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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1628
Security (Contingency arrangements for dealing with terrorist incidents)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 25

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Date Value Title
79 Jun 8 Fr Minor Terrorism: John Hunt minute to MT (“Counter-Terrorist Measures”) [“Regular exercises have enabled us to improve the arrangements for rapid and adequate communications”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Nov 1 Th Minor Terrorism: Welsh Office minute to Cabinet Office (counter-terrorist contingency plans) [Secretary of State’s involvement] [released Dec 2014]
79 Dec 3 Mo Major Terrorism: MoD minute to No.10 (“Exercise ‘Smoked Salmon’”) [“exercises designed to test counter-terrorist contingency arrangements for use in any incident involving off-shore oil or gas installations”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Dec 4 Tu Major Terrorism: No.10 minute to MoD (“Counter-Terrorist Contingency Arrangements”) [“Terrorism is now a professional activity”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Dec 14 Fr Major Terrorism: Home Office note (“Counter-Terrorist Contingency Arrangements”) [“no evidence to suggest that any known terrorist group is contemplating attacks on protected nuclear targets in the UK”] [released Dec 2014]
81 Mar 20 Fr Major Terrorism: Carrington PS minute to No.10 (“Convention Against the Taking of Hostages Bill”) [ready for introduction for next session] [released Dec 2014]
81 May 11 Mo Major Terrorism: Carrington PS minute to No.10 (“Counter-Terrorist Exercise”) [Operation Gaslight second in a series of exercises to be held] [released Dec 2014]
83 Feb 23 We Major Terrorism: Howe PS minute to No.10 (“Anglo/Norwegian Co-operation on Counter-Terrorist Activities in the North Sea”) [“we need to reach an understanding with the Norweigans”] [released Dec 2014]
85 Nov 21 Th Major Terrorism: Hurd PS minute to Wicks (counter-terrorist exercise) [“a simulated take-over of an oil installation in the North Sea”] [released Dec 2014]