§ Sir W. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if a date has yet been fixed for the opening of negotiations with the Soviet Government on the subject of post-1939 Anglo-Soviet financial claims.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerNo date has yet been fixed for the opening of negotiations for a settlement of these claims. The Soviet Government have however agreed to our proposal that discussions at official level should start in Moscow on 10th March to deal with technical problems on the documentation of claims on both sides. A small group of Foreign Office and Treasury officials will go to Moscow for this purpose.