The bulk of this long article, published in a London magazine and aimed at the British public, discusses international relations in the Far East, and in particular the Russian advance into the Chinese seas. The Middle East only receives cursory attention, with the exception of the Persian Gulf which Mahan describes as a geopolitical flashpoint. The American admiral defines the Middle East as a zone with fluid borders situated between South and West Asia and centered around the Gulf. More specifically, for Mahan it was a region where Britain’s dominance of the strategic land and sea communication routes between London and India was increasingly being threatened by the encroachments of imperial rivals.

This issue contains content on summary of 1956 state budget and draft of 1957 state budget, campaign to increase production and saving, maintain stable market prices, finance management, note to British authorities in Hong Kong to let loose of murderer who robbed Chinese sailboat, China-Poland economic exchanges, China-East Germany economic exchanges, Ministry of industry and commerce expenditures, and addressing student dropouts in higher learning institutions and schools of industry and agriculture. 

UK record of discussions with a Soviet delegation including Bulganin and Khrushchev.