Czechoslovakia: Restitution of Czechoslovak Gold and UK Claims against Czechoslovakia

A file of correspondence and reports concerning financial claims against Czechoslovakia, and the restitution of Czechoslovak gold held since the Second World War. The documents cover the progress of negotiations between the U.S. and Czechoslovakia for the settlement of the financial claims of U.S. citizens whose property in Czechoslovakia was expropriated after the Second World War; a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress to allow the sale of Czechoslovak gold held in the U.S. in order to compensate the claimants; and the implications for Britain's own negotiations with Czechoslovakia should the U.S. decide to act unilaterally. Documents in the file include a copy of the U.S. bill; and a copy of a 1962 adjudication on Czechoslovakia's claim on the gold. The file also covers moves to resume Britain's negotiations with Czechoslovakia over pre-war and wartime intergovernmental debt and private property claims.