Ultimatum to cabinet ministers in Huawei leak investigation
Dear Cabinet Office,
BACKGROUND:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Cabinet members who were at Tuesday’s National Security Council (NSC) have been sent an ultimatum by Whitehall’s most powerful official to confess or deny whether they leaked a controversial decision to allow Chinese telecoms firm Huawei to help build the UK’s 5G phone network.
Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill is understood to have written to those present and demanded that they tell him by 2pm on Thursday whether they were involved and would be willing to cooperate with an inquiry, prompting the five prime suspects to scramble to “categorically deny” that they were behind the leak."
REQUEST:
Disclose the ultimatum letters sent, and all replies.
Yours faithfully,
Edward Williams
CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI327949
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Dear FOI Team Mailbox,
I would like to resubmit the request as of 7.30pm today as the deadline for submitting responses was 2pm and I made my request before 2. My bad.
Also, I would like a full list of all those who attended the meeting.
"Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill is understood to have written to those present and demanded that they tell him by 2pm on Thursday whether they were involved and would be willing to cooperate with an inquiry, prompting the five prime suspects to scramble to “categorically deny” that they were behind the leak."
Yours sincerely,
Edward Williams
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Dear Cabinet Office,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Cabinet Office's handling of my FOI request 'Ultimatum to cabinet ministers in Huawei leak investigation'.
You asked for an extension and today was the reply date. Check your records please.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/u...
Yours faithfully,
Edward Williams
Please find attached further information regarding your recent FOI request
Regards
FOI Team
Room 405
70 Whitehall,
London, SW1A 2AS
Email – [1][Cabinet Office request email]
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Dear Cabinet Office,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Cabinet Office's handling of my FOI request 'Ultimatum to cabinet ministers in Huawei leak investigation'.
You have not replied in a reasonable time.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/u...
Yours faithfully,
Edward Williams
Please find attached the reply to your FOI request
Regards
FOI Team
Room 405
70 Whitehall,
London, SW1A 2AS
E-mail -[1][Cabinet Office request email]
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Dear Cabinet Office,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Cabinet Office's handling of my FOI request 'Ultimatum to cabinet ministers in Huawei leak investigation'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/u...
Yours faithfully,
Edward Williams
CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: IR327949
Dear EDWARD WILLIAMS
Thank you for your request for an internal review. Your request was
received on 15/8/2019 and is being dealt with under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely,
Knowledge and Information Management Unit
Cabinet Office
E: [1][Cabinet Office request email]
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Please find attached the reply to your IR request
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London, SW1A 2AS
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