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From: j 33!! 3 j [ iilij:torate of Air Staff 4a, Room 8245
MINis-TRY-oF- DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB
Telephone (Direcl ~ i al)
(Fax)
Your Reference
01J[ Reference
D/UAS/64/3 ~
Date
11 July 2001
Thank you for your letter dated 18 June 200 I, addressed to Secretariat (Air Staff) 2a. Please note
that this section is now called the Directorate of Air Staff 4a, as shown above. We are still the
focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence relating to 'unidentified flying
objects'.
I can confirm that the two letters you enclose, dated 9 April and 14 May 2001 respectively, were
not received by this office. As you will appreciate, the Ministry of Defence main building
comprises a large number of different departments and as your letters do not specifically mention
'UFOs' and were not addressed to this office, we cannot be sure where they went. As such they
raise a number of issues on which we will need to consult other departments, but please be assured
that we will endeavour to send you a substantive reply as soon as is practicable.