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ICO case number allocated for FOIA complaint against FCO refusal to name expelled diplomats

By wtwu on October 24, 2007 8:03 AM | No Comments

The complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office about the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's refusal to divulge the names of the former Russian Federation and British diplomats who were expelled tit for tat, over the Polonium-210 radioactive murder of Alexander Litvinenko and the contamination of many locations in London last year, has been allocated a Case Number by the ICO.

Email complaint (and paper copy sent via postal mail) sent on 9th October 2007.
Case Number allocation acknowledgement email sent by ICO on 23rd October 2007

N.B.

Due to the volume of complaints we are receiving at present it may be several months before you hear from us.

See the FCO diplomatic expulsions polonium 210 murder affair archive for the detailed request.

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