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The League of Nations Council unanimously appointed S. Lester as High Commissioner at Danzig for a period of three years from 15 January 1934; short biography on S. Lester.

S. Lester's personal notes for his farewell speech: after five years, he was resigning his duty as the Irish Representative in Geneva, before undertaking new duties as the Representative of the League of Nations at Danzig.

Lecture (personal notes) on the Sino-Japanese dispute and the Small States, given within the programme of the Geneva Institute of International Relations, 13-18 August 1933.

I- Preamble, II- Outward bound, III- First night in Paris, IV- Geneva, V- The League of Nations, VI- The work of the League of Nations, VIII- Montreux and Chamonix, IX- Edward J. Phelan, X- Farewell, Geneva, XI- Mortished's Paris itinerary, XIII- Conclusion.

F. Walters referred to S. Lester's formal letter of resignation, F. Walters worked on the draft report on the Danzig Constitution and asked S. Lester to remind him of the suggestion he made on this subject.

Personal notes on the opportunity for the small States to take part, for the first time, in the settlement of world affairs.

Personal notes.

S. Lester requested holidays at home, since he spent about four years at his post in Geneva without going back to Ireland on holidays.

The Minister agreed that officers in charge abroad should be called home for consultation once every three years, S. Lester spent four years and a half in Geneva without being recalled.