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.
File contains correspondence, copies of various League's reports and minutes of meetings as well as press clippings relating to the situation of Armenian Refugees in the Sandjak of Alexandretta
The goal of the Office is to have access to the press at an international level as far as it covers the Office's activities or refugees in areas where the Office is represented.
A competition to design a Nansen monument was organised in Norway, according to the contents of the file, the project was still pending July 1938. Press cutting from "Tidens Tegn" on "Den fantastiske ide om et kjempe-monument over Nansen til 4-5 millioner kroner" dated 24 November 1937.
File mainly contains correspondence with Ms. de Foelkersam concerning the Warsaw workroom ("ouvroir de Varsovie").
Correspondence with the Geneva Office and the Japanese authorities; press cuttings.
File mainly contains correspondence with various organisations (Mennonite Central Committee, ICRC) and with A. Loonis (Nansen Office Honorary Representative in China), as well as some press clippings concerning the situation of Russian Refugees in China.
Correspondence regarding subscription to Argus International de la Press S.A., Genève, leading to a trial subscription for 250 articles, subsequent correspondence indicates the subscription with the Geneva Agency was ended and services sought from other press agencies, namely "Argus de la Presse" in Paris (spring 1936) . The goal of the Office is to have access to the press at an international level as far as it covers the Office's activities or the subject of refugees in areas where the Office is represented.
Documents:
C./Min.Ass./114 - 23 May 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report, forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul camp during April 1935
C./Min.Ass./113 - 9 May 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Report on the situation of the Assyrians in Iraq
C./Min.Ass./112 - 29 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegation of Iraq commenting on the communication from Mar Shimun
C./Min.Ass./111 - 29 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Text of a message adopted by the Committee and transmitted to the Iraqi Government on 17 April 1935 for communication to the Assyrians
C./Min.Ass./110 - 27 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on the position of the Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during March 1935
C./Min.Ass./109 - 26 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Letter from the Chairman of the Committee thanks the French Government for the proposals made by it on 14 April 1935 for the settlement in Syria of the Assyrians of Iraq
C./Min.Ass./108 - 16 avril 1935 - Etablissement des Assyriens de l'Irak - Lettre du Gouvernement français soumettant au Comité du Conseil diverses propositions pour l'établissement en Syrie des Assyriens de l'Irak
C./Min.Ass./107 - 5 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during February 1935
C./Min.Ass./106 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on the situation in the Mosul Camp, from the Administrative Inspector, Mosul, to the Ministry of the Interior, Baghdad
C./Min.Ass./105 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report, forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during December 1934 and January 1935
C./Min.Ass./104 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegation of Iraq to the Secretary-General, containing supplementary information on the situation in the Mosul Camp
C./Min.Ass./103 - 19 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the International Committee for Inter-Church Aid to the Chairman of the Committee of the Council, suggesting the possible settlement of the Assyrians in Abyssinia and the despatch of help to necessitous Assyrians
C./Min.Ass./102 - 7 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from Mar Shimun, Patriarch of the Assyrians with annex concerning the situaiton of the Assyrians of Iraq up to December 1934
C./Min.Ass./101 - 31 January 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Argentine Government in reply to the telegram despatched by the Secretary-General concerning the settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq in the Argentine Republic
File contains correspondence relating to the request from the French Government to second the service of Mr. G. Burnier, LON Representative in Syria, to assist in the negotiation between the French and the Iraqi Governments for the transfer to Syria Assyrian families in Iraq; installation of Assyrian-Chaldean refugees in Syria along the river Kabbour; map of the course of river Kabbour (Kabour); progress reports on the settlement.
Documents:
C./Min.Ass./59. - 3 September 1934 - Etablissement des Assyriens de l'Irak (English and French)
C./Min.Ass./61. - 7 September 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French)
C./Min.Ass./69. - 2 October 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French)
C./Min.Ass./199 - 7 April 1936 - Lettre du Gouvernement de l'Irak faisant connaître les résultats donnés jusqu'à ce jour par la consultation des Assyriens
C./82me session/P.V.5(1) - 28 September 1934 - Procès-verba (English and French)
J.C.-98-1935 - 30 January 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians in Syria
A.VI./P.V.3.1935 - 17 Septemberr 1935 - 16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly - 6th Committee - Provisional Minutes - 3rd Meeting
A.VI/5/1935 - 18 September 1935 - Statement by the President of the Committee of the Council to the Sixth Committee
A.VI/7/1935 - 19 September 1935 - Draft Report of the Sixth Committee
Press note C.488 - 18 December 1935
C.488.M.262.1935.VII - 16 December 1935 - Report by the Representative of Spain
C.485.M.262.1935.VII - 16 December 1935 - Draft Statutes of the Assyrian Settlement Trustee Board and Draft Declaration to be signed on behalf of the French Republic for the Levant States under French Mandate
Press Clippings:
"La Tribune de Genève" dated 18 January 1935 on "Pour la justice internationale"
"Liberté" dated 21 December 1934 on "L'installation des réfugiés en Syrie et au Liban"
"Bourse égyptienne" dated 26 December 1934 on "La S.D.N. contre le fisc"
"[?] égyptienne" dated 21 December 1934 on "La S.D.N. se préoccupe des Assyriens réfugiés en Syrie"