2009 10 14 Bill Rammell MoD to G Farebrother re Netlap Visit, legality of Trident.pdf
This page is for correspondence with Ministries and their officials. Much of this will consist of letters to and fro which invite comment.
7 September 2009. Letter from Netlap to MoD following our Conference
6 October 2009 Letter from Bill Rammell at the MoD to Lesley Docksey about thermobaric weapons. A name change sorts out all the problems, according to the MoD.
14 October 2009. Letter from Bill Rammell at the MoD in answer to the above
14 October 2009 Extracts from The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict enclosed with the above
19 October 2009. Jenny Maxell disputed the use of the word "emotive" in connection with the nuclear weapons issue at our conference. Bill Rammell at the MoD responded:
"I am sorry that both you and your friend felt the use of the world "emotive" in my reply to your friend was rather dismissive. The use of the word "emotive" was designed to show that, whilst the debate should be grounded in fact and logic, the issue of nuclear weapons does arouse strong passions on both sides. It was certainly not intended to disrespect the arguments of your friend and I am sorry if she felt it had done so. I will ensure that the word "emotive" is not used in correspondence of this nature in future".
Jenny remarks: This last sentence seems to be a tiny victory but it will be interesting to see whether he means it!
26 October 2009 Final letter from Lesley Docksey to the above letter from the MoD. This is a model which may well become a test case for how well the Department lives up to the pormises in its letter of 14 October (above).
19 October 2009 Lesley Docksey to Bill Rammell re 6 October on thermobaric weapons
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