F. Walters busy with the Chaco and Leticia questions, the question of the Assyrians in Iraq, troubles in Liberia, and the Saar Plebiscite, had no time to think about the question of E. Giustiniani and a possible Chef de Cabinet for S. Lester.
Regarding Letters from S. Lester.
On "Volkstimme"; Jurists Committee; Danzig financial situation.
League of Nations' Secretariat at the disposition of the Danzig Government if its aid is required; more information needed for representations to the Bank for International Settlements; if necessary someone from the Financial Section might be sent to Danzig to study the situation.
S. Lester's letter addressed to F.P. Walters in Oxford on F.P. Walters' and the United States' optimism as to the future of international organisations; S. Lester's pessimism trying to solve financial problems and to keep the League of Nations remnants, affected by war measures, in activity; A. Loveday's satisfaction with the removal of his Section to the USA, the hope of the possible move of the Opium Section to the USA, the fact that just before his resignation J. Avenol planned to go to Versailles with the Marshal Pétain; news on various colleagues, because of the precarious situation of the League of Nations A. Loveday would be the rallying point.
References to J. Avenol, E. Drummond and Frank Walters.
Geneva, 90th session of the League of Nations Council - Meetings with J. Avenol, F.P. Walters concerning Sean Lester's annual report; Nazi Senator Böttcher's negative views on the report.
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.
Discussion of report first with F.P. Walters and then with J. Avenol - Sean Lester's report could be misinterpreted as anti-Nazi; however it received full support as for its politics.
F.P. Walters on imminent danger; Hungarian Government preparing to enter anti-Comintern Pact and leave League of Nations; Bucknell, US Consul, and many of his colleagues convinced war is coming; letter of J.H. Cousins, who worked in the Department of Fine Arts at an Indian University, to S. Lester; letter of Alfred O'Rahilly, professor of physics at an Irish University, to S. Lester.