Details

Subject(s)

• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Foreign relations [Browse]
• Politics and government [Browse]
• Travel [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—1906-1966—Sources [Browse]
• Czechoslovakia [Browse]

Related name

• Great Britain. Foreign Office [Browse]
• Coherent Digital (Firm) [Browse]

Series

• General Correspondence from 1906-1966 (Great Britain. Foreign Office. Political Departments) ; FO371-188605. [More in this series]
• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FO371: Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966 ; FO371-188605

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1961-1966: Module 2
• History Commons

Summary note

A file of correspondence, press material, and Parliamentary Questions concerning the case of Karel Janoušek, the leader of the Royal Air Force's Czechoslovak squadrons during the Second World War, who was imprisoned by the Czechoslovak regime upon the communist seizure of power in 1948. The documents discuss a visit to Prague by a journalist from the Sunday Express to interview Janoušek -- and the failed attempts of the British Embassy in Prague to prevent this interview from occurring, as its publication could harm Janoušek, who is living in "squalid" conditions six years after his release from prison. The documents also cover the Royal Air Force Association's decision to take advantage of a recent surge in public interest created by the Sunday Express article, and invite Janoušek to visit Britain. Other documents comment on Janoušek's view that his British visit went "very well indeed" -- and the possibility of the Czechoslovak regime politically rehabilitating Janoušek.

Notes

• Title from Cold War Eastern Europe Module II.
• File date: 1966.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 1996.

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