1 - The Black Vault

LOOSE MINUTE
D/DAS(Sec)64/3
8 December 2000
DD Info(Exp)Rl
copy to: OMD14
DR CLARKE's REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO UFO FILES
Reference: D Info(Exp)R/3/7/8 dtd 16 Nov 00
1. Thank you for your minute at Reference in which you suggest that Dr Clarke might be asked to
pay a deposit in advance of work being undertaken on his behalf I am sorry not to have replied
sooner, unfortunately I was out of office unexpectedly and did not return until 6 December.
2. When I wrote to Dr Clarke on 6 October I mentioned two options to him. One was to copy a
larger body of information, costing approximately £330, the second option was estimated at some
£160. Dr Clarke accepted our offer to copy the smaller number of papers at around £160. As the
re-estimation recently made by you increases that latter sum by £3.50 only I do not think we can
now insist on a deposit, having made no mention of that possibility in the first place.
3. I would be grateful if you would now undertake the main task as Dr Clarke is expecting to hear
from us by the end of the year, with the photocopied papers. Who produces the invoice, perhaps
you would let me know?
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