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File contains correspondence between the Secretary General of the Nansen Office and the British government officials in charge of the settlement schemes for Australia.

Press clipping:
"Sydney Morning Herald" dated 7 May 1938 on "Defence of Australia"

This file contains correspondence between the Russian Refugee Service and its delegations: H. Reymond, Austria and Hungary, L.S. Childs, Belgrade, Charpentier (successor of Childs) on the subject of the ILO's recruitment of Russian refugee workers via an intermediary, the Bureau atlantique, as per some press cuttings. References are made to articles in L'Humanité and Russian press, DNI, edited by Kerensky in Paris.

This file contains correspondence with Russian refugees, Russian organisations, national authorities, the Geneva Office, etc. regarding situations of destitution, statelessness, identity certificates, travel expenses, evacuation of Russian generals in Danzig who have received an expulsion order, etc. Press cuttings are included.

Correspondence and telegrams regarding the expulsion of three former members of the Russian army, Glasenapp, Djakow and Lebedeff; the Russian refugees' complaint against the Danzig authorities for their removal of the Russian eagle from a stone and their mutilation of the epitaph on said stone; the possible creation of a sub-delegation of the High Commissariat for Refugees in Danzig. On these subjects, the Polish and Baltic States delegate, Mr. E. Gallati, meets representatives of the Danzig senate during a mission to the Free City 8-10 Dec. 1919. He meets namely President Sahm and his assistant, Dr. Ferber, a report of the mission is addressed to the deputy High Commissioner, M. T.F. Johnson.

File contains correspondence relating to the transfer of Russian Jewish Refugees (students) from Romania and Bessarabia to France and other countries.

File contains correspondence between A. J. Schwelm (Eldorado Colonization and Forest Exploitation Co.), T.F. Johnson (Chief of ILO Refugee Service) and S. Lawford Childs (League's representative in Buenos Aires) relating to his Resettlement Scheme in Argentina.

Files contains correspondence relating to the transfer of Russian Refugees from China (Shanghai) to Brazil (transportation, employment, visa, accounts, etc.).

This file contains correspondence with the International Committee of the Red-Cross, the Russian Red-Cross in Vienna, the Geneva Office, etc. Correspondence from the Russian Red Cross in Vienna is first signed by Constantin de Schabelsky, then by Léon Islavine. The issue of the double recognition by the Austrian State of the former Russian Red Cross and The Soviet Red Cross is raised. The Austrian government bases recognition on support of ICRC to Mr. Schabelsky. This file also contains an article on the Soviet Red-Cross published by "Bureau de l'Entente internationale contre la IIIème Internationale", August 1925 and a brochure on the activities of the Russian Red-Cross since 1917.

Reports, correspondence with the Austrian Authorities and the Geneva Office regarding the protection of tenants: application of Austrian law to Russian refugees, cases of criminal law concerning Russian refugees, the legal status of Russian and Armenian refugees.