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Falklands/Ponting case: Law Officers' Department conversation record (Mayhew, Hetherington) [case further discussed by Solicitor-General and DPP; DPP saw case for proceeding, Solicitor-General's previous judgment unchanged; had rung Attorney-General who agreed; DPP to proceed at once] [declassified Apr 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FOI release to Margaret Thatcher Foundation from Attorney General's Office (FOI/59/15) f258
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This file has not been accessioned by TNA (at time of writing, Jul 2025), although a document found in it suggests it was recommended for release to them as far back as 2010.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Judiciary, Law & order, Defence (Falklands)

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