Drama at Vichy: P. Laval's refusal of an indefinite post as "Minister of State", Admiral d'Arlan (reported anti-British) appointed successor to Marshal Pétain, plus Minister for Foreign Affairs, plus Minister for Marine; photo by Dominic Loveday of the overturned bus with A. Loveday's group near Grenoble last August.
S. Lester's letter to C.J. Hambro at Princeton on the League of Nations financial situation, economies on the staff and staff movements (E.H.R. Vigier re-engaged to also work at the Library), question of the Court and the League of Nations budget, E.J. Phelan's question (Ireland) ILO official, A.E. Felkin-B.A. Renborg group peculiar situation, the transfer of the Epidemiologic Section seemed impossible for war reasons, with regard to the rest of the Health work, most of the Section disappeared when S. Lester took over the post of Secretary-General; "Tribune de Genève" (in French) on J. Joyce, Irish writer.
Letter from R. Tyler in New York to S. Lester: R. Tyler's difficult work, contacts with lawyers to explain them the intricacies of exchange-control and the various kind of blocked currency, talks with university people from various important centres, work going forward slowly.
See R. Tyler's letter: it was good to combine maintenance of the League of Nations General Headquarters in Geneva and the safeguarding of certain elements in the USA and Canada, A.E. Felkin-B.A. Renborg more interested by their personal interests rather than work, splitting of the Secretariat; Italy: Duce's speech glorifying German power.
Stories about Marshal Pétain.
Family letters: Elsie's letters.
Letter from F. Cremins, Irish Legation in Berne, to S. Lester on long delays to receive letters, difficulties to listen to the debate on External Affairs and get news on the radio owing to the noise and great crackling.
S. Lester's letter to F.T. Cremins: Irish parliamentary papers; S. Lester's opinion on Irish newspapers: uninteresting, because without news not merely on the general war situation but on all sorts of things.
F.P. Walters's letter to S. Lester: United States resolved on Hitler's defeat; British censorship on letters; League of Nations' budget.
Letter from A. Sweetser to S. Lester from New York, unopened, but with a slip of paper mentionning: "on watch list", which means censorship.