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Falklands/Ponting case: Cabinet Office letter to MOD ("Leak Investigation") [account of events; Ponting admission; advice of Cabinet Office] [declassified Apr 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FOI release to Margaret Thatcher Foundation from Attorney General's Office (FOI/59/15) f264
Editorial comments:

A "Proposed Public Line to Take" is attached to this document; who prepared it and when is unclear. 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: 3pp
Themes: Media, Executive, Judiciary, Law & order, Defence (Falklands)

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