§ 2. Mr. RAPERasked whether a Mr. Namier has been in die employ of the Foreign Office; if so, in what capacity; whether his father is an Austrian (Galician), named Bernstein (Namierowski); and whether Mr. Narpier has been consulted in any way whatsoever regarding our Polish policy?
Captain GUESTMr. Namier, who is a naturalised British subject and served in the Army in the early part of the War has been employed on intelligence work in the Foreign Office; his father was born a Russian subject in Russian Poland of a family of the name of Namierowski, which had been resident in Poland or Lithuania for many centuries, but in middle life he assumed citizenship in Galicia, under Austrian rule, having acquired an interest through marriage in estates in that country; as in the case of all Jews, the Partitioning Power (Prussia) imposed on the family a German name, which they have since abandoned. Under the Treaty of Peace, Mr. Namier, who was also born a Russian subject, at Warsaw, now becomes a Polish subject, and has been acknowledged as such by the Polish Government. Mr. Namier, whose knowledge of Poland and of Eastern Europe in general is remarkable, has frequently written papers or memoranda which have been of the greatest value.
§ Mr. A. SHAWIs my hon. Friend aware that this gentleman's sympathies are entirely pro-British, that he was educated at Oxford, and that his unique knowledge has been of the greatest service to this country?
Captain GUESTYes, Sir. The only matter I am not able to speak about with 1649 knowledge is that he was educated at 'Oxford. The other suggestions are absolutely true.