Northern (N): Romania (NR). Political Relations: UK

A file of correspondence and reports concerning relations between Britain and Romania. The documents discuss a proposal from the Romanian government for the reciprocal development of Anglo-Romanian cultural exchanges; how the Romanian government is "anxious, for prestige purposes", to encourage exchanges between British and Romanian parliamentary delegations; and a request from the Romanian government for British support in securing a seat for Romania at an upcoming session of the United Nations Security Council. The documents also contain biographical profiles of three new Romanian members of the Anglo-Romanian Parliamentary Group. Other documents include a report by David Scott Fox, the outgoing British minister to Romania, covering Scott Fox's view that the Romanian government aspires for Western nations to open embassies in Romania; and a meeting with Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the Romanian leader, during which Gheorghiu-Dej promised to release several former members of staff of the British legation in Bucharest from prison.