Transcription: August 13th, 1940. My dear Hambro, I got your telegram and I quite understand the position you have taken. I had been outside all the previous communications with you but had reason to think that the second proposal regarding the Bolivian might be helpful. It is quite impossible I know for any one who has not been here to form any idea of what we have been through and indeed the situation has changed once or twice a week so that even if, as I hope, you will soon be meeting one or two people fresh from Geneva, there may have been substantial changes in the situation between their departure and the time you see them. At the moment there seems to be little likelihood [some doubt] of any kind of meeting being held on the 20th. H. cannot or will not come and it is doubtful if B. will be really available, although the date was I believe fixed to suit him. That leaves P. the only member available and I had thought that a situation might have been reached where some kind of a meeting would enable A. to make his bow and get through formalities of laying his reported plans before some authority. Otherwise he had said he would continue here until he could do so; this at the moment seems a bit doubtf but you must take my word for it we are completely hamstrung until that question is cleared up. That brings me to my own position. For nearly two months I needed no outside guidance as to what I had to do, but I had hoped that if the particular problem of usurping and misusing rights couldclear up, a situation would arise in which I would be released. Your telegram to the old man made me wonder if I had been merely suffering from a nightmare, especially as I had endeavoured to arrange that the Scot [Lothian] living not far from you would be able to keep you informed. I did not like to endeavour to get into direct touch with you. If we can have some kind of a meeting, which I believe is essential, where you can attend, we may be able to discuss what is possible for the future. The history of the past two or three months here would read like a bad melodrama, but I have tried so far as I had a duty to reduce it to certain very simple concepts It has all been extremely unpleasant and tragic too, and I cannot yet count upon the end of the unpleasantness; when there will still remain all the other difficulties. You will understand that I cannot be at all explicit.   Note in the left margin   Holma Boisenger Pardo  Note in the right margin   Holma Boisenger The general lines of your policy so far as I have heard them, seem to me to be completely sound, but as  note   i.e. Avenol no one has up to the present had the faintest idea intention of applying them, the carrying out of that policy would be slow, if circumstances still make it possible. I cannot myself go to see you as you suggest; with travelling conditions as they are, it would mean an absence of several weeks and at this moment I am afraid it is out of the question, but I would give a lot to be able to spend an evening with you and it is essential that something like that should be arranged before very long.

Transcription: P1/8 (15) July 27, 1940. Dear Alec: I cannot tell you how glad I was to receive your cable that you are actually coming over to this country with your Section; it is grand new indeed; and we are all enthusiastically looking forward to it. Lots of water has gone over the dam since our talk at dinner just before I left. The first steps here worked out with a rapidity, a completeness, and a cordiality which I had not dared hope. Everything that could be done from here seemed to have been done, though, as you can imagine, I would have liked a more formal official attitude than proved possible in the circumstances. The sincerity of the welcome left no doubt, however, and the form seemed to me less important than the substa I do not know whether this was quite clear on the other side. Our people are perhaps a bit formalistic; they feel that they can do a grea deal privately, but that, with our form of government, they could hardly go to the extent of formally inviting an official international agency based on a treasy to which the government is not a party to come here without at least consulting Congress. That would have taken time and caused complications at this moment of delicacy both at home and abroa and seemed unnecessary in the circumstances. People felt they could do all that was necessary without this, and, curiously enough, more easily for the League than for the ILO, because the League would be a completely foreign agency simply seeking asylum here while the ILO would in addition number the US amongst its most active members and thus have a double relationship . . an odd outcome indeed . . After the first quick start, however, we seemed to become bogged in difficulties at the other end which all of us, and particuarly myself, thoroughly understood. This was a big step indeed; it was natural that it should be taken with great care and with every possible safeguard. The great regret, of course, was the delay and the increasing difficulty It was just at this moment, when I had almost given up hope, that Hambro almost fell out of the blue from London. It seems that he had been working on exactly the same lines in London and he accordingly entered into the plans with the utmost warmth and energy. He had alread secured widespread approval in London, as you probably know, and felt that, if we could work this out, much of the work could be saved for the  day when the world will so sadly need it. He even had assurances that, in this case,contributions would be continued . . . . I was just going off at this time for a constantly delayed vacation with my family, but offered, of course, to put myself entirely at Hambro's disposition. He was going to Washington at once and made it clear he wanted me to be with him if possible.Consequently, I had a Sunday with the family and joined him on Monday at the Capital. We did a pretty thorough job in the time available.Our first conta was at lunch, alone, with Henry Grady, who was most cordial and helpful. I then arranged a long interview with Dunn, Political Adviser of the Secretary, who is handling the details of this question and who went into it most fully, to the mutual satisfaction of both. Then a meeting with Thompson, whom you knew in Geneva and who is also intimately associated with the execution of the project . . . and the next day with Stewart Fuller, who does the opium business. Mr Hull was just leaving for Havana, as was Berle, but we left messages for both and received cordial replies for an interview on their return. We saw a number of outside people, Lothian and Butler, Officer, the ILO office, Moulton, Felix Morley, etc, etc, and AIR MAIL

Transcription: Dear Alec, I have just received a telegran which read something like the following: "Arrived dloody dut unbowell except Rosadoros Polaks tomorrow." I think I was clever in interpreting this "bloody but unbowed" and that Rosadoros is Portuguese for Rosenborg I certainly had a bad two hours the morning I heard of the accident; we were organizing a relief expedition when better news came. We are still in a period of waiting, but the Sup Committee is becoming very uncertain as the northener does not like coopting. The Finn cannot or will not come and it seems to me doubtful if the French can or will. I cannot yet foresee the consequences of this on the proposals of the 20th. Some doubts are beginning to be felt about the Latin [Pardo] position in this whole affair. By the way P has been appointed Counsellor to the Embassy at Vichy with the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary; he is very nearly the last of the P.D.s and the change of post may possibly have repercussions on which you could speculate. The old man says he will finish his  as promised but I am far from easy about the whole situation. I have no news myself from Mr. Grabb [G. Britain]. Phelan left on  Sunday and should be with you before the end of this week; will you ask him for a few extra names I gave him I do wish the northerner would have the of a talk with somebody who has been here. He has that I could go to see him, but I asks you? I hope you will take time to rest in Lisbon before starting off and if not perhaps you will have arranged for letters to follow you. Give my love to Nathalie and say that I have been very anxious about the shock of that accident on her and that I do hope the   Kindest regards, Mr. A. LOVEDAY, Avenida Palace, SBON (Portugal)

Transcription: left page portion of a A newspaper page cut and scrapbooked into the diary.THE END OF THE WAR image of  large group of people gathered celebrating caption of image: The Great War ended on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month of the never-to-be-forgotten Year 1918. So Germany will never forget the november Eleven    Full body photograph of a man in  military-esque uniform caption of image:  THE    right page sections of article scrapbooked THE OLD GANG THAT LOST "I am convinced that the campaign will pagesof glory (  Germany). In all circumstances the enemy will be beaten." - potrait 1: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 2: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 3: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 4: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 5: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 6: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 7: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 8: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image: potrait 9: image of man in milirary uniform, caption of image:

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Description: Hierarchie: Großherzogliches Familienarchiv (Eigentum des Hauses Baden) und Markgräfliches/Großherzogliches Familienarchiv: Nachträge >> Einzelne Angehörige des Hauses Baden >> [13 A] Luise Großherzogin von Baden (1838-1923) >> Familie, Hof, Regierung >> Erziehung, Schulen >> Victoria-Schule und -Pensionat >> Berichtserien >> Emilie Göler von Ravensburg [?-?, Oberin des Viktoria-Pensionats Karlsruhe und der Filiale Baden-Baden 1917-1920/1923]

Description: Hierarchie: Großherzogliches Familienarchiv (Eigentum des Hauses Baden) und Markgräfliches/Großherzogliches Familienarchiv: Nachträge >> Einzelne Angehörige des Hauses Baden >> [13 A] Luise Großherzogin von Baden (1838-1923) >> Familie, Hof, Regierung >> Erziehung, Schulen >> Victoria-Schule und -Pensionat >> Berichtserien >> Emilie Göler von Ravensburg [?-?, Oberin des Viktoria-Pensionats Karlsruhe und der Filiale Baden-Baden 1917-1920/1923]

Description: Hierarchie: Großherzogliches Familienarchiv (Eigentum des Hauses Baden) und Markgräfliches/Großherzogliches Familienarchiv: Nachträge >> Einzelne Angehörige des Hauses Baden >> [13 A] Luise Großherzogin von Baden (1838-1923) >> Familie, Hof, Regierung >> Erziehung, Schulen >> Victoria-Schule und -Pensionat >> Berichtserien >> Emilie Göler von Ravensburg [?-?, Oberin des Viktoria-Pensionats Karlsruhe und der Filiale Baden-Baden 1917-1920/1923]

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