29 DECEMBER 1944, page 9

The Foreign Office Has Never Been One Of The Most

beloved of Government Departments, nor does it possess, either with the Cabinet or with public opinion, an authority comparable to that, for instance, of the Admiralty. It has......

The Reform Which Mr. Eden Has Planned For The Amalgamation

of the Diplomatic with the Consular and Commercial Services will, once it has become fully operative, provide the country with a Foreign Service better adapted to modern......

It Is Noticeable Also That These Six New Experts Are

to form a "Staff Committee" under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State, and that this Committee will succeed to the functions of Mr. Cordell Hull's old "Policy Committee.......

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The relation between the Foreign Office and public opinion offers a problem of a far less soluble nature. We have in the last few weeks had sad examples of the extent to which a......

Marginal Comment

El, I ; AROLD NICOLSON M R. CORDELL HULL retained his office for so many years that some of us have forgotten the inauguration ceremonies which any incoming Secretary of State......