Extract from the "Daily Telegraph" on J. Avenol's escape from Savoy to Geneva; stories on the circumstances he left France; J. Avenol's activities; S. Lester's dissatisfaction with J. Avenol's return to Geneva, since he was a source of trouble for the League of Nations.
Extracts from "The Times" of 3 February 1944: "M. Avenol a refugee in Geneva"; and from the "Daily Telegraph" of 5 February 1944 "League echo" regarding J. Avenol's escape from Haute-Savoie to Geneva.
Extract from "La Suisse": J. Avenol's reply to the accusations of Czechoslovakia.
Extract from "La Suisse".
Extract from the "Morning Post": proposal made by J. Avenol, League of Nations Secretary-General, to appoint S. Lester as Deputy Secretary-General, in replacement of P. Azcarate, who became Spanish Ambassador in London; S. Lester's appointment would not take effect until a successor was appointed in Danzig; new appointment within the League of Nations Committee of Three in charge of Danzig affairs.
Extract from the "Morning Post": proposal made by J. Avenol, League of Nations Secretary-General, to appoint S. Lester as Deputy Secretary-General, in replacement of P. Azcarate, who became Spanish Ambassador in London; S. Lester's appointment would not take effect until a successor was appointed in Danzig; new appointment, Sweden took the place of Portugal, within the League of Nations Committee of Three in charge of Danzig affairs.
Extract from the "Scotsman": proposal made by J. Avenol, League of Nations Secretary-General, to appoint S. Lester as Deputy Secretary-General, but the appointment should not be made until S. Lester's successor had been appointed in Danzig; new appointment within the League of Nations Committee of Three in charge of Danzig affairs.
Extract from "The Times": on the recommendation of J. Avenol, League of Nations Secretary-General, it was decided to appoint S. Lester Deputy Secretary-General in succession to P. Azcarate, who became Spanish Ambassador in London; A. Eden proposed not to give effect to S. Lester's appointment until a successor had been appointed in Danzig; tributes paid to P. Azcarate's and S. Lester's work; Portugal replaced by Sweden within the League of Nations Committee of Three in charge of Danzig affairs.
Book review of "Betrayal From Within" by James Barros regarding J. Avenol and S. Lester.
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.