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This volume 1 of the diary of Sean Lester covers the period from October 1935 to 17 April 1941.

This list covers letters from S. Lester to J. Avenol which figured neither in the League of Nations Danzig confidential files (now in archives), nor in S. Lester's folders of copies of his correspondence (1934-1936) with Secretary-General and League of Nations, obviously they are the more formal communications; as mentioned in G. Lippestad's letter these documents concerned: I. Participation of Danzig in International Treaties and Agreements II. Port and Waterways Boards III. Documents on Loans, etc. ; but they also concerned the appointment of the League of Nations High Commissioner, the Constitution of the Free City of Danzig, the Polish-Danzig Agreement of 6 August 1934, petitions, etc.

K. Papée, Commissioner-General of the Republic of Poland at Gdansk, requested from the Polish Authorities a laissez-passer for S. Lester, High-Commissioner of the League of Nations.

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.

About his talk with Ferber on the declaration of the Police President, that officials should put themselves under the command of A. Hitler, on the question of the members of the Nazi organization carrying arms "long knives", and on the question of the enrolment of pupils in the Polish schools.

Talk with Ferber on the declaration of the Police President, that officials should put themselves under the command of A. Hitler, and on the appointment of a Commissioner to replace the Municipal Council of Danzig.

Prost left a note to S. Lester, for his personal information, on the substitution of a Commissioner for the Municipal Council of Danzig: statements by Froböss and by the Chairman of the Court of Appeal.

About S. Lester's talks with Ferber regarding the carrying of long knives by officers of the S.A.

Petition from someone complaining that his son in a Danzig school was requested to salute the teacher by raising the right arm and saying "Heil Hitler", what was against his religious beliefs.

Note from E. Giustiniani, an Italian, who was S. Lester's principal secretary, on Polish children refused at school; and on A. Greiser's speech explaining that the "Landespolizei" was a regular army at Danzig, speech that was the cause of the disagreement between the League of Nations and Danzig.