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Falklands/Ponting case: MT letter to Dr David Owen (draft as amended by officials) [denies involvement in decision to prosecute Ponting and rejects a White Paper on the General Belgrano] [declassified Apr 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FOI release to Margaret Thatcher Foundation from Attorney General's Office (FOI/59/15) f316
Editorial comments:

The document at f5 and the amendments to the draft at ff14-16 appear to be in the handwriting of the Legal Secretary, Henry Steel.

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: 16pp
Themes: Liberal & Social Democratic Parties, Media, Judiciary, Parliament, Law & order, Defence (Falklands)

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