Subject of the file: Securing employment for refugees for the construction of the pipe-line. Includes notes exchanged with the Information and Mandates Section and Armenian, English, French and German language press (London, Geneva, Paris, New York) cuttings as well as an excerpt of the Official Gazette (Palestine) with the Convention concluded between the Irak Petroleum Company and the British High Commissioner for the Palestine, article XI concerned employment of workers.
Press extracts from various newspaper including translation of press articles into French.
File contains correspondence between the Secretary General of the Nansen Office and the British government officials in charge of the settlement schemes for Australia.
Press clipping:
"Sydney Morning Herald" dated 7 May 1938 on "Defence of Australia"
Documents:
C./Min.Ass./114 - 23 May 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report, forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul camp during April 1935
C./Min.Ass./113 - 9 May 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Report on the situation of the Assyrians in Iraq
C./Min.Ass./112 - 29 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegation of Iraq commenting on the communication from Mar Shimun
C./Min.Ass./111 - 29 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Text of a message adopted by the Committee and transmitted to the Iraqi Government on 17 April 1935 for communication to the Assyrians
C./Min.Ass./110 - 27 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on the position of the Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during March 1935
C./Min.Ass./109 - 26 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Letter from the Chairman of the Committee thanks the French Government for the proposals made by it on 14 April 1935 for the settlement in Syria of the Assyrians of Iraq
C./Min.Ass./108 - 16 avril 1935 - Etablissement des Assyriens de l'Irak - Lettre du Gouvernement français soumettant au Comité du Conseil diverses propositions pour l'établissement en Syrie des Assyriens de l'Irak
C./Min.Ass./107 - 5 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during February 1935
C./Min.Ass./106 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on the situation in the Mosul Camp, from the Administrative Inspector, Mosul, to the Ministry of the Interior, Baghdad
C./Min.Ass./105 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report, forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during December 1934 and January 1935
C./Min.Ass./104 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegation of Iraq to the Secretary-General, containing supplementary information on the situation in the Mosul Camp
C./Min.Ass./103 - 19 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the International Committee for Inter-Church Aid to the Chairman of the Committee of the Council, suggesting the possible settlement of the Assyrians in Abyssinia and the despatch of help to necessitous Assyrians
C./Min.Ass./102 - 7 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from Mar Shimun, Patriarch of the Assyrians with annex concerning the situaiton of the Assyrians of Iraq up to December 1934
C./Min.Ass./101 - 31 January 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Argentine Government in reply to the telegram despatched by the Secretary-General concerning the settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq in the Argentine Republic
The goal of the Office is to have access to the press at an international level as far as it covers the Office's activities or refugees in areas where the Office is represented.
The file contains requests to assist refugees recovered from tuberculosis to obtain a resident permit and employment, as well as financial assistance requests for medical treatment and accounts.
Press extracts:
"Za Swobodou" de Varsovie dated 4 August 1931 on "La Roumanie livre aux Bolcheviks les réfugiés russes"
"La Renaissances (Vozrojdénie)" de Paris dated 3 August 1931 on "L'extradition des deux réfugiés russes par la Commission mixte roumaino-soviétique".
The file contains correspondence mainly about the resignation of Victor Kehren and nomination of Mr. Coubaux. A. Coubaux was the Honorary Delegate for the High Commissioner in Belgium for six months in 1932. Due to bad health, he proposed to be replaced by his son Robert Coubaux.
Includes:
"Moniteur belge - Journal officiel No. 192" dated 10 July 1932 announcing the nomination of Mr. Coubaux.
Press extracts including translations, correspondence with news agencies (those providing the press cuttings) on articles and subscription, correspondence with newspaper editors.
This file contains records of a personal and professional nature, related to customs clearance, insurance policies, correspondence, telegrams and notes including letters of thanks for gifts received by Major Thomas Frank Johnson (and his wife).
Correspondence regarding subscription to Argus International de la Press S.A., Genève, leading to a trial subscription for 250 articles, subsequent correspondence indicates the subscription with the Geneva Agency was ended and services sought from other press agencies, namely "Argus de la Presse" in Paris (spring 1936) . The goal of the Office is to have access to the press at an international level as far as it covers the Office's activities or the subject of refugees in areas where the Office is represented.