A file of documents concerning a visit to the U.K. by the Polish Minister of Justice, Jerzy Bafia. Subjects discussed in the file include Polish proposals that an expert working group be established to evaluate the pre-war conventions governing Anglo-Polish legal relations; the possibility of increased meetings between Polish and British lawyers; and the provision of information on U.K. law to Poland. Other subjects discussed in the file include extradition legislation; legal aid for Poles in Britain; the question of reciprocal recognition of divorces; and Polish concerns about the statute of limitations for the prosecution of Nazis in West Germany. Documents in the file include a record of a conversation between the U.K. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Goronwy Roberts, and Bafia; and a copy of a Polish address on the "non-applicability of the statute of limitations of the prosecution of Nazi war crimes and the crime of genocide".
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Countries
- United Kingdom West Germany
- Department Reference
- ENP 26/5
- Document Type
- Correspondence Reports Speeches and Public Statements
- File Reference
- FCO 28/3386
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.003386
- Pages
- 61
- Persons Discussed
- Goronwy Roberts Jerzy Bafia
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Poland
- Themes
- International Relations Populations and Social Policy Second World War Aftermath
