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CONTENTS

Volume One
PART 1

SECTION A	INTRODUCTION

Chapter One	Introduction
Chapter Two	The Institution of the Inquiry
Chapter Three	Terms of Reference

SECTION B	PROCEDURES

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

SECTION C	THE EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM

Chapter One	Government Powers under the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939
	Background - Pre 1939	Cl.l
	The 1939 Act	C1.20
	The Use of the 1939 Act after the Cessation of Hostilities	C1.28
	The Import and Export Control Act 1990	C1.66
	Export Control Orders	C1.122

Chapter Two	Export Licensing Procedures
	The Department of Trade and Industry	C2.3
	The Ministry of Defence	C2.20
	The Foreign & Commonwealth Office	C2.39
	Licences	C2.50
	Open Individual Export Licences and Open General Export Licences	C2.52
	Temporary Licences	C2.58
	Interdepartmental Procedures	C2.63
	The Security Export Controls Working Party	C2.66
	The Restricted Enforcement Unit	C2.67
	The Working Group on Iraqi Procurement	C2.73

Chapter Three	The Role of Customs & Excise in Export Control
	General	C3.1
	The Customs & Excise Management Act 1979	C3.11
	Customs Exports Procedures	C3.66

PART 2

SECTION D	ARMS AND DEFENCE-RELATED EXPORTS TO IRAQ

Chapter One	The Howe Guidelines
	The Introduction of the Howe Guidelines	D1.3
	Sales to Iran	D1.5
	Sales to Iraq	D1.10
	The Discussions Leading up to the Howe Guidelines	D1.17
	The Procedures Instituted to Implement the Howe Guidelines	D1.95
	The MOD Working Group	D1.103
	The Interdepartmental Committee	D1.116
	The Foreign & Commonwealth Office	D1.124
	The Ministry of Defence	D1.126
	The Department of Trade and Industry	D1.142
	The Announcement of the Howe Guidelines	D1.145

Chapter Two	Applications of the Guidelines in the period December 1984 to August 1988
	Introduction	D2.1
	The Visit to London of Tariq Aziz	D2.3
	The Ministerial Meeting on 19 June 1986	D2.9
	US Arms Shipments to Iran	D2.19
	The Ministerial Meeting on 3 March 1987	D2.23
	Availability of Supplies from Foreign Sources	D2.24
	The Policy of Impartiality and Even-handedness	D2.27
	Publicity	D2.30
	Licensing Procedures and Cryptographic Equipment	D2.37
	The Effect of Iranian Attacks on Shipping in the Gulf	D2.40
	Temporary Licences	D2.46
	Defence Attache Reports	D2.52
	ECGD Arrangements	D2.65
	Specific Cases
	The Repair Waiver	D2.122
	Hovercraft	D2.126
	Helicopters	D2.140
	Small Boats	D2.148
	The Integrated Weapons Complex	D2.168
	The Iraqi Naval Base at Basra	D2.180
	Radar	D2.185
	Power Drives	D2.194
	Night Vision Equipment	D2.200
	Cymbeline Radar	D2.209
	Land Rovers (military use)	D2.211
	Armoured Recovery Vehicle Spares	D2.218
	Tank Track Links	D2.229
	Engines for Viper MK22/9 Aircraft	D2.231
	Avon Engines for Hunter Aircraft	D2.232
	Chemical Warfare Precursors and Equipment	D2.239
	Machine Tools	D2.260
	Lethal Defence Equipment	D2.360
	Tripod Engineering Ltd	D2.362
	Computer Systems	D2.403
	Quickfire Artillery Fire Control System	D2.411
	Public Statements of Government Policy on Exports to Iraq	D2.419
	Summary	D2.427

Chapter Three	Defence Sales Policy after the Cease-Fire
	The Effect of the Cease-fire on the Guidelines	D3.1
	The Effect of the Salman Rushdie Affair	D3.66
	Procedural Changes	D3.126
	Exchange of Ministers	D3.132
	Progress Towards a Review of the Guidelines	D3.140
	The Iraq Note	D3.152
	Guidelines for the Export of Defence Equipment for Exhibitions	D3.166
	ECGD Policy after the Cease-fire	D3.172
	Guidelines for Military Training	D3.186

Chapter Four	Government Statements on Defence Sales Policy After the Cease-fire
	Letters from the FCO in 1989	D4.1
	Letters from the MOD in 1989	D4.17
	1990 Letters	D4.22
	Answers to PQs	D4.25

Volume Two

SECTION D	CONTINUED

Chapter Five	Iraqi Arms and Defence Equipment Procurement after the Cease-fire
	The November 1987 Report and its Consequences	D5.2
	Dr Habobi	D5.5
	Information about Iraqi Procurement after the Cease-fire	D5.25
	Lieut-Colonel Glazebrook's Iraq Arms Manufacture Paper	D5.64

Chapter Six	Specific Export Licence Applications after the Cease-fire
	Hawk	D6.1
	The Hawk Project and Mr David Hastie	D6.29
	Machine Tools:
	Temporary Licences for November 1988 Baghdad Trade Fair	D6.55
	ELAs November 1988 to February 1989	D6.73
	ELAs November 1989	D6.107
	ELAs for Temporary Licences in 1989 and 1990	D6.194
	ELAs -1990	D6.221
	Computer Systems	D6.269
	Thermal Imagers and Night Vision Equipment	D6.290
	Consarc Engineering Limited: Vacuum Furnaces	D6.312
	Polibur Engineering LTD	D6.337
	Badger Catalytic Limited	D6.343
	Terrafix Limited	D6.348
	PD Technical Mouldings Limited	D6.359
	PMK Electronic Consultants LTD	D6.370
	Depleted Uranium - Amersham International Limited and Testrade Limited	D6.388
	Marconi Command and Control Systems Limited and Marconi Company Limited	D6.406
	Plessey Radar Limited: Radar Jammer	D6.428
	Marconi and Ferranti Air Defence Training Simulators	D6.437
	Marconi Command and Control Systems ST800 Series Instrumentation Radar System	D6.449
	Marconi Secure Radio Systems: GR 083 ACT Mobile Digital Radio Communication System	D6.455
	Explosive Bolts	D6.468
	Postscript	D6.485

Chapter Seven	Other Allegations of Illegal Arms Exports to Iraq
	Royal Ordnance I	D7.1
	Ammunition Boxes found in Iraq and Kuwait	D7.6
	Propellant and Weapons Cartels	D7.10
	Consideration of Royal Ordnance's Proposal to Export a Rocket Plant to Iraq	D7.16
	Information Supplied by Mr Gumbley to the MOD	D7.20
	Global Technical and Management Services International LTD	D7.24
	Background to the Inquiry's Investigation of Global	D7.24
	Embassy Involvement	D7.28
	Customs Investigation	D7.35
	Terex Equipment LTD	D7.45
	Astra Holdings plc/British Manufacture and Research Company Limited/Astra Pyrotechnics Limited	D7.56
	Twin 30mm Naval Gun	D7.60
	Baghdad International Exhibition	D7.63
	Diversionary Routes	D7.69
	35 mm Ammunition to Iraq via Cyprus	D7.71
	Project Lisi	D7.75
	Booster Pellets	D7.80
	Skyguard Air Defence Systems and training of Gun Crews	D7.83
	The Briefing for Mr Clark	D7.92
	Letter from Mr Aitken to Mr James dated 8 March 1985	D7.93
	Astra Pyrotechnics LTD	D7.95

Chapter Eight	Summary

SECTION E	DIVERSIONARY ROUTES

Chapter One	Introduction
Chapter Two	Jordan
Chapter Three	Egypt
Chapter Four	Kuwait
Chapter Five	The United Arab Emirates
Chapter Six	Saudi Arabia

Chapter Seven	Austria and Portugal
	Austria	E7.1
	Portugal	E7.4

Chapter Eight	Open Individual Export Licences

Chapter Nine	Marconi Underwater Systems Limited - Stonefish Mines
	Background	E9.1
	AWP Application of 13 June 1988	E9.6
	AWP Application of 12 September 1988	E9.8
	British Government Knowledge of the Connection between Cardoen and Iraq	E9.10
	Technical Description of Stonefish Mines	E9.13
	Revalidation of AWP Clearance dated 4 April 1990	E9.16
	Telex of 23 August 1990	E9.18
	Parliamentary Question: Defence Sales to Chile	E9.26

Chapter Ten	Ordnance Technologies Limited
	The Connection between Allivane, Aerotechnology and Ordtec	E10.2
	The Contract between Ordtec and SRC	E10.3
	The Licences	E10.7
	Allivane - Ordtec	E10.12
	The Exports	E10.19
	Information available to Government about Ordtec	E10.24
	Termination of Contact between Mr Grecian and the Intelligence Agencies	E10.56

Volume Three

SECTION F	SUPERGUN

Chapter One	Limitations on the Scope of the Report

Chapter Two	Government Knowledge - November 1987 until December 1988
	November 1987 to June 1988	F2.1
	June - August 1988	F2.18
	Sir Hal Miller and the 'Third Agency'	F2.29
	Forgemasters (July 1988)	F2.73
	The Resuscitation of the Walter Somers' Order in August 1988	F2.77
	November 1988	F2.86
	Mr I4 and the Customs	F2.98
	Propellant contract	F2.100
	Frank Machon	F2.101

Chapter Three	Government Knowledge - January 1989 until December 1989
	Revival of Interest in the Gun Project in Mid 1989	F3.1
	Hadland Photonics LTD	F3.7
	Astra Holdings Plc	F3.19
	Mr Grecian	F3.31
	Mr Henderson	F3.75
	Action by Intelligence Agencies and by the Government	F3.79
	Sir Hal Miller (June and August 1989)	F3.91
	Forgemasters Engineering (1989)	F3.93

Chapter Four	Government Knowledge - January 1990 until April 1990
	The Events Leading to the Seizure of the Forgings	F4.2
	The third Walter Somers contract (Sir Hal Miller)	F4.22
	The Statement to the House of Commons by Mr Ridley	F4.26
	Sir Patrick Mayhew and Sir Hal Miller	F4.45
	Sir Hal Miller and Mr Patrick Blackshaw of Customs	F4.50
	Mr Harding and Mr Primrose: Evidence to TISC	F4.54
	Government Answers to PQs about Supergun	F4.67
	What went wrong?	F4.80

PART 3

SECTION G	THE MATRIX CHURCHILL CASE

Chapter One	Introduction
Chapter Two	The Commencement of the Customs investigation
Chapter Three	The Investigation prior to the Arrests
Chapter Four	The Arrests
Chapter Five	The Investigation from the time of (16 October 1990) Arrests to the Laying of Charges (19 February 1991)

Chapter Six	Events Leading up to the Committal Hearing
	Witness statements and interviews with witnesses	G6.17

Chapter Seven	The Committal Proceedings
Chapter Eight	The Sunday Telegraph Article

Chapter Nine	Disclosure of Documents to the Prosecution by Government Departments and Agencies
	The DTI	G9.8
	The FCO	G9.9
	The MOD	G9.11

Chapter Ten	Disclosure of documents to the Defence
	The General Principles	G10.1
	The Government's Approach to Disclosure of Documents to the Defence	G10.13

Chapter Eleven	The Preparation of PII Certificates for use at the Committal

Chapter Twelve	Voluntary Disclosure and the Defence Requests for Discovery
	The Minutes of the Inter-Departmental Committee	G12.14
	Mr Henderson's Contacts	G12.20
	Minutes of meetings with MTTA and resulting communications	G12.21
	The "Martin Ford" Report	G12.22
	Who was responsible for the inaccurate Reply?	G12.34

Chapter Thirteen	The Preparation of the PII Certificates
	Mr Lilley	G13.5
	Mr Clarke's first PII Certificate	G13.7
	Mr Garel-Jones' PII Certificate	G13.18
	Mr Rifkind's PII Certificate	G13.37
	Mr Heseltine's PII Certificate	G13.51
	The 10 September 1992 meeting	G13.76
	Mr Heseltine's Second PII Certificate	G13.81
	Mr Needham and Baroness Denton	G13.87
	Mr Clarke's Second PII Certificate	G13.88
	Mr Leithead's Approach to the PII Certificates	G13.90
	The Attorney General's Approach to the PII Certificates	G13.99
	The PII Certificates: Summary	G13.103
	The Instructions to Mr Moses for the PII Hearing Before Judge Smedley	G13.104

Chapter Fourteen	The PII Hearing
	The DTI	G14.21
	The MOD	G14.24
	The FCO	G14.27

Chapter Fifteen	Further Discovery following the PII Rulings
Chapter Sixteen	The Defendant's Requests for Evidence from Ministers

Chapter Seventeen	The Trial
	Mr Moses' Opening	G17.1
	The Witnesses' Evidence	G17.11
	The Collapse of the Trial	G17.30

Chapter Eighteen	Matrix Churchill: A Post-Mortem
	The Investigation	G18.2
	The Legal Basis of the Prosecution	G18.13
	Disclosure of Documents to the Defence	G18.36
	The Public Interest Immunity Claims	G18.43

Volume Four

SECTION H	THE OTHER MACHINE TOOL PROSECUTIONS

Chapter One	The BSA Tools Case
	Introduction	H1.1
	The Investigation	H1.5
	The Charges	H1.21
	The Preparation of the Case for Trial	H1.25
	The Withdrawal of the Prosecution	H1.32
	Summary and Post-mortem	H1.44

Chapter Two	The Wickman Bennett Case
	Introduction	H2.1
	The Investigation	H2.4
	Institution of Proceedings	H2.21
	The Compounding of the Proceedings	H2.35

Chapter Three	Contractors 600 LTD/600 Services LTD

PART 4

SECTION J	OTHER PROSECUTIONS

Chapter One	The Prosecution of Mr Cowley and Mr Mitchell (The Supergun Prosecutions)
	The Reasons why the Prosecutions were Discontinued	J1.2
	Treasury Counsel's First Written Opinion	J1.17
	The Attorney General and Sir Brian Unwin	J1.35
	Record of Grounds for a Search under Section 18 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984	J1.47
	Customs' Briefing of the Minister of State at the Treasury and the Minister of State's letter to Sir Hal Miller dated 8 April 1991	J1.57

Chapter Two	Contractors 600

Chapter Three	The Microwave Modules Case
	The Investigation	J3.1
	Compounding of the Offence	J3.7

Chapter Four	The Euromac Case

Chapter Five	The Dunk Case
	Introduction	J5.1
	Background	J5.5
	First Contact with the Iraqi and Jordanian Embassies	J5.10
	Further Contact with the Iraqi and Jordanian Embassies	J5.15
	The Appeal	J5.22

Chapter Six	The Ordtec Prosecution and Appeal
	The Investigation: 1990	J6.1
	Discovery and Disclosure of Documents to the Defence	J6.19
	Customs Knowledge of the Defence/s likely to be Employed	J6.47
	Adequacy of the Discovery Exercise	J6.49
	Public Interest Immunity Claims	J6.59
	Application for a Stay of the Indictment	J6.70
	The Changes of Plea and Sentencing	J6.75
	The Ordtec Appeal	J6.77
	Grounds for Appeal	J6.78
	Search for Relevant Documents for Purposes of the Appeal	J6.79
	Voluntary Disclosure of Documents to the Defence	J6.81
	PII Claims for the Purposes of the Appeal	J6.84
	Mr Hurd's Main Certificate	J6.85
	Mr Howard and Deputy Assistant Commissioner Howley's Certificates	J6.87
	Analysis of the PII Claims	J6.91
	The Appeal	J6.93
	Post-mortem	J6.94

Chapter Seven	Spark Gaps and Gyroscopes

SECTION K	RECOMMENDATIONS

Chapter One	Inquiry Procedures
Chapter Two	The Power of Government to Control Exports
Chapter Three	Export Licensing Procedures

Chapter Four	The Role of Customs and Excise in Export Control
	Customs as a Prosecuting Authority	K4.6
	The relationship between Customs ID and Customs Solicitor's Office	K4.12

Chapter Five	Prosecution Procedures
	Documents Held by Other Government Departments	K5.1

Chapter Six	Public Interest Immunity in Criminal Cases
Chapter Seven	Use of Intelligence by Government Departments
Chapter Eight	Ministerial Accountability

Volume Five

Appendix A

Part A	Schedule of Export Licence Applications 1984 - 1990 submitted by the Department of Trade and Industry to the Inquiry on 6 December 1995.
Part B	Closing Statements made by Permanent Secretaries on behalf of Government Departments.

Part C	ASTRA HOLDINGS PLC/BMARC
C1	Correspondence between the Inquiry and the Ministry of Defence concerning the non-submission to the Inquiry of Astra Holdings Plc/BMARC documents seized by the Ministry of Defence Police (31 March 1995 - 4 May 1995).
C2	Correspondence between the Inquiry and the Ministry of Defence concerning the discovery and inspection of further documents seized by the Ministry of Defence Police (16 June 1995 - 2 August 1995).
C3	The inspection of Astra Holdings Plc/BMARC documents.