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This file contains correspondence with Russian refugees, Russian organisations, national authorities, the Geneva Office, etc. regarding situations of destitution, statelessness, identity certificates, travel expenses, evacuation of Russian generals in Danzig who have received an expulsion order, etc. Press cuttings are included.

Correspondence and telegrams regarding the expulsion of three former members of the Russian army, Glasenapp, Djakow and Lebedeff; the Russian refugees' complaint against the Danzig authorities for their removal of the Russian eagle from a stone and their mutilation of the epitaph on said stone; the possible creation of a sub-delegation of the High Commissariat for Refugees in Danzig. On these subjects, the Polish and Baltic States delegate, Mr. E. Gallati, meets representatives of the Danzig senate during a mission to the Free City 8-10 Dec. 1919. He meets namely President Sahm and his assistant, Dr. Ferber, a report of the mission is addressed to the deputy High Commissioner, M. T.F. Johnson.

File contains correspondence relating to the transfer of Russian Jewish Refugees (students) from Romania and Bessarabia to France and other countries.

File contains correspondence between A. J. Schwelm (Eldorado Colonization and Forest Exploitation Co.), T.F. Johnson (Chief of ILO Refugee Service) and S. Lawford Childs (League's representative in Buenos Aires) relating to his Resettlement Scheme in Argentina.

Files contains correspondence relating to the transfer of Russian Refugees from China (Shanghai) to Brazil (transportation, employment, visa, accounts, etc.).

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 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.

File mainly contains correspondence with various organisations (Mennonite Central Committee, ICRC) and with A. Loonis (Nansen Office Honorary Representative in China), as well as some press clippings concerning the situation of Russian Refugees in China.