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Polish Nationals, U.K. (Repatriation)

Oral Answers to Questions — Poland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 May 1947.

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Photo of Mr Tom Driberg Mr Tom Driberg , Maldon 12:00, 12 May 1947

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that, of two Polish newspapers circulating widely among Polish soldiers in Britain, one contained no reference whatever in its issue of 6th May to his statement of the previous day with its emphatic endorsement of the genuineness of the encouragement offered by the Polish Government to expatriate Poles to return home and the other published the statement in garbled and incomplete form; and what steps he is taking to convey his views to the ordinary Polish troops still in this country.

Mr. McNeil:

Yes, Sir; but I should add that one newspaper carried the full text on 7th May and the other on 8th May.

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