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30 June 1941 (3)
Pp 274/2/811 · Document · 1941.06.30
Part of Private Archives

S. Lester's letter to A. Cadogan on the foreseen Supervisory Commission Meeting; S. Lester's wish to attend Supervisory Commission Meeting for various reasons: to discuss the prospects and objectives, as well as the financial questions to preserve the League of Nations headquarters at Geneva, S. Lester was, however, aware it was not easy to find someone to replace him and of the risk if he left Geneva of not being able to come back, he decided to ask S. Jacklin to be his delegate.

31 July 1940 (2)
Pp 274/1/516-517 · Document · 1940.07.31
Part of Private Archives

J. Avenol on his resignation: he intended to cut all his connections with the League of Nations on the 31 of August and to leave responsibilities to his next in command and not to S. Jacklin (South Africa), Office of the League of Nations Secretary General, Treasury, as he first thought; Supervisory Committee to look after the League of Nations finances: J. Avenol had no intention of participating in this Committee, Supervisory Committee meeting should take place in Princeton (USA) with C.J. Hambro (Norway), Holma (Finnish Minister), Boisanger, Henri Victor Marie Carton de Wiart (Belgium).

5 August 1940 (1)
Pp 274/1/522-523 · Document · 1940.08.05
Part of Private Archives

Control of the League of Nations funds, which were to a vast percentage in America and England: J. Avenol's orders to bring these funds to Switzerland, S. Jacklin's refusal (South Africa) Office of the League of Nations Secretary General, Treasury.

7 August 1940 (2)
Pp 274/1/530-532 · Document · 1940.08.07
Part of Private Archives

S. Lester informed by Carlos Garcia Palacios (Chile), League of Nations Information Section, that the autocar in which the A. Loveday party had left for Lisbon had had an accident, not too serious (three persons gravely injured, including one of A. Loveday's sons) but people were able to go on their trip on the following day; the remains of the ILO staff, about 30 officials including E.J. (Ned) Phelan (Ireland), left for America at J.G. Winant's request, Director of the ILO; S. Jacklin on the League of Nations budgetary difficulties: most of the Member States could or would pay nothing, on the difficulty for the Supervisory Committee to meet: C.J. Hambro (Norway) wanted the meeting in America or Lisbon, J. Avenol refused to move from Geneva and said the meeting could not be held without him.

7 January 1941
Pp 274/1/675-676 · Document · 1941.01.07
Part of Private Archives

British Army victory: Bardia, seaport in Eastern Libya, site of a major Italian fortification, has fallen; Roosevelt "Fireside Talk" and message to Congress: promises to help nations struggling against aggressors; "City" of London burned out; news from S. Jacklin, near Martinique; new alarm about France following the fall of P. Laval.

8 August 1940 (2)
Pp 274/1/534-536 · Document · 1940.08.08
Part of Private Archives

Note of S. Lester to S. Jacklin: problem of the Supervisory Committee meeting.