Robert Dell to [Edward Taylor] Scott.
Location: Paris.
Telephone calls; he will enquire about calls to Rome and Geneva; Bone says that he is trying to phone Rome directly. He asks about phoning Manchester directly. He has told Henderson, editor of the Nation, that he probably would not be able to continue writing for them; the editor wants them to consider allowing him to write articles. He presumes he is to cover the Geneva Assembly in September. He has attended most of the League Assemblies, so is familiar with them; he lived in Geneva from 1920 to 1922.
He would like to take a holiday in August. He talks of going to Alsace-Lorraine and writing articles on the home rule movement; Hamilton thought it a worthwhile topic. Lambert could possibly cover for him in Paris. He asks them to write to the League Secretariat to inform them that he will be covering the Assembly for the M.G., and to request a seat in the front row of the press gallery. His son-in-law, David Blelloch, is in the International Labour Office. He spoke to Ayerst in London, who is keen to go to Berlin. Lambert has applied for the Berlin post. His view is that Lambert would be better in Geneva, and Ayerst in Berlin. He considers Geneva to be as important as Berlin, and may become more so. He talks of the advantages of having a Geneva correspondent, one of which is the ability to travel quietly to northern Italy to try to get an accurate picture of what is happening there; it is impossible to get a true picture from Rome or other centres, as the papers are not allowed to say anything. He talks of Lambert and Ayerst, and refers to Daniels who was in Berlin and Paris. The atmosphere in Paris is not good for young English or American men. He refers to Ryall and his substitute. Lambert does not know that he has written to them about him.