HC Deb 27 April 2001 vol 367 c422W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will release to the Public Record Office the(a) cryptographic memorandum No. 101 JNA 10 Naval Attache Code and Additive Cypher and (b) cryptographic memorandum No. 119 of June 1946, The JN 11 Cyphers. [158992]

Mr. Robin Cook

[holding answer 26 April 2001]These memoranda underwent sensitivity reviews in 1999 and, on the basis of those reviews, will continue to be withheld for the foreseeable future.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will release to the Public Record Office the(a) report on the interrogation of Lt. Frowein of OKM/4SKL/111 on his work on the security of the German naval four-wheel Enigma (TICOM 1–38), (b) OKW/Chi cryptanalytic research Enigma, Hagelin and cipher teleprinter machines (TICOM 1–45), (c) paper by Dr. Otto Buggisch of OKH/In7/V1 and OKW/Chi on TYPEX (TICOM 1–66), (d) first part of the report by Wm Buggisch on SG41 (TICOM 1–72), (e) translations of joint report made by doctors Huettenhain, Fricke on the Zaehlwerk Enigma (TICOM 1–77) and (f) further statement on Typex by Huettenhain, Fricke and Mettig (TICOM 1–61). [158991]

Mr. Robin Cook

[holding answer 26 April 2001]The reports in question will undergo a sensitivity review in about 18 months time. If they are deemed releasable, and are accepted by the Public Record Office, they will be made available to the public in about two years from now.