Northern (N): General (N). Political Asylum for Seamen from Eastern Europe

A file containing documents concerning Polish sailors applying for political asylum in the United Kingdom. The file includes a letter from the Home Office to the Foreign Office outlining the British government's policy towards granting political asylum to Polish seaman who desert their ships when docked in the United Kingdom; a letter from the British embassy in Warsaw describing the treatment by the Polish government of Polish sailors who unsuccessfully try to defect in foreign countries; and a letter from the Foreign Office transferring the embassy's note to the Home Office.