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Telegramme concerning possible transferring of the meeting of the Commission members from Paris to Geneva and resignation of Attolico as Secretary (de la Commission temporaire mixte pour la réduction des armements);
Record of interviews with
1) Gibson regarding Private Manufacture of Arms, preparatory Committee, Disarmament Conference
2) Winslow concerning the work of the preparatory Committee for the Disarmament Conference
3) Viscount Ischii re Disarmament Conference;

• March 1925: Note to Avenol, Mantoux and Salter re meeting with M. Nintchich and Disarmament Conference, Preparatory Committee, etc.;
• Apr. 1926: Correspondence with Esther, Viviani, L. Bourgeois, W.H.M. Selby, Cecil;
  Memo for the American Ambassador re the Preparatory Committee.

Possible candidates, including Joseph Avenol, to succeed James Eric Drummond, as League of Nations Secretary-General.

About the appointment of a new Secretary-General and possible candidates for the other League of Nations High Direction posts: Giuseppe Motta, J. Avenol, E.J. Phelan, M. Bourquin, Ekstrand and Massey.

Various documents regarding the appointment of a Deputy-Secretary-General: J. Avenol in favour of P. Azcarate's appointment, J. Avenol's views, E.J. Phelan's position, two secret meetings; Annex A: S. Lester's views on the appointment of a Deputy-Secretary-General, Annex B: J. Avenol's statement at a secret meeting, Annex C: further S. Lester's statement, Annexes D and E: other S. Lester's statements; S. Lester's report to the Department of External Affairs, dated 8th February 1933 on S. Lester's cordial talk with P. Azcarate after his appointment and the reactions to P. Azcarate's appointment, such as the Norwegian objection of having three Latins.

Extract from the "Journal de Genève" on the problem of the reconstruction of China, it was Joseph Avenol's first Council meeting as League of Nations Secretary-General, and on the difficult negotiations to settle the Chaco dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay.

Extract from "The Times": J. Avenol's speech on the crisis in the League of Nations' affairs - A few Member States intended to withdraw from the League of Nations, others requested radical changes - A majority of countries in the world appeared to be losing confidence in the League of Nations' ability to deal with major problems - Problem of the vote of confidence to be asked by J. Avenol - The problem of disarmament was the main cause of the crisis in the League of Nations' affairs: the question of the reduction of armaments was relegated to the background by the League of Nations Disarmament Conference - J. Avenol's answer to various criticisms made of the League of Nations: problem of equality between States and the possibilities for the revision of treaties that were inadequate - Methods of work at Geneva also criticized: too many speeches, documents and committees.

Streiter, taken into prison, charged with having disclosed official secrets: the famous five-pointed ultimatum delivered to H. Rauschning, but released because no official evidence; a similar case: Berent, one of the principal officials in the Education Department, was charged with high treason; Lochstadt case: a Minority Pole, whose rights were not respected, was also charged with high treason and released; "Arbeitsdienst" decree: every youth had to give a year's labour service, however it was against the Constitution to send him out of Danzig against his will, but the Danzig economic situation made it difficult to provide work for them all.

Polish Government's willingness to co-operate with S. Lester in the Danzig business; new relationship between Poland and Danzig; talk between S. Lester and Count Lubienski, in charge at Warsaw with the task of looking after Danzig affairs, who emphasized that the accords so far reached were purely general and political.