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S. Lester's speech of thanks for the welcome offered to him in the name of the Government of the Free City of Danzig: the great honour for him to have been appointed High Commissioner at Danzig, the League of Nations' desire to see the Danzig people prosperous, happy and having good relationships with Poland, etc.

The President of the Senate H. Rauschning was informed by the Danzig International Shipbuilding Company of the possibility for the Company to get an order to build some small torpedo boats for a foreign State, but not Germany, the contract did not include any weapons of war, therefore article five of the Constitution, providing that no weapons of war or war material would be manufactured in Danzig without the League of Nations' consent, did not apply nor the regulation made by the Council on 23 June 1921, S. Lester willing to help Danzig to get the work, because it meant a year's work for a good many men and the Danziger Werft, that was in a bad way at the time, what General LeRond attributed to Poland's refusal to carry out the contract under which the Poles were given a share in the Shipbuilding Company and to obstruction by the Polish customs officers.

Documents and information sent by S. Lester following G. Griffin's request, who wanted to write on S. Lester's career and life; list of the documents enclosed by S. Lester to G. Griffin: - The Sino-Japanese dispute - Bolivia-Paraguay (Chaco) dispute - Minorities questions - Peru-Colombia (Leticia) dispute - Appointment as High Commissioner in Danzig - While High Commissioner in Danzig: January 1934-February 1937 - League of Nations document no. 7929 on S. Lester's appointment as Deputy Secretary-General.

Period of crisis and great insecurity in the world; League of Nations' strengthened or weakened position; situation in Danzig with the implementation of the new Government policy of cooperation with the League of Nations; public attacks on the League of Nations and the High Commissioner ceased; fear that the Rhineland coup be repeated in Danzig; A. Greiser's view on Danzig was that it would remain a Free City, but it needed a "Deutsche Front"; war fear; Jews' situation in Poland; K. Papée on the Locarno Pact; the Danzig flag only and not the Swastika might appear on public buildings; question of the renewal of S. Lester's mandate as Danzig High Commissioner.

Order issued by the Party organization: police officers not allowed to be members of the SA; in a speech, A. Forster mentioned that members of the Government were also members of the Party, referring to the political crisis in Danzig and the fact that such a thing could not happen in Danzig.

Catholic Bishop O'Rourke denounced pagan tendencies, Marxism and Bolshevism in politics; A. Forster's speech: people giving information to the High Commissioner were "traitors and separatists"; A. Greiser's remarks: National Socialism accepted by whole German people except some anti-German elements in Danzig protected by an out-of-date Constitution.

K. Papée on proclamation and on A. Forster's Speech; attacks on meetings of Opposition; Election Committee; imminent arrival of National Socialist
leaders; police control of Zentrum meeting.

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.

Deterioration of the situation regarding the Danzig Constitution; wish of the Nazi Party leaders to make Danzig a Nazi city in spite of the Constitution and the League of Nations; Council's recommendations not carried out; press suppressions; Danzig Government's attitude of open defiance of the League of Nations; High Commissioner's report on Gauleiter A. Forster's activities who was a real dictator in Danzig; new election petitioned for by the Opposition Parties; League of Nations' possible means of intervention; S. Lester convinced that the Danzig Government had no intention to keep the Constitution; special Committee of investigation to examine the Danzig laws and their administration.