This file contains telegrams, photos, translations of letters and notes raising amongst others the question of the competence of the office in dealing with certain requests as documented by notes exchanged between Major T.F. Johnson [Secretary-General from 1931] and G. Zwerner [member of staff]. The file includes samples of passports proposed by private persons to the Nansen International Office for Refugees.
File contains various correspondence and a photograph.
File contains a letter from Basile Samokhine, Russian Refugee in Beyrouth, and a photo of his family.
File mainly contains statements of accounts, correspondence, list of Refugees' names and miscellaneous documents relating to the settlement.
Correspondence respecting passport request. Also contains bank notes and photos.
File contains correspondence relating to the transfer of a group of 6 Russian Refugees to various countries in South America.
Correspondence regarding passport request.
Correspondence exchanged between S. Lawford Childs, Belgrade, and Mr. Serafimoff, Sofia, with Major T.F. Johnson, Hesse, Constantinople, between Albert Thomas and Dr. Nansen, as well as with L.B. Krassine, U.S.S.R. Embassy, Paris, regarding the repatriation from Varna of Russians favorable to the Soviet regime [bolchévisants] via Constantinople. The schooner on which the refugees are embarked sinks and the [250] refugees are stranded in Constantinople, Soviet authorities refuse responsibility after Nansen's attempt to mediate. The file includes a petition by representatives of the refugees.
Correspondence exchanged with the Swiss federal authorities, Ludwik Rajchman, Prof. Gustavo Pittaluga (Université de Madrid) regarding a stay of the Baron and Baroness de Meyendorff in Switzerland.