F. Walters referred to S. Lester's formal letter of resignation, F. Walters worked on the draft report on the Danzig Constitution and asked S. Lester to remind him of the suggestion he made on this subject.
Letter from Frank Walters to S. Lester dated 27 September 1932; letter (not signed) addressed to S. Lester dated 28 September 1932 enclosing the first draft of the circular letter to all the members of the League of Nations regarding Drummond's resignation and appreciation of his qualities.
References to J. Avenol, E. Drummond and Frank Walters.
S. Lester wanted some specific information to be sent to the Committee of Three appointed by the Council to follow Danzig affairs, F. Walters found this material also of interest to the Council.
F. Walters: S. Lester's telegram was a tactical move, asking for a written reply.
F. Walters informed J. Avenol of his talk with S. Lester on the Agenda questions; J. Avenol's reply: willing to help S. Lester if he needed the Council's support to carry on his task.
Presumably the report on the work of the League of Nations during the war; F. Walters referred to the determination to make the United Nations as separate as possible from all memory of the League of Nations.
F. Walters took the responsibility for the burning of Sir Eric Drummond's papers.
F. Walters did not recall the matter as the telegram was dated 1940.
In the absence of the Secretary-General and of L. Krabbe, who was in the Saar to start the Plebiscite Commission, F. Walters acknowledged receipt of S. Lester's letters to the Secretary-General, he assured S. Lester that the previous High Commissioner at Danzig had similar problems; Danzig-Polish new agreement; Lawless seemed to have missed the chance of putting his name forward for the Saar; F. Walters and the Chaco question.