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Ref: FOI 2019/01149
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Mr J Lloyd
28 Feb 2019
E-mail address:
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Dear Mr Lloyd,
Thank you for your correspondence of 28 January 2019 requesting the following information:
I wish to see a full of the document 'Project Zircon: communications satellite' (DEFE 68/1151)
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA). We apologise for the delay in replying.
I can confirm that the MOD holds this file but that Section 23 of the FOIA applies and therefore the
information will be withheld. Section 23 is an absolute exemption and does not require a Public
Interest Test.
If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling
of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not
possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by
contacting the Information Rights Compliance Team, 1st Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall,
SW1A 2HB (e-mail xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx). Please note that any request for an internal review must
be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has
come to an end.
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may make a complaint to the Information
Commissioner under the provisions of section 50 of the Act. Further details of the role and powers
of the Commissioner can be found on the website at:
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address is: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
DBSKI-RRFOI Team