Subjects include: JA's view of China; the by-election for Brighton Pavilion [Sussex], including Desmond Donnelly's support for JA; the rising costs of Concorde; reviews of Vols 5 and 6 of JA's biography of Joseph Chamberlain; the sanctions policy against Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; televising debates in the House of Commons; [John] Enoch Powell; Soviet influence in the Middle East; the Monday Club; protests against the South African cricket tour; Edward Heath's new administration; JA's housing policies as the new Minister of Public Building and Works; the cancellation of the TSR-2 strike aircraft and Hawker P.1154 fighter; the Cabinet reshuffle, with JA becoming Minister for Housing and Construction.