Subjects include: a stay with Maxine Elliott at Chateau de l'Horizon in the south of France, January 1939; the relationship between the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson]; progress on ["A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"]; sales of a new edition of "The World Crisis"; the determination of [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] not to join the Government, the chances of a big reshuffle and Churchill's view that it would be better to await the situation after the General Election; deciding to see a doctor himself and his worries about Clementine's health; the French political and military situation and feeling against Benito Mussolini; fears of Italy and Germany joining up against France; the changing views of [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister] on appeasement and the neglect of civil defence measures in Britain; the failure of Duncan Sandys's and Randolph Churchill's new political party; the progress of [Edwina Sandys]; the gift of a silver cup from 1st Lord Craigavon [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, earlier Sir James Craig]; a visit to France to see the Maginot Line with General Alphonse Georges, August 1939; timing of the likely German and Italian attack; the friendship between Georges and [Edward] Louis Spears.