D709 3/16/13/2 - File of papers concerning shooting outside Libyan Embassy - Mar 1984-Mar 1985

File of correspondence, news cuttings, notes of telephone conversations, MS notes and other papers concerning the events surrounding the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy, St James Square, London on 17 Apr 1984, including:

Summary:

File of correspondence, news cuttings, notes of telephone conversations, MS notes and other papers concerning the events surrounding the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy, St James Square, London on 17 Apr 1984, including:

  • letter from David Owen to Margaret Thatcher calling for independent enquiry into the events, 28 Apr 1984, with Margaret Thatcher's reply
  • correspondence and papers concerning possible relation between the act and the arrest of Libyan Mohammed Shabli on a drugs charge in December 1983, including correspondence with former associate of Shabli, Richard Sammons and correspondence with Margaret Thatcher concerning the case
  • correspondence and notes concerning British detainees held without charge in Libya, including letters from relatives of detainees, correspondence with Margaret Thatcher discussing plight of the detainees and situation of other Britons in Libya
  • correspondence, notes and news cuttings concerning eye-witness account of the shooting by David Scott-Johnson
  • and correspondence concerning article about the shooting written by Arthur J. Goldberg.
Date:Mar 1984-Mar 1985
Reference Number:D709 3/16/13/2
Related Material:For further material concerning the Libyan Embassy shooting see also personal policy file at D 709 3/16/10/2. For material relating to diplomatic relations between Britain and Libya see personal policy file at D 709 3/16/03/10.