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1986 Oct 3 - 1986 Nov 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1952
Security (Security of the Secret Service: Chapman Pincher's Book 'Their Trade Is Treachery' and related papers including those relating to Sir Roger Hollis; the Peter Wright Case) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2023 Dec 29
Classification: Top Secret - Cab One
Page count: 286
Any docs withheld? 14
Themes: Security services & intelligence

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Date Value Title
86 Oct 3 Fr Major Security: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Peter Wright Case") [Australian court case state of play, and consideration of whether Wright case should be referred to UK Director of Public Prosecutions] [released Dec 2023]
86 Oct 6 Mo Major Security: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Hurd, Havers, Armstrong) ["Peter Wright Case": strategy for court case in Australia; guidance for MI5/MI6; candidates for chairing of inquiry into civil torts/improper actions allegations in Wright manuscript] [released Dec 2023]
86 Oct 9 Th Major Security: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (Peter Wright case) [search for/review of historical documents relating to Wright allegations] [released Dec 2023]
86 Oct 20 Mo Major Security: No.10 minute to MT ("The Wright Case") [copies of letters to Kinnock & Lord Bridge, requested by Australian courts] [released Dec 2023]
86 Oct 24 Fr Major Security: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("The Peter Wright Case") [consideration of legal advice to refer Wright's allegations of criminal actions/impropriety to DPP/outside investigatory bodies prior to commencement of Australian court case] [released Dec 2023]
86 Oct 28 Tu Major Security: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Hurd, Havers, Armstrong) ["Mr. Peter Wright's Manuscript": consideration of referral of Wright's allegations of criminal actions to Director of Public Prosecutions] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 3 Mo Major Security: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("The Peter Wright Case") [disclosure of Government decision to refer Wright manuscript to Director of Public Prosecutions] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 13 Th Major Security: Cabinet Office minute to no.10 ("The Peter Wright Case") [Wright's lawyers pressing for discovery of further UK Government documents] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 17 Mo Major Security: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Peter Wright Case") [Wright's lawyers pressing for discovery of further UK Government documents: update; recent media coverage; implications of abandoning case] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 18 Tu Major Security: No.10 briefing for MT ("The Peter Wright Case") [prospects for the case; communication to backbenchers/press; exttension of subjudice position to court action abroad; statement to Parliament] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 19 We Major Security: Cabinet Secretary/Consul General Australia telegram 107 to FCO (1330Z) ("The Peter Wright Case") ["whether the damage to national security would be greater if we discovered the documents... than if we allowed the case to be dimissed"] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 19 We Major Security: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Hurd, Havers, Biffen, Wakeham) ["The Peter Wright Case": clarification of sub-judice in different contexts; public interest immunity as basis for prevention of discovery of documents; Government statement in event of publication of Wright's book; strategic machinery for handling similar security issues in future] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 19 We Major Security: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("The Peter Wright Case") [request for clarification of Government responsibility for actions of Security Service under previous adminstrations] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 19 We Major Security: No.10 minute to MT ("The Wright Case") [chronology of the preparation of MT statement to Parliament in March 1981 on Roger Hollis] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 20 Th Major Security: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Peter Wright Case") [discovery of documents/public interest immunity; prospects for success in Australian courts] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 21 Fr Major Security: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Peter Wright Case: Discovery of Documents") [ongoing review to minimise papers deemed necessary to be shown to Australian court case judge] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 21 Fr Major Security: No.10 letter to Attorney General's Office ("The Peter Wright Case") [correspondence between Chapman Pincher and Lord Trend, confirming latter's full agreement with MT statement to Parliament on Roger Hollis in March 1981] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 21 Fr Major Security: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("The Peter Wright Case: PQs") [MT standard response for all PQs answers relating to proceedings before the Australian court] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 21 Fr Major Security: Stephen Sherbourne minute to MT ("The Politics of the Peter Wright Case") [key points to communicate to media & Parliament] [released Dec 2023]
86 Nov 22 Sa Major Security: No.10 note to MT ("The Peter Wright Case: Discovery of Documents") [MT & Howe agree to disclosure of documents to Australian court case judge, in support of Government case for Public Interest Immunity] [released Dec 2023]