THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1974 -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : WORLDS EVENTS IN 1974 -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- LONGMAN'S 250th ANNIVERSARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1974 -- EDITORIAL -- I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE LAST DAYS OF MR HEATH'S GOVERNMENT -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE FEBRUARY ELECTION -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE MINORITY GOVERNMENT -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE OCTOBER ELECTION -- CHAPTER 5 -- THE NEW PARLIAMENT -- CHAPTER 6 -- FURTHER ECONOMIC TROUBLE -- CHAPTER 7 -- THE BURDEN OF ULSTER -- CHAPTER 8 -- RENEGOTIATION WITH THE EEC -- CHAPTER 9 -- OTHER EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD -- CHAPTER 10 -- SCOTLAND -- CHAPTER 11 -- WALES -- CHAPTER 12 -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- II. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER 2 -- CANADA -- CHAPTER 3 -- LATIN AMERICA -- ARGENTINA -- BOLIVIA -- BRAZIL -- CHILE -- COLOMBIA -- ECUADOR -- PARAGUAY -- PERU -- URUGUAY -- VENEZUELA -- CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA -- CUBA -- THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- MEXICO -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN -- GUYANA -- BELIZE -- III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE USSR -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -- POLAND -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- YUGOSLAVIA -- ALBANIA -- IV. WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- FRANCE -- THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY -- ITALY -- BELGIUM -- NETHERLANDS -- LUXEMBOURG -- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- CHAPTER 2 -- DENMARK -- ICELAND -- NORWAY -- SWEDEN -- FINLAND -- AUSTRIA -- SWITZERLAND -- SPAIN -- PORTUGAL -- MALTA -- GIBRALTAR -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- TURKEY -- V. THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- ISRAEL -- CHAPTER 2 -- 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 -- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- OMAN -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE SUDAN -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- VI. EQUATORIAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- ETHIOPIA -- SOMALIA -- FRENCH TERRITORY OF THE AFARS AND ISSAS -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- UGANDA -- CHAPTER 2 -- GHANA -- NIGERIA -- SIERRA LEONE -- THE GAMBIA -- LIBERIA -- CHAPTER 3 -- FRENCH-SPEAKING WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA -- MALAGASY REPUBLIC -- THE REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE -- RWANDA AND BURUNDI -- PORTUGUESE AFRICAN TERRITORIES: GUINEA-BISSAU, MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA -- SPANISH SAHARA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- CHAPTER 4 -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- RHODESIA -- BOTSWANA, LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 5 -- THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA -- VII. SOUTH ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- CHAPTER 2 -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN -- BANGLADESH -- SRI LANKA -- NEPAL -- VIII. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI -- SINGAPORE -- HONG KONG -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- INDONESIA -- PHILIPPINES -- NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM -- CAMBODIA -- LAOS -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHINA -- TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- KOREA -- IX. AUSTRALASIA AND SOUTH PACIFIC -- CHAPTER 1 -- AUSTRALIA -- PAPUA-NEW GUINEA -- CHAPTER 2 -- NEW ZEALAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- X. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICAL -- DEPENDENCIES -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 3 -- DEFENCE NEGOTIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS -- THE SALT TALKS -- THE CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION -- TALKS ON MUTUAL FORCE REDUCTIONS -- NATO AND THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANIZATION -- CENTO AND SEATO -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5 -- THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY -- NORDIC COUNCIL.

COMECON -- CHAPTER 6 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTIONS -- SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS -- CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS -- XI. RELIGION -- XII. THE SCIENCES -- CHAPTER 1 -- SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- XIII. LAW -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- CHAPTER 2 -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- XIV. THE ARTS -- CHAPTER 1 -- OPERA -- BALLET -- THE THEATRE -- ART -- MUSIC -- THE CINEMA -- ARCHITECTURE -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- CHAPTER 2 -- LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 3 -- FASHION -- XV. SPORT -- ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL -- RUGBY FOOTBALL -- CRICKET -- GOLF -- LAWN TENNIS -- BASEBALL -- BOXING -- ATHLETICS -- THE TURF -- MOTOR SPORT -- OLYMPIC AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES -- XVI. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- THE ROLE OF INFLATION -- COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS WITH 1929-31 -- CHAPTER 2 -- OIL FINANCE AND RECYCLING -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- NOTES ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA -- CHAPTER 5 -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA -- A. THE UNITED KINGDOM -- B. THE UNITED STATES -- C. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- XVII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- DOCUMENTS -- US SUPREME COURT RULING ON THE NIXON TAPES -- THE ISSUE OF JURISDICTION -- JUSTICIABILITY OF THE DISPUTE -- RULE 17 (C): ADMISSIBILITY OF THE TAPES -- THE CLAIM OF PRIVILEGE -- THE RIGHT TO EVIDENCE -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISION -- EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI AGREEMENT ON DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES -- SYRIAN-ISRAELI AGREEMENT ON DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES -- DECLARATION ON ATLANTIC RELATIONS -- TREATY ON THE LIMITATION OF UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON CYPRUS -- GENEVA DECLARATION ON CYPRUS OF 30 JULY 1974 -- OLYMPIC AMATEUR ELIGIBILITY CODE -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION 1974 -- THE UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR ADMINISTRATION 1974.

OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1974 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.