Poland: Relations between Poland and UK

A file containing documents concerning relations between Poland and the United Kingdom. Subjects covered in the file include a meeting between the Polish ambassador in London, Artur Starewicz, and the Foreign Office minister Goronwy Roberts; the great importance attached by the Poles to high-level visits, and their hopes for a visit by the British prime minister, James Callaghan; and plans by Starewicz to write a book on the history of Anglo-Polish relations following his retirement. Other subjects covered in the file include refusals of visas for two Polish diplomats; the arrival of a new Polish ambassador to London, Jan Bisztyga; a visit to London by the Polish foreign minister, Emil Wojtaszek; plans for an Anglo-Polish cultural foundation; an enquiry from the Polish government regarding the territorial waters around the British Antarctic Territory; and a Polish ship detained on suspicion of smuggling arms to Northern Ireland.