§ Mr. Nabarroasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the assent of Her Majesty's Government has yet been given, under the Bonn Conventions, to the Federal German law affecting claims on the I.G. Farbenindustrie; and whether, for the assistance of residents in the United Kingdom, he will make a statement concerning the time limit for filing claims against that concern.
§ Mr. Ian HarveyYes. The assent of Her Majesty's Government to this legislation was required under the Bonn Conventions and was signified to the Federal Government prior to its promulgation. The Federal German law which entered into force on 1st June requires claims against I.G. Farbenindustrie to be filed by 31st December, 1957, unless they are bonded debts or have already been made known to the liquidators of the company. Anyone who wishes to assert a claim against the company in respect of financial or commercial transactions, or of the slave labour of concentration camp inmates at a plant of the company or any of its subsidiaries, especially if performed in the Auschwitz area, should therefore file it before 31st December, 1957, by writing to I.G. Farben in Liquidation (Creditors' Filing Agency), Frankfurt-am-Main, Bockenheimer Landstrasse 53,88W Germany, giving name and address and a short statement of the factual basis of the claim.