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Files organised by positions in accordance with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs classification scheme approved in 1924.

The scheme provides three general categories corresponding to functions/activities or subject areas, and five special categories.

The “general categories”, corresponding to broad subject areas, are distinguished by a letter:
A – Political affairs;
B – Commercial affairs;
C – Private affairs.

The special categories (sometimes also referred to as special archives) are:

• GAB - Cabinet affairs;
• Pers - Staff affairs and administrative office;
• Cer - Ceremonial affairs;
• Schools - Affairs of schools abroad;
• Press - Press affairs.

The classification scheme effectively constitutes - just as it did for contemporaries - a guide to consulting the records.

General correspondence produced over a very short period (the second half of 1924), organised in alphabetical positions.

The files are therefore titled by correspondents and/or subjects of correspondence, arranged alphabetically.

• Box 1: Pos. 1–3 (A–C). Position 3 (C) is subdivided into three parts: Various consulates; Consular accounting; Correspondence.
• Box 2: Pos. 4–11 (D–L). Position 5 (E) is subdivided into two parts: Egypt and Correspondence.
• Box 3: Pos. 12–17 (M–R) and Pos. 19–25 (T–Z).

Position 18 (S – Schools. School accounting) is located at the end of the subseries “School Archive – Correspondence organised by positions (1915–1924)”. The “S” correspondence appears to have been lost.

B. 17: 1918-1922
B. 18: 1923-1924