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References to J. Avenol, E. Drummond and Frank Walters.
Book review of "Betrayal From Within" by James Barros regarding J. Avenol and S. Lester.
Extract fom "La Tribune de Genève" regarding the book "Betrayal From Within" by James Barros about J. Avenol and S. Lester.
With reminiscences on the League of Nations and Avenol's war time politics which led to his resignation, the political situation in Europe, his diary, his opinion of his collaborators and friends of the League of Nations and his own resignation.
An appendix to S.M. Schwebel's book on "The Secretary-General of the United Nations: His Politcal Powers and Practice".
S.M. Schwebel asked S. Lester if he could comment on the resignation of Avenol and on the political activity of the Secretaries-General which might form as an appendix to the book.
Discussions concluded that there was no need to have J. Avenol to be present at the Assembly and that Avenol's letters were shown unofficially to the members of the Supervisory Commission of which C.J. Hambro was Chairman.
Extract from "La Suisse".
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Extract from "La Suisse": J. Avenol, former League of Nations Secretary-General, accused by Czechoslovakia of having tried to expell all occupied European countries from the League of Nations in 1939 and 1940.