§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Attorney-General whether he will list the records available in the Public Record Office relating to the Katyn massacre; and whether any public papers on this subject have been withheld for more than 30 years.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe main records in the Public Record Office relating to the discovery of the Katyn massacre in 1943 appear on a very large Foreign Office file of that year on the more general subject of Polish-Soviet relations. This file spans items which have the Public Record Office references FO 371/34563–34590. Eight of the 762 entered papers on this file have been identified as withheld.
Identification and listing of all other records in the Public Record Office relating to the Katyn massacre and its aftermath could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost. The staff at the Public Record Office are able to advise readers on likely sources among records there of information on this subject.