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Extract from the "Morning Post": A. Eden on the "deplorable" situation in Danzig owing to violations of the Constitution by the Nazi Government; appointment of a Committee of experts on oil sanctions; full support promised to the British Fleet in Mediterranean by France, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey.

Sort of "secret code" established between S. Lester and F. Walters to be able to freely speak on the Danzig situation.

Most of the Danzig questions were subject of discussion between the Danzig Senate and S. Lester, therefore S. Lester had to refer some Danzig matters to the League of Nations Council as the authority charged with the protection of the Constitution, League of Nations Council's recommendations to bring back Danzig life into accord with the Constitution and to bring a change in the Government's policy, many declarations of open hostility to the Danzig constitutional principles, Danzig was not a National Socialist State; Danzig elections principal object was to seek to amend the Constitution, but more than 40% of the voters expressed their opposition to the National Socialist policy and their confidence in the League of Nations through the numerous petitions they addressed to the High Commissioner to protect their rights, cooperation between the Senate and the High Commissioner necessary to avoid to call upon the Council; S. Lester's appeal to A. Greiser and his colleagues of the Senate: having failed to get the necessary mandate to propose changes in the Constitution, they had to put an end to systematic actions against its principles.

Political situation in Danzig: anecdote concerning Chief Police Prosecutor; Pr. Dr. Noë, head of International Shipbuilding and Engineering works; von Hagens, President of the Danzig Supreme Court: re Criminal Code

Crisis League of Nations/Danzig.

British proposal to the coal owners to exchange the Danzig and the Irish markets; the British Representative was the Rapporteur on the Council for Danzig questions.

Two press cuttings, the first one on the reception accorded to S. Lester when he took up his duties in Danzig: S. Lester emphasized the fact that Poles, Germans and Danzigers were united in their belief that an Irishman will understand their respective points of view and defend their respective interests; the second one on the Council's position towards the Free City of Danzig: though the Council of the League of Nations had a very grave responsibility towards the Free City of Danzig it could not assume the function of a court of law in regard to it.

Von Radovitz, German Consul General, re von Neurath position on League/Danzig crisis; von Neurath's invitation; meeting with von Neurath in Berlin, concerning the actions of Gauleiter (Regional Leader) Forster; Bewley; visit to Geneva: attendance of Council, meeting with Anthony Eden, Francis Paul Walters from United Kingdom (League of Nations Political Section) on Sean Lester's reappointment.

S. Lester invited E. de Valera to Danzig, but the latter declined the invitation.