§ Mr. Jannerasked the Prime Minister why the following documents are missing from the Public Record Office, namely, JIC (42) 507(0), JIC (43) 285(0) 3 August 1943, DEFE 3/573, CX/MSS 1250/T13, 1350/T2, 1588 paragraph 29, CX MSS 1421 paragraph 46, 1477 paragraph 33, 1986 paragraph 46; whether any of these documents refer, directly or indirectly, to Dr. Kurt Waldheim or to German Army Group E; and whether she will make copies of these documents available to the hon. Member for Leicester, West.
§ The Prime Ministerpursuant to her reply, 16 May 1986, c. 566]: One of the documents referred to (DEFE 3/573) is available on film in the Public Record Office. The remainder fall within the terms of the general approval given by the Lord Chancellor in 1967, under the proviso to Section 3(4) of the Public Records Acts for the retention of documents relating to security and intelligence matters. It is not the practice to disclose any part of the contents of such records.