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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
18 September 2014, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for a retained section of a report entitled 'Bahrain: Internal Political Situation 1977'. The FCO initially withheld this on the basis of section 27(1)(a) (international relations). During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the FCO provided the complainant with a redacted version of the report, relying on section 27(1)(a) and section 40(2) to withhold the redacted parts. The Commissioner has concluded that the redacted information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 27(1)(a) and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2014/0259 allowed in part.
FOI 27: Not upheld FOI 40: Not upheld