CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION— Page 1. General ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 2. Organization of the Department ... ... 7 3. Information and Publicity ... ... ... 8 4. Treaty LIST ... ... ... ...• ... 9 5. External Affairs Committee ... ... ... 9 THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH—1. General ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 2. Ireland (EIRE) ... ... ... ... ... 11 3. Australian - New Zealand Relations ... ... 12 THE PACIFIC—1. South Pacific Commission... ... ... ... 13 2. Relations with South Pacific Administrations ... 15 THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA— 39 1. General ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 2. Japanese Peace Settlement ... ... ... 17 3. Far Eastern Commission ... ... ... ... 17 4. Allied Council for Japan ... ... ... 18 5. Japanese Affairs Generally—(a) International Military Tribunal for the Far East... 19 (b) New Zealand Government Trade Representative in Japan ... ... ... ... 19 6. Korea ... ... ... ... ... ... 19' 7. Indonesia ... ... ... ... ... 21 8. Regional Co-operation in Asia ... ... ... 22 EUROPE—1. General ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 2. Germany and Austria ... ... ... ... 23 3. Western Union and the Atlantic Pact ... ... 24 4. Peace Settlements with Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria and Hungary—{a) Trieste ... ... ... ... ... 26 (b) Human Rights Clauses of the Treaties ... ... 26 (c) The Ex-Italian Colonies ... ... ... 27 5. Greece ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 6. Spain ... ... ... ... ... ... 29

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