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This Ministry of Defence file, released through The National Archives and published by The Black Vault, holds the MOD's 2002 handling of Dr David Clarke's requests for UFO documents under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. It includes the MOD's 9 December 2002 reply, which covered reports from 1976, 1980, 1993 and 1996 and charged £260. It also contains internal emails and file requisitions, plus Foreign Office and United Nations papers from 1978 on Grenada's proposal for UFO research.
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r -------------- ...:,_ __ - ·-- ~~-- -~-~...~:;;;---- . ,_. __ .,. (including the FRG Presidency and the United States) are making an effort to help Grenada off the hook if this can be done without cost to the UN. It must also be said, in fairness, that the Grenadan propos~l is no,more ridiculous than many other proposals before the UN. Indeed President Carter has in the past reportedly taken a personal interest in the subject of UFOs. The proposal· is at least not positively harmful to UK interests, whereas taking too strong and open a stand against Mr Gairy could be. Moreover, if we can help the Grenadans to reach a compromise, it could conceivably help us to persuade them to abstain on the vote on foreign economic and other interests in plenary (the Fourth Committee Resolution which inter alia strongly condems the UK and others for dealings with South Africa). 7. I !~£2mm~og that we instruct the Mission to continue to resist the original Grenadan proposal but to give discreet support to efforts by Western or other countries to postpone or reduce the scope and cost· of the Grenadan proposal as much as possible. I accordingly ~~2mi1 a draft telegram to UKMIS New York. 8. UND were consulted on UN aspects, and concur. 4 December 1978 c c: Mr Weir UND MECD· News Department T L Ri a·r~- Energy Science and Space Department E 024 233 5520 . . ...---
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