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Volume 3
No. 157
Seán Murphy (Geneva) to Sean Lester (Dublin)

Blythe's speech to Ninth Assembly of the League of Nations
10/09/1928

Dear Seán, I enclose herewith a list of people I also enclose copy of the speech which Mr. Blythe delivered at the Assembly this morning. As I am writing this immediately after its delivery it is hard to say what the general impression of it is. It appeared to be well received though o... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 256
Francis T. Cremins (Dublin) to J.P. Walshe (Geneva)

Statement at League of Nations Assembly
11/09/1929

I enclose herewith four copies of the speech delivered by the Minister today at the Assembly, one for your own information and the remaining three for the daily Press, if you think well to let them have it. It was impossible to have a copy sent before this, because of various reasons it was not... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 435
Patrick McGilligan (London) to ()

Position of Irish Free State in the Commonwealth
01/10/1930

Mr. McGilligan: Mr. Prime Minister and Gentlemen - I desire to thank you most heartily for the kindly words which have fallen from you welcoming us to this Conference and for the courtesy and hospitality extended to us.   Tributes to Mr. O'Higgins, Lord Balfour and Lord Birkenhead Other... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 454
Charles Bewley (Vatican City) to J.P. Walshe (Dublin)

Audience with the Pope Pius XI
17/10/1930

On Wednesday the 15th I had the customary audience with the Pope after my return. He inquired for the Nuncio, and I told him that I had lunched with him and that he seemed in good health and spirits and had made the best possible impression all through the country. I mentioned the preparati... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 534
W.T. Cosgrave (Dublin) to ()

St Patrick's Day broadcast to Britain
17/03/1931

On this, the national holiday of Ireland, the message I have to send across the Irish Sea is one of friendship and goodwill. The economic stress of recent years has not diminished either our political bonds of mutual respect or our commercial ties of mutual trading interest. Great Britain re... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 564
Memorandum (Dublin) to ()

Impact of economic depression
12/08/1931

The geographical situation of the Irish Free State results in dependence to a marked degree on the British market for the absorption of its exports. Thus, in the year 1929 when exports and re-exports were valued at £47,870,000, goods to the value of £44,172,000 or 92% of the total e... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 568
Francis T. Cremins (Geneva) to J.P. Walshe (Dublin)

Speech delivered by Binchy to League of Nations Assembly
18/09/1931

Dear Secretary, I enclose herewith two copies of the speech delivered by Dr. Binchy today during the discussion on the work of the League of Nations since the last session of the Assembly. As the Minister had not quite recovered his voice, the task of delivering the speech fell on Dr. Binchy. ... View the full document
Volume 3
No. 572
John V. Fahy (Dublin) to Count Gerald O'Kelly de Gallagh (Paris)

Anglo-Irish trade in 1931
25/09/1931

I am directed by the Minister to forward herewith for record and information copy of a recent statement issued to the press by the High Commissioner London, relating to the position of Anglo-Irish Trade in 1931. [signed] J.W. Fahy Position of Anglo-Irish Trade in 1931 The returns of exte... View the full document
Volume 4
No. 138
Anglo-Irish Conference Minutes (London) to ()

British-Irish relations
15/10/1932

PRESENT: UNITED KINGDOM IRISH FREE STATE The Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas, M.P.,Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Mr. Eamon de Valera, T.D.,President of the ExecutiveCouncil and Minister forExternal Affairs. The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain,... View the full document
Volume 4
No. 144
E.J. Harding (London) to ()

Conversation with Walshe
29/10/1932

NOTE OF CONVERSATION WITH MR. WALSHE, 29TH OCTOBER, 1932 In accordance with the arrangement made yesterday, Mr. Walshe called again this morning and had a further two hours' talk with Sir Harry Batterbee and myself, on the same personal and non-committal basis as before. He brought with him t... View the full document
Volume 4
No. 205
Joseph P. Walshe (Dublin) to Eamon de Valera (Dublin)

Irish Free State foreign policy
28/07/1933

My dear President, I was very glad indeed to get your letter of the 24th. I am especially grateful for the general implications both of your letter and of your conversation with John Hearne. Isolation and serious heart trouble had combined to bring about a state of depression which was ... View the full document
Volume 4
No. 227
Charles Bewley (Berlin) to Joseph P. Walshe (Dublin)

German political situation
03/08/1934

The For example, there has been no mention whatever in the German papers of the document found on a German citizen in Austria giving directions for the Putsch, nor of the Cabinet to be formed by Rintelen4 with Habicht, Frauenfeld, and other prominent National Socialists as Ministers. The A... View the full document
Volume 5
No. 88
Eamon de Valera (Geneva) to ()

Informal conversations with MacDonald
17/09/1937

I have already had two very long conversations with MacDonald on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons (Sept. 15th and 16th). The discussion ranged over the new Constitution, the External Relations Act, Partition, the Treaty Ports and Defence, Financial dispute and Trade. In regard to the ... View the full document
Volume 6
No. 202
John Hearne (Ottawa) to Joseph P. Walshe (Dublin)

Confidential Report, Hearne to Walshe
26/06/1940

Views on the war situation are this week at the lowest level of depression yet reached. No one (i.e. no unofficial person) with whom I have spoken now sees any prospect of a long war – the long war which was to enable the Allied blockade to do its work and so bring final victory to Great ... View the full document
Volume 6
No. 266
John Dulanty (London) to Joseph P. Walshe (Dublin)

Confidential Report, Dulanty to Walshe
19/08/1940

As already reported orally, Lord Caldecote told me on the 15th August that the recent big air raids on Britain certainly marked Germany's intention to force the issue. There was, thus far, no depression in either the War Cabinet or among the Chiefs of Staff – the latter in fact, af... View the full document
Volume 7
No. 102
Denis R. McDonald (Dublin) to Joseph P. Walshe (Dublin)

Memorandum, McDonald to Walshe
24/06/1941

I am giving you, as requested, an account of some of the impressions which I gathered during my recent three months’ spell of duty at the London Office. It would be difficult, as you will, of course, appreciate, to extract sound general conclusions from individual impressions derived... View the full document
Volume 7
No. 244
William Warnock (Berlin) to Joseph P. Walshe (Dublin)

Telegram, Warnock to Walshe
20/11/1942

Official circles here have been so reticent regarding events in North Africa that it is difficult to report. The Anglo-American invasion, trustworthy source thinks, was a complete surprise and astounded the public; they had been expecting attack on Dakar. Far deeper, however, was the effe... View the full document
Volume 9
No. 103
John J. Hearne (Ottawa) to Frederick H. Boland (Dublin)

Letter, Hearne to Boland
16/07/1948

I have the honour to refer to your telegram No. 67 of the 14th July On receipt of your telegram I arranged to see Mr. Pearson today. Mr. St. Laurent is campaigning in Quebec in the Provincial General Election. Mr. Pearson received me at 2.30 p.m. He returned a few days ago from the de... View the full document