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    Fascism in action. Police and Home Office seize files.... Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on January 18, 2020, 7:03 am

    ....relating to the Guildford pub bombings. Innocent men were fitted up and jailed.

    An inquest is being resumed.

    Guildford pub bombings police 'seize fioed'
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-51142609

    'Police investigating the 1974 Guildford pub bombings have "seized" archives and may destroy some of them, a memo seen by the BBC has claimed.

    The records at Surrey History Centre were gathered by retired officers and deposited by ex-Ch Supt Bob Bartlett.'

    and

    'This month it also emerged the Home Office had taken more than 700 files out of The National Archives in a move that campaigners said was "a disgrace".

    The resumed inquest has also heard Surrey Police destroyed five boxes of police files "in error".'

    'Secrecy and evasion'

    Christopher Stanley, from KRW Law, said: "If files in the public domain which could have any relevance or significance to the pub bombings in Guildford, Woolwich and Birmingham - or the IRA bombing campaign in England between 1973 and 1975 generally - are being retained, closed or marked for destruction by the Surrey Police or other agency, then this is cause for serious concern.'

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    • Fascism in action. Police and Home Office seize files.... - Mary January 18, 2020, 7:03 am