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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.

This file contains various types of correspondence and appears to concern namely the travel of Russian (Mongol) refugees to France via Austria and the problem of unemployment raised by the French authorities. Correspondence is exchanged with the French, Czechoslovak, Bulgarian and Turkish delegations to check the movement of refugees who would be stuck in Vienna for lack of proof of future employment in France.

File contains various correspondence relating to this issue (memorandas, draft official documents, a press clipping, etc.).

This file contains correspondence with the Delegate in Shanghai, Mr. H. Cuénod, and from Russian organisations with contacts in Geneva, regarding the situation of refugees in Shanghai in case of an evacuation further to Chinese civil war.

This file contains drafts of the report (to be submitted to the League of Nations Council) on the present refugee situation in Greece. It outlines a plan for the permanent settlement of the refugees in the event of a loan being made for this purpose and contains correspondence from Dr. Nansen to Colonel Procter.

File contains periodic expense statements, statistics, listings of patients from the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross and the American Society for Relief of Russian Exiles, Inc.; collection of information concerning tubercular refugees, information and brochure concerning tuberculosis sanatorium, explanatory note concerning the creation and the operation of the Fund from the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross.

Includes "First Annual Report 1929-1930 - American Society for Relief of Russian Exiles, Inc." and a brochure on "The General Direction of the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross - Relief of the Russian Refugees Abroad".

Documents:
F.C.30-1931: "Commission des finances le 12 octobre 1931 - Demande d'avances présentées par les differentes institutions de réfugiés russes - Demande d'avance de la Croix-rouge en faveur de ses différentes institutions"
M.c.4-1932: "Extraordinary Meeting of the Managing Committee and Finance Commission dated 6 February 1932 - Application by the Russian Red Cross for a loan of Sw.Fr.12.000 for the Paulhaguet Sanitorium" [Sanatorium in France].

File contains correspondence on the drafting and distribution of the appeal. National Committees were formed in Denmark and Norway for raising money for the Fund in those countries. The appeal document which entitled "Appeal for a Memorial Fund for the Completion of the Humanitarian Work of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen" or the "Nansen Memorial Fund" was signed by H. E. M. Aristide Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic; The Rt. Hon. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, K.C.; H.E. Dr. Julius Curtius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Reich; H.E. Signor D. Grandi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy; The Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, P.C. M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; H.E. Dr. T. G. Masaryk, President of the Czechoslovak Republic; H.E. M. Joh. Ludw. Mowinckel, former Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway; H.E. M. E. Venizelos, President of the Council of Ministers of Greece.

Draft document:
C.A.24.1931 - Governing Body 3rd Session - Nansen Memorial Fund
"Appel du Dr. Fidtjof Nansen - Haut-Commissaire de la Société des Nations pour les Réfugiés pour l'obtention des fonds nécessités par la liquidation de la partie matérielle du problème des réfugiés russes, arméniens, assyriens, assyro-chaldéens et turcs"
C.300.M.141.1931 - 13 May 1931 - Note by the Secretary-General (English and French) - Lettre émanant de M. Max Huber, Président du Conseil d'administration de l'Office international nansen pour les Réfugiés

Press clippings:
"Manchester Guardian " dated 22 May 1930 on " Nansen and Armenia - An Obligation that Remains"
"New York Times" dated 14 May 1931 on "The Refugees' Best Friend"
"New York Times" dated 13 May 1931 on "8 Statesmen appeal for Nansen Memorial - Henderson, Briand, Curtius and others seek fund to care for refugees"
"Deutsche Allgemeine Zeit - Abend Aus Berlin" dated 15 March 1931 on "Ein "Nansen-Fonds" zur bie Fluchlings in Europa und asien?"
"The Way of the World - No. 110" - dated 15 May 1931
"Jewish Telegraphic Agency" dated 11 May 1931 on "Nansen Memorial Fund: Appeal issued by League of Nations Council for Completion of Dr. Nansen's Humanitarian Work"
Various newspaper cuttings from Budapest

File contains correspondence concerning contributions from individuals, private institutions; and lists of contributions received or pledged.

Documents:
C.A.24.1931 - Governing Body 3rd Session Nansen Memorial Fund

Press clipping:
"The Times" dated 31 August 1932 on "Russian Refugees in China"
"Bergens Aftenblad" dated 18 May 1937 on "Herr redaktor - Den statslose"

This file contains a set of reports and statistical data about movement of refugees, including a newspaper cutting in Russian and photographs on "Colonia Balisa - Empreza Colonizadora - Nicolau Dachoff".