"A Taste of Freedom" (Security Clearance)

HC Deb 31 July 1964 vol 699 cc438-9W

Captain Kerby

asked the Secretary of State for Defence, in view of the fact that parts of its subject matter were wartime secrets of M.I.9, whether the manuscript of the book, "A Taste of Freedom", by Robert Jackson, was submitted to his Department and passed for security clearance; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Ramsden

No. In November, 1962, the author submitted an article which he said he intended for publication in three instalments in a newspaper, and he was told that there was no objection on security grounds to its publication. This article has been extensively drawn on for one of the chapters in this book.