HC Deb 20 April 1964 vol 693 c133W
74. Mr. Neave

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his present negotiations with the Federal German Government include compensation for the dependants of 50 Royal Air Force officers executed after their escape from Stalag Luft 3 in 1944 and for those of all other British nationals who died as a result of their illegal detention in concentration camps.

Mr. R. A. Butler

Her Majesty's Government consider that dependants of British nationals who died as a result of illegal detention in concentration camps are entitled to compensation from the Federal German Government. I have the case of the 50 Royal Air Force Officers mentioned by my hon. Friend very much in mind, but it would not be in the interests of our negotiations with the Federal German Government to make a statement at present about any particular case.