He participated in several international conferences , including the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa in 1932 and the World Economic Conference in London the following year . As a result of his interest in economic affairs , he was instrumental in establishing the Economic Relations Section in the Foreign Office , focused on co-ordinating British diplomatic and economic policies , becoming its first head in 1934 . In the late summer of 1938 , he served as Chief of Staff on the Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia and was a member of the British delegation at the subsequent Munich Conference
Imperial Economic Conference
British Empire Economic Conference
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin