HC Deb 12 July 1989 vol 156 c553W
Mr. Churchill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now authorise the release through the Public Records Office of the special operations executive records from the second world war; and why none of these records has been made public to date.

Mr. Eggar

No. Established criteria provide for certain records to be retained or closed for periods longer than 30 years under appropriate sections of the Public Records Act 1958 as amended.

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