Letters to Australia, Volume 4

Julius Stone (1907–1985) was Challis professor of jurisprudence and international law at the University of Sydney from 1942 to 1972, then adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales, until his death.

• Selected contents – over 120 talks in totalJapan chooses between Taipei and Peking; the Australian reactionAustralia ratifies peace with Japan – US treaties with Pacific nationsProspects in Korea, Soviet proposals for unified Germany, a commander for NATOGerman re-unification – Soviet-US differences, German demandsAfrican conflicts – racial in the south, anti-colonial in the northArgentina clash over FalklandsGermany re-unification – is Germany ready for it?Coups in Egypt, Iran – feudal realitiesOrigin and limits of the Council of EuropeAfrica for the Africans – can they stand alone?Fear corrodes the US polity – impact of the House Un-American Activity CommitteeKorea – US contemplates blockade of ChinaDeath of Stalin – reflectionsCoronation – the agony of change, the survival of the monarchyKorean truce signed! Post-Beria purge in Soviet sphere. McCarthyism attacked in the USThe work of the Red Cross; implications of UK advances in missile technologyANZUS and the UK – looking east or west to ChinaDrawing a line: Australia legislates to limit Japanese pearlingGrowing US-UK cooperation on nuclear policyEisenhower addresses General Assembly on East-West tensionsIndex