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Mykonos Trial: Request For Documents

Volume 571: debated on Tuesday 16 April 1996

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will translate and place in the Library of the House copies of the following three documents placed before the court in the Mykonos trial in Berlin: a report by the German Chancellor's office, released on 13th April 1994; a report by the German internal intelligence organisation BfV (Federal Department for the Protection of the Constitution); and a report by the German interior security organisation presented to the court on 19th December 1995; and whether they will also translate and place in the Library of the House transcripts of the evidence given by Herr Klaus Grunewald, Director-General of the "foreign extremism section" of the BfV.

The German authorities have informed us that they are not able to release the documents in question while the trial is still pending and the documents remain sub judice.