A. Greiser afraid of what newspapers will publish following this visit, he suggested Schäfer, President of the Bank of Danzig, to go to Geneva to be at the disposition of the Finance Section (enclosed are letters in German of 26 June 1935 from A. Greiser to S. Lester).
Zarski, editor of A. Forster's "Vorposten" sentenced; Hirschberg, Jewish assessor, released; plan for economising in Danzig by sending pensioners, and unemployed, etc. to Germany; arrests of Deputy Karl Steinbrück (Consul of the Republic of Panama), ex-Senator Blavier and Albert Meyer of the "House and Property Owners' Association"; S. Lester declined the Deutschnationale Volkspartei invitation.
S. Lester's letter of 10 July 1935 to A. Greiser requesting full information on Danzig "Einwohnerwehr"; remarks made in 1931 by S. Lester's predecessor on the "Einwohnerwehr" (Civil Guard): they should not be organised in military formation and the sole purpose of their institution was to replace the regular police in carrying out certain secondary services.
A. Loveday considering the matter; Schacht's speech: Germany not in a position to give financial support to the Danzig banks; A. Loveday or a member of his Section to go to Danzig; Poland's protest against the Exchange Restrictions Decree.
Extract from the "Manchester Guardian Weekly" on the German-Polish reconciliation; the Memel statute and expel of the Lithuanians.
Extract from the "Irish Independent" regarding the Danzig-Polish dispute partly political and partly a question of currency and customs.
Extract from the "Daily Express": S. Lester's annual report on Danzig, Nazi decree laws in Danzig, S. Lester on A. Forster; photograph of S. Lester.
"Irish Times": press cutting title only.
Extract from the "Irish Independent" on A. Eden's speech on the Danzig question as rapporteur before the League of Nations Council and S. Lester's report condemning the Nazi regime in Danzig.