Volume 5 1936~1939


Doc No.
Date
Subject

No. 162 NAI DFA 119/45

Extracts from the New York Consulate annual report from Leo McCauley to Robert Brennan (Washington)

NEW YORK, 31 March 1938

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Deportations, Desertions, Etc.

Seventy-one deportation cases were dealt with of which thirty were concluded.

Enquiries were received from 40 persons in Ireland seeking to find missing relatives and the Consulate General was successful in finding 9 of these persons and putting them in touch with their relatives.

Ten cases of desertion were dealt with during the period and financial contributions for the deserted spouse in Ireland were obtained in 4 of these cases. Twenty-two distress cases were brought to the notice of the Consulate General. [matter omitted]


 

New York World's Fair, 1939

Preliminary enquiries, discussions and reports concerning Irish participation in the Fair made increasing demands on the time of the officers of the Consulate General as the year advanced. Numerous visits had to be made to the Fair Corporation's offices at the Empire State Building and also to the Fair site at Flushing, Long Island. Additional work arose from the necessity for dealing with letters and visits from engineers, designers, architects, publicity firms and other persons offering their services in connection with the Irish exhibit. The activities connected with the Fair made very heavy demands on the time of the Consul General towards the end of the period under review. In his capacity as Commissioner General for Ireland, he signed the contract reserving space on the 31st March, 1938.
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Pan American Airways

As in previous years, the Consulate General was in touch with Pan American Airways in connection with the proposed Transatlantic Air Service.
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Repayment Office for Dáil Éireann External Loans

The work of repayment was terminated during the year and the Repayment Office closed on the 31st October, 1937. A certain amount of correspondence has been carried on by the Consulate General with Bondholders since that date, but every effort has been made to restrict this correspondence as much as possible.
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