HL Deb 11 February 1969 vol 299 cc411-2WA
VISCOUNT DILHORNE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The approximate value of the property of persons formerly resident or carrying on business in

  1. (1) Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (including Memel and the city and 412 territory of Vilna) now vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property;
  2. (2) a part of Czechoslovakia, Finland, Poland or Roumania now ceded to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics now vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property.

THE MINISTER OF STATE, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (LORD CHALFONT)

  1. (1) About £61½ million.
  2. (2) About £35,000.

I must emphasise the above sums are not necessarily the amounts which will become available for distribution to claimants under the Foreign Compensation Bill.