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File contains individual evacuation and financial assistance cases; on the immenent liquidation of the Nansen Office; and various documents including P.37-1938 concerning a broadcast by Judge Michael Hansson, President of the Governing Body of Nansen International Office for Refugees, Geneva, through the National Broadcasting Company, New York, on the occasion of the award to that Office of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1938, document (P.38-1938) concerning the arrival of Herbert Emerson as the High Commissioner of the LON for the Refugees, documents (C.A. 165-1938, C.A.169-1938 and C.A.172-1938) report from the "Comité de direction et Commission des Finances", documents (C.A.164 and 171-1938) minutes of the "Conseil d'administration", document (C.A. 163-1938) on report from the "Comité de Direction".

This file contains correspondence on the nomination and registration of the members of delegations to the Conference; the quantity and the printing of documents distributed for the Conference.

File contains samples of press badges, press articles and a list of participants from press agencies to the Conference.

File contains requests from refugee organisations for financial assistance for the purchase of relief goods, lists of Turkish refugees, lists of refugees needing financial assistance, correspondence on individual cases, memorandum from the LON President of the Administrative Council (C.A.155-1938) on the Nansen Humanitarian Fund, LON document (A.17.1938.XII) on "Assistance internationale aux réfugiés".

This file contains correspondence in various languages, exchanged with individuals and associations or groups, documenting concern for the refugee issue in general and questions related to the work of the Office.

Correspondence and press cutting mainly in Norwegian regarding the publication of a brochure written by Ms. Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen's widowed wife, for Nansen-Hjelp and LON proposed to provide free of charge an illustrated cover for the brochure. Most of the correspondence is exchanged between Ms. Nansen and the president of the governing body, Michael Hansson.

The Administrative Director is Georges Coroni. File contains correspondence on different projects and administrative matters which require his approval, as well as a press extract from "Le Temps" dated 23 January 1938 on "Les réfugiés juifs en Roumanie" [Jewish refugees in Romania].

Press articles and translations of press articles from German to French, letters to press agencies/editors to correct contents of press articles on the Nansen Office.

Senator Boeck (Education) and President of Volkstag E. Beyl; Regierungs-Präsident Budding from East Prussia; A. Eden's first official parliamentary speech as Foreign Minister; inspection and censorship of S. Lester's letter to J. Avenol by the Nazis.

Violent incidents in Danzig discussed with A. Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate; Note on S. Lester's report to the League of Nations on Danzig; Countess Finkenstein, big German land-owner in the East, on A. Forster's regarded as a disaster for Danzig and his possible removal; League of Nations' authority to be saved; Countess Finkenstein's talks with B. Mussolini and A. Hitler; talks about Italo-German rapprochment.