File contains correspondence, documentation and press clippings relating to the transfer of about 10,000 Assyrians from Iraq to South America (mainly at the "Parana Plantations" in Brazil). It also contains: resumé of negotiations in Paris and London between 2 and 12 November concerning the transport of 10,000 Assyrians from Iraq to Brazil, their settlement in that country, and the possibility of financing the operation; extracts from a letter dated 20 October 1933 from Mr. A.H.M. Thomas, Managing Director of Cis. de Terras Norte do Parana; translation of printed contract of "Compromisso de compra e venda" (Agreement to buy and sell) used by the Cia. de terras norte do Parana in cases of land sales payable in instalments; note by the Secretary-General of the Nansen International Office for Refugees on the proposed settlement of 10,000 Assyrians in North Parana; extract from letter from General the Honorable Arthur M. Asquith, D.S., Chairman of Parana Plantations Ltd., dated 13 November 1933, in which he offers, under certain conditions, to reduce the cost of feeding the Assyrians in Brazil quoted in the record of conversations; record of conversations with General the Honble. Arthur M. Asquith, D.S.O., Chairman of Parana Plantations Ltd. between 2 and 7 November 1933, concerning the proposed settlement of 10,000 Assyrians on the lands of the company in North Parana; note on "A Consideration of the Problem of Moving the Assyrians".
Documents:
C./Min.Ass./8 - 30 October 1933 - Establissement des Assyriens de l'Irak - Résolution adoptée par le Comité dans sa séance du 28 octobre 1933
C./Min.Ass./13 - 18 November 1933 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Record of Conversations with General the Honble. Arthur M. Asquith, D.S.O., Chairman of Parana Plantations Ltd. between 2 and 7 November 1933, concerning the proposed settlement of 10,000 Assyrians on the lands of the company in North Parana
C./Min.Ass./11 - 15 November 1933 - Resolution adopted by the Committee on 31 October 1933
C./Min.Ass./71 - 1 October 1934 - Etablissement des Assyriens de l'Irak - Lettre adressée le 28 septembre 1934 par le Président du Comité pour l'établissement des Assyriens de l'Irak au Chef de la délégation permanente de l'Irak auprès de la Société des Nations (English and French)
Other documents:
"Note on North Parana" published by Authority of Parana Plantations Ltd. 1930
"Royal Mail for the Guidance of Foreign Offices and Agencies - Passport and Immigration Regulations as affecting Second, Intermediate and Third Class Passengers to Brazil" dated 1 January 1933
"Decree N.4.247 of 6 January 1921 - Regulating the entrance of foreigners in the national territory" "Decree N.16.761 of 31 December 1924 - Forbids the entrance in the national territory of immigrants in the cases and conditions foreseen in the art. lst and 2nd of the law N.4.247 of 6 January 1921" Ministerio da Agricultura, Industria e Commercio - Rio de Janeiro 1925
Press clipping:
Résumé of article in "A Noite" of 2 November 1933 on "10,000 Assyrians for Brazil - Examination by the Ministry of Labour of the proposal of the League of Nations - A Plan of Immigration and Colonisation from Minister Salgado Filho - Declarations of Mr. Afonso Bandeiro de Mello