S. Lester requested regular home leave for Staff.
On de Valera's address to the 13th annual meeting of the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva and speeches of Edouard Herriot and Robert Cecil.
S. Lester complained that the Geneva representative's allowances were more than 100 per cent less than his colleagues' allowances in other places: Rome, Paris, Berlin, etc.
Peace agreement between all nations proposed by a 72 years old Canadian man to try to prevent wars: all countries would agree not to declare war on any pretext or cause and to leave all disputes to the League of Nations for settlement, etc.
Need for the Department of External Affairs to supply more information to the Irish press further to the article of 28 March 1933 providing wrong information regarding the withdrawal of Japan from the League of Nations; S. Lester's statement, further to this press cutting, on the League of Nations situation: convinced of the necessity of the League of Nations, mainly for small States, even if it was imperfect.
Copy of a minute from the Department of Finance, dated 25 March 1933, regarding the reduction of expenditure, S. Lester's reply on proposed cut (document S.10/1/55, dated 31 March 1933): he had no suggestions and did not understand the financial discrimination against the Geneva office.
S. Lester's request for decent and adequate accommodation for his family and for the League of Nations staff.
Heavy program of work for the League of Nations Council and mainly for S. Lester: Minority cases, Far East dispute, Czecho Committee, Peru-Colombia Committee, Disarmament Conference, Deputy-Secretary-General question, etc.
Commonwealth meeting requested by John Simon; discussion on the procedure in connection with the British Draft Disarmament Convention; J. Simon on Mussolini and the Italian plan further to his visit to Rome; S. Lester requested a copy of the document as presented by Mussolini and as amended by the British Representative.
About the defence position; the safeguard of the position of the small unarmed States vis-à-vis the heavily armed States; and on the difficulty in obtaining the Department of Defence's views and any consultation with the Defence authorities.