Mail published a letter apparently written by Zinoviev, the head of the Communist International (Comintern), which asked supporters to prepare for imminent revolution. It is now known that the Zinoviev letter was a fake (documents released by the Public Record Office in 1998 finally revealed the letter to have been a forgery), but it scarcely helped Labour during their election campaign. The Liberals were also becoming increasingly restive about continuing to support the government, while MacDonald's inability to delegate tasks to subordinates was also a factor in Labour's demise. He had taken the position of Foreign Secretary as well as Prime Minister and by the end of the nine months it seemed as if MacDonald had wanted to give up power through fatigue. He once wrote in his diary that he worked from '7am to 1 am, with occasional extras'. However, the First Labour Government ultimately showed that Labour was 'fit to govern' and it returned to office five years later. Cabinet January 1924 – November 1924 Ramsay MacDonald – Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons The Viscount Haldane – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and joint Leader of the House of Lords The Lord Parmoor – Lord President of the Council and joint Leader of the House of Lords John Robert Clynes – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Philip Snowden – Chancellor of the Exchequer Arthur Henderson – Secretary of State for the Home Department James Henry Thomas – Secretary of State for the Colonies Stephen Walsh – Secretary of State for War The Lord Olivier – Secretary of State for India William Adamson – Secretary for Scotland The Lord Thomson – Secretary for Air The Viscount Chelmsford – First Lord of the Admiralty Josiah Wedgwood – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sidney Webb – President of the Board of Trade Noel Buxton – Minister of Agriculture Charles Philips Trevelyan – President of the Board of Education Vernon Hartshorn – Postmaster-General Frederick William Jowett – First Commissioner of Works Thomas Shaw – Minister of Labour John Wheatley – Minister of Health List of ministers Members of the Cabinet are in bold face. Notes Notes References D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000'' (Macmillan, 2000) External links Labour's great record: an outline of the first six months' work of the