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This file contains accounts of the expenses incurred for the transportation of Russian refugees from Constantinople to the Czechoslovakian border in 1921/1922, expenses to be reimbursed to the Czechoslovakian authorities.

This file contains correspondence, notes and minutes exchanged between the Foreign Office, High Commissioner and the London branch of the International Labour Office regarding a census requested by the Refugees Service, statistics are provided for registered Russians.

It contains file 45/16729/16729, correspondence with the British authorities and Greek High Commissioner regarding the legal status of Russian subjects in Smyrna.

Correspondence with Dr. Lodygensky, Geneva delegate of the Comité Central de la Société Russe de la Croix-Rouge to the advisory committee of private organisations. The correspondence regards cooperation between the Refugees Service and the Russian organisations. It includes accounts of the Old Organization of the Russian Red Cross, reports of its activities and lists of its delegates.

This file contains records created/collected in view of the Information provided by the Members of Conference of Enquiry held at Geneva, Aug. 22-24, 1921, enquiry on Russian Refugees: Summary written by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the situation of Russian Refugees in Romania and the aid granted by the government.

This file contains correspondence between the Refugees Service and Mr. de Reding of the I.C.R.C. delegation in Budapest, regarding the census of Russian Refugees to be carried out according to resolutions adopted at the Conference on Russian refugees. It also contains statistics forwarded by the Hungarian delegation in Geneva in 1928.

This file contains a collection of laws and government decrees regarding amnesties granted to those labourers and farmers who fought in enemy troops and are currently residing outside the Soviet territories.

This file contains correspondence regarding the measures taken by France to act upon the resolutions adopted by the Council on 25 Mar. 1922, its adhesion to the identity certificates system on 4 Sept. 1922 and enforcement of adhesion as of 1 Jan. 1923. It includes correspondence with other delegations regarding subsequent obstacles encountered in the delivery of visas by French diplomatic representations. It appears that the Russian organisations play an important role in the recommendations for visa issuance by French Consuls. A press clipping raises the issue of consequences on Russian emigration of "de jure" recognition by France of the Soviet government.

Correspondence exchanged between the Foreign Affairs (Mowinckel) and Secretary-General regarding adhesion of Norway to the identity certificates system and its position on the main points of the legal status and issue of Russian refugees' passports; arrangement of 30 June 1928 and more specifically para. 9 on the legal status of Russian and Armenian refugees (issuing of a return visa by the country delivering the Nansen certificate).