Bloody Sunday Inquiry

Sir, - If Lord Saville's enquiry into the killings in Derry on January 30th, 1972 is to have a less implausible outcome than …

Sir, - If Lord Saville's enquiry into the killings in Derry on January 30th, 1972 is to have a less implausible outcome than the late Lord Widgery's, he and his colleagues must be given, and be seen to be given, access to all pertinent testimonies. This is a matter in which the British culture of traditional secrecy is inapplicable.However, it is reported that official British medical records concerning the persons killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday in Derry are being withheld from the public until the year 2047. The ban on publication of the records must be lifted at once, so that quotations may be made in the published report upon the inquiry.Witnesses will also wish to read them before being summoned to the public hearings. Unless the documents are released for consultation, there is a danger that the objectivity of the inquiry will be called into question before it has even begun. - Yours, etc.,George Huxley(Hon Prof, TCD),(Member of the Executive,Northern Ireland CivilRights Association, 197172),Trinity College,Dublin 2.From Fr Patrick McCafferty, Holy Trinity, Belfast, BT11 8EL.20 Tel: 080 1232 590985. 20 28/1/9820