE AMERICAS -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER 2 -- LATIN AMERICA -- GENERAL SURVEY -- CUBA -- BRAZIL -- ARGENTINA -- V THE U.S.S.R. AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE U.S.S.R. -- CHAPTER 2 -- EASTERN GERMANY -- POLAND -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- RUMANIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- 1954-1959 -- VI WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1.

FRANCE AND THE COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 2 -- WESTERN GERMANY -- BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION -- BELGIUM -- LUXEMBOURG -- THE NETHERLANDS -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- DENMARK -- ICELAND -- NORWAY -- SWEDEN -- FINLAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- ITALY -- SWITZERLAND -- THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- SPAIN -- PORTUGAL -- CHAPTER 4 -- AUSTRIA -- YUGOSLAVIA -- GREECE -- VI THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- TURKEY -- PERSIA -- AFGHANISTAN -- 1958-1959 -- ISRAEL -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE UNITED ARAB STATES -- EGYPT -- SYRIA -- YEMEN -- CHAPTER 3 -- IRAQ -- LEBANON -- JORDAN -- SAUDI ARABIA -- THE ARAB LEAGUE -- ARAB STATES OF THE PERSIAN GULF -- VIII NORTH AND WEST AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- MOROCCO -- CHAPTER 2 -- ETHIOPIA -- 1958-1959 -- THE SUDAN -- GUINEA -- IX EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- NEPAL -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- VIETNAM -- CAMBODIA -- LAOS -- INDONESIA -- PHILIPPINES -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHINA -- TIBET 1951-1959 -- JAPAN -- KOREA -- X RELIGION -- XI SCIENCE -- XII LAW -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- CHAPTER 2 -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- XIII THE ARTS AND LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE ARTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OPERA -- BALLET -- THE THEATRE -- ART -- MUSIC -- THE CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND BROADCASTING -- TELEVISION -- SOUND BROADCASTING -- OTHER COUNTRIES -- ARCHITECTURE -- CHAPTER 2 -- LITERATURE -- INTRODUCTION -- ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS -- FICTION -- HISTORY -- POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -- POETRY -- LITERARY CRITICISM -- PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY -- RELIGION AND THEOLOGY -- TRAVEL, TOPOGRAPHY, AND ADVENTURE -- MISCELLANEOUS -- XIV ECONOMICS -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION -- ECONOMIC AID TO UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- CHAPTER -- UNITED KINGDOM FINANCE, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY -- GOVERNMENT FINANCE -- NATIONAL DEBT -- UNITED KINGDOM BALANCE OF PAYMENTS.

REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF UNITED KINGDOM BALANCE OF PAYMENTS -- STERLING AREA GOLD AND CONVERTIBLE CURRENCIES -- MONETARY AND BANKING POSITION -- CAPITAL ISSUES -- SECURITY PRICES -- OVERSEAS TRADE -- INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION -- DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL MANPOWER IN GREAT BRITAIN -- BUILDING -- PRICES -- XV DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS -- THE ANTARCTIC TREATY -- AGREEMENT OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY -- EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE DALAI LAMA -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1959 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATIONS 1959 -- JANUARY TO OCTOBER -- THE CABINET -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MINISTERS -- OCTOBER ONWARDS -- THE CABINET -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MINISTERS -- INDEX.