Request for copies of Note no A295/17 dated 21 December 2017 and all related communications on the subject

The request was refused by Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

Please provide copy of Note no A295/17 dated 21 December 2017 and all related communications on the subject.

The document is already made public (albeit hardly legible) by Mr Rafael Satter of the Associated Press on 17 October 2018 , at URL https://www.apnews.com/3728e1631d57454a9... (see Annex 19)

Yours faithfully,

Emmy Butlin

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dear Emily Butlin,

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 05 November 2018 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following date of receipt.

Yours sincerely

Central FoI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

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Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

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Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

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Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request. We apologise that our reply is taking longer than anticipated.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Dear FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

Thank you for our letter of 31st of January 2019 where you confirm that : " the Foreign and Commonwealth Office does hold information falling within the terms of your request" You also say "we have not yet reached a decision on where the balance of the public interest lies" referring to the exception "International Relations" and advising me that a response may be provided to me on 28th of February 2019.

If you are unable to satisfy my request in its entirety, you may perhaps partially fulfil it by releasing a quality copy of Note A295/17.

I would for the record like to bring forth the following argument for your consideration when you weigh up the public interest. The poor quality of document A295/17 as published by AP gives rise to speculation that it may have been tampered with prior to publication. In that case a misrepresentation of the position of the British government on the issue cannot be ignored.

Yours sincerely,

Emmy Butlin

FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

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Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request. We apologise that our reply is taking longer than anticipated.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

1 Attachment

Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request. We apologise that our reply is taking longer than anticipated.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

1 Attachment

Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request. We apologise that our reply is taking longer than anticipated.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

1 Attachment

Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request. We apologise that our reply is taking longer than anticipated.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

1 Attachment

Dear Ms Butlin,

Please find attached an interim response to your FOI request. We apologise that our reply is taking longer than anticipated.

Regards
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),

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Dear Emily Butlin,

Please find attached our reply to your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Yours sincerely

Central FoI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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