Czechoslovakia: Political Relations between Czechoslovakia and the UK

A file of documents concerning Anglo-Czechoslovak political relations. Subjects discussed in the file include the settlement of British financial claims against Czechoslovakia; the return of wartime gold to Czechoslovakia; Anglo-Czechoslovak trade relations; British policy concerning the conflict in the Falkland Islands; the resignation of Peter Carington as the U.K. Foreign Secretary, and his replacement by Francis Pym; and the exchange of ministerial visits between Britain and Czechoslovakia. Other subjects discussed in the file include Anglo-Czechoslovak cultural relations; the treatment of embassy staff in Britain and Czechoslovakia; Czechoslovak human rights practices; the emigration of a Czechoslovak dissident, Karel Kyncl, to Britain; and attendance by a delegation from Coventry City Council at a memorial in Czechoslovakia on the anniversary of Lidice's destruction during the Second World War. Documents in the file include a record of a meeting between the British trade minister, Peter Rees, and the Czechoslovak deputy foreign minister, Dušan Spá?il.