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23 January 1936 (2)
Pp 274/1/73-76 · Document · 1936.01.23
Part of Private Archives

Geneva, 90th session of the League of Nations Council - Soviet move against Uruguay; work with F.P. Walters and J. Avenol on draft report on Danzig; reactions of Poles Danzigers; reactions of German Press and English Press.

26 January 1936 (1)
Pp 274/1/78-79 · Document · 1936.01.26
Part of Private Archives

Geneva, 90th session of the League of Nations Council - Talk with W. Krauel, German Consul General on A. Forster and on report on Danzig

3 February 1936
Pp 274/1/80-81 · Document · 1936.02.03
Part of Private Archives

Danzig situation; A. Greiser's, President of the Danzig Senate, and A. Forster's speeches; A. Greiser's attitude, Hitler's position; conversation with Papee, Polish Minister.

Document · 1934.01.16
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Extract from the "Independent": farewell dinner given in honour of S. Lester at the International Club at Geneva, prior to his departure for Danzig, speeches of prominent figures in the international life of Geneva paid tribute to the outstanding qualities S. Lester displayed in his work with and for the League of Nations.

25 February 1936
Pp 274/1/87-90 · Document · 1936.02.25
Part of Private Archives

Violent incidents in Danzig discussed with A. Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate; Note on S. Lester's report to the League of Nations on Danzig; Countess Finkenstein, big German land-owner in the East, on A. Forster's regarded as a disaster for Danzig and his possible removal; League of Nations' authority to be saved; Countess Finkenstein's talks with B. Mussolini and A. Hitler; talks about Italo-German rapprochment.

Document · 1934.01.19
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Extract from "The Times" on the report by John Simon, English Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the League of Nations Council regarding the suspension of two Danzig newspapers and the arrest of their editors on the ground they were endangering the security of the State by resorting to petitions; the right to petition must remain intact.

Document · 1936.01.24
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The Irish Journalist wanted to inform S. Lester of the publication of this article on "Danzig", which seemed to him to be an attack on S. Lester, the article explained that in 1922 S. Lester was on the side of rebellion against the established Constitution in Ireland and that when he was appointed League of Nations official, he upheld the Danzig Constitution dictated by the Powers, the article also insisted on the fact that Danzig was a powder-magazine of Europe, and that the laws introduced by the Nazis of Danzig conflicted with the League of Nations' Constitution of Danzig.