§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the scripts of Army Information Services presentations at Commander Land Forces study days at Army Headquarters Northern Ireland from January 1975 to the current date.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 26 April 1988]: No.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of all printed material designed and printed at Army Headquarters Northern Ireland and disseminated to the public from 1972 to the current date.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 26 April 1988]: No. Comprehensive records of such published documents since 1972 could not be compiled without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions members of the Army Information Services have planted hoax bombs between 1973 and the current date; and whether such devices were subsequently dismantled by an Army explosive ordnance disposal team.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 26 April 1988]: I am aware of none. Such an act would not have been part of the duties of a member of the Army Information Services and would have been illegal.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if any members of the Army Information Services in Northern Ireland, including those involved in psychological operations, have ever carried or been involved in possession of captured terrorist weapons or explosives in public places from 1972 to the current date;
(2) if, from 1972 to the current date, members of the Army Information Services in Northern Ireland, have ever been asked to masquerade as members of paramilitary groups; and whether such activity included the carrying of captured terrorist weapons or explosives.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 26 April 1988]: I am aware of none.