Soviet Union: Forced Repatriation of Soviet Citizens after World War II: Yalta Victims Memorial

A file of documents concerning the forced repatriation of Russians from the U.K. to the Soviet Union in 1947. Subjects discussed in the file include papers being produced by the British politician Patrick Dean concerning the repatriations; the public availability of Foreign Office documents concerning the repatriations that occurred; the release of four British prisoners by the Soviet Union; and the proposal for a memorial for the victims of Yalta to be erected in London. Other subjects discussed in the file include papers produced by a British historian, Rohan Butler, concerning Nikolai Tolstoy's book Victims of Yalta. Butler's papers address the allegations levelled against the British government in Tolstoy's book; and broader issues relating to the repatriations, including the repatriation of Cossacks from Austria, the inclusion of civilians in the Yalta agreement, the reciprocity of repatriation by the Soviet Union, and the numbers of people repatriated.