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Operations & Polley 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6173, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
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Telephone (Direct dial) 020 7218 2140
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Your Reference
01,!! R~ference
DIUAS/64/3
Date
15 November 2001
Dear
I am writing further to our letter of23 October in which we informed you that we were making
enquires regarding your comments about 'Project Moon Dust'.
First, you may wish to be aware that Ministry of Defence files are subject to the provisions of the
Public Records Act of 1958 and 1967. This Act of Parliament states that official files generally
remain closed from public viewing for 30 years after the last action has been taken. After this
period they are reviewed and those considered worthy of permanent preservation are transferred
to the Public Record Office. In your letter you stated that 'Project Moon Dust' was said to have
been in operation in the 1950s and 1960s and any MOD files that survive from this period are
already open to public inspection at the Public Record Office. Nevertheless, in order to assist you
we have searched file records within the Ministry of Defence to see if any information could be
found on the alleged project However, I can now inform you that our enquiries have revealed no
record of any files relating to 'Project Moon Dust'.
If you wish to pursue your enquiries at the Public Record Office, the address is as follows;
Public Record Office
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW94DU
Tel: 020 8876 3444
Fax: 020 8878 8905
Yours sincerely,