A file containing documents concerning the Oder-Neisse line defining the East German-Polish border. The file includes comments on a statement made by a West Berlin official that the reunification of Germany may allow for the recognition of the Oder-Neisse line as the eastern border of Germany; the transcript of a press conference given by the British prime minister and the Foreign Secretary about the British government's de facto recognition of the Oder-Neisse line; and a report detailing the public line that the British government should take concerning the recognition of the border. Other documents in the file include telegrams sent to the Foreign Office from West German citizens and expellees expressing disappointment in a statement made by the Foreign Secretary on the recognition of the Oder-Neisse line; and a record of a series of Parliamentary Questions concerning the Foreign Secretary's statement and the French government's position on the Oder-Neisse line.
- Collection ID
- FCO33
- Copyright
- Content from Polish Weekly © Tydzie? Polski. Content from Polish Weekly © Tydzie? Polski.
- Countries
- France Poland United Kingdom West Germany
- Department Reference
- RGS 4/1 PART A
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 33/260
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco33.000260
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Polnische Zeitung, Date unknown, Britische botschaft in Bonn dementiert polnische zeitung; Polnische Zeitung, Date unknown, Brown blieb bei aisserung zur oder-neisse-linie; The Times, 16 February 1967, What Mr Brown meant to say about frontier.
- Pages
- 143
- Persons Discussed
- Willy Brandt Charles de Gaulle Kurt Georg Kiesinger Harold Wilson
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- East Germany
- Themes
- International Relations
