§ 16. Mr. du Cannasked the Lord Privy Seal what progress has been made in the negotiations for a general settlement of outstanding financial questions with the Soviet Government, with particular reference to United Kingdom claims amounting to £8 million arising, from the Soviet annexation of the Baltic States in 1940.
§ Mr. P. ThomasThese negotiations have not yet opened. Before they can do so each side must have received and examined the bulk of the other's claims. We hope that this stage will be reached early next year, and we have therefore proposed to the Soviet Government that negotiations should open in April; we await their reply.