1 - The Black Vault

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From:
of Air Staff 4a (LA- Ops & Pol 1),
Room
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5BP
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Fax)
Your Reference
Our Referencv
D/DAS/64/3 _.
Date
2'}September 200 I
Thank you for your letter dated 8 September 2001. As requested, please find enclosed a
number of papers on the Rendlesham Forest incident which have recently been released under the
Code of Practice on Access of Government Information. Some have been sanitised to protect the
privacy of those who have corresponded with the Ministry of Defence.
You may wish to be aware that the Freedom oflnformation legislation has now received
Royal Assent and is known as the Freedom oflnformation Act 2000. It is expected to come into
force across the public sector between 2002 and 2005. Until then, all requests for information held
by the public sector will continue to be handled under the current Code.