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Room 8243, Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
(Fax)
Dr D W Clarke
Your Reference
Our Reference
DIDAS(Sec)6413/1
Dale
5 January 2001
Dear Dr Clarke,
Thank you for your letter of2 January enquiring about progress photocopying the material you
requested.
The task was finished on 21 December, the material reached this building between Christmas and
New Year and is now being packed for posting to you. I am not sure how many days it may take
to reach you and so, although I shall have a copy of this letter placed in the parcel, I am also
sending a separate copy to keep you informed.
You will receive the contents of:
AIR 2/18564 (PRO reference)
AIR 2/18873 (PRO reference)
AF/584 (MOD reference)
AF/3459/75 (MOD reference)
A number of'UFO' related documents on files DEFE 3119 and DEFE 44/1 have also been
photocopied and accompany the material listed above.
The work has taken 16 hours and 15 minutes to complete and, as indicated in my letter of 6
October, the first 4 are free of charge. The remaining 12 hours and 15 minutes, at £15.00 an hour,
result in a cost of£ 183.75. I would be grateful if you would let me have your crossed cheque,
made payable to ,Accounting Officer MOD", once all the material has reached you.
I apologise for the fact that I am still not able to reply to your request concerning the "additional
policy files 1968-81 ". If, by the middle of next week a response early in January seems unlikely I
shall let you know.
Finally, in your letter of 10 October, you asked about the possibility of a further search within
MOD files for DSIIJTIC Report Number 7. Unfortunately, there are not the resources to
undertake a full search of files stored in the MOD archives, which seems to be what you have in
mind. However, Records staff have, in recent years, seen many files in the course of an