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Two bombs went of in Guildford on 5. October 1974

Police , the 1974 Guildford pub bombings "seized" the archives and destroying some of them can be seen, a memo That claimed by the BBC.

The Records in Surrey History Centre were gathered, through retired officers, and deposited with ex-Ch Supt Bob Bartlett.

the correspondence, said one file, dated 1967-74, for the year of the bombs, had information about the wanted persons, but "to be destroyed" on the retention.

Surrey Police said it had no papers, was destroyed, and the files would be checked.

Five people were killed and 65 injured in The Ira attack and 11 people were wrongly convicted and spent up to 15 years in prison.

for decades, to have questions raised about The Police investigation, no-one have been prosecuted.

lawyers representing The Family of the victim, Ann Hamilton and survivor Yvonne Tagg in the Guildford pub bombings, inquest said, when files were maintained, or marked to be closed, for the destruction, it has "serious concerns".

Four soldiers and a civilian were killed in The First explosion, at The Horse and groom

correspondence given by the BBC, The Police said, "in the Surrey History Centre bombings of Guildford related material can be prepared, because it is an inquest".

she said, she "seized me" files on 14 November, runs for terrorist attacks and other "diverse material" in the pension age certificates, photos of operations, space and budgets, together with information about a rabies warning and disturbance in the landscape, without consultation with Mr. Bartlett, who is the site.

It is also claimed "archivists felt compelled to meet with The Police ," and went on to criticize the movement as "over-Interpretation of The Law " and "over-zealous".

The papers include an Annex setting out reasons, by the Surrey Police for the recording of the documents, citing data protection regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act of 2018, the management of Police information (MoPI), The Public Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act and other guidance.

files as taken back a major incident included the manual from the 1970s; photographs of the interior and exterior of the bombed-out pubs; and a file from the 1973-75 cover measures to deal with igniter, all of which were closed and now, apparently, retained for 100 years.

An open file with four photos of the pub-bombing-scene of war and photographer of Fleet Street -journalist Terry Fincher was listed as well as maintained, while the power is tested, whether he will work for you.

Mr Fincher ' s daughter, Jayne Barlow, who keeps his work in a separate archive, said he was working for The Police .

'Bank secrecy and tax evasion'

Christopher Stanley of KRW law, said: "If files in the Public Domain , which would have closed any relevance or importance for the pub bombings in Guildford, Woolwich and Birmingham , or The Ira bombing campaign in England, which are maintained in 1973 and 1975, in General, or marking them for destruction by the Surrey Police , or other authority, then this is a matter of serious concern.

"we need These files to be independently assessed their relevance, if at all, to the continuation of the investigation and further investigations and studies are in progress or in The Future - for example, the current live investigation into the Birmingham pub bombings undertaken by the West Midlands Police . "

He said The Material may have probative force, to answering questions about The Conflict in Northern Ireland was to be destroyed, maintained or closed by the agencies of The State .

"represents The Practice of a corporate culture of Bank secrecy and tax evasion robs the families of the victims of The Conflict and the survivors on the possibility of truth and reconciliation," he said.

This month, it is also the Home Office had, in a movement, the activists said, was "a disgrace".

the continuation of The inquiry has also heard That Surrey Police .

of The wrongly convicted Guildford Four, served 15 years in prison

a Retired lawyer Alastair Logan, said the injustice-represented Guildford locked up in Four, The Police had in effect confiscated Private Property and the basis, she claims, to allow for the seizure of the files That are required to legally check.

He said the file 1967-74 was evidently intended for the destruction to be relevant could, in the investigation, and the history of the role of the bomb attacks in Guildford and adds: "There seems to be no public control over what happened. "

"the file point to other people as the Guildford Four, the potential perpetrators - we don't know," he said.

"What is controversial is, if it is to show That advance knowledge could be prevented, the crime - That would be extremely important for The Coroner . "

On this special file, the full reason for the withdrawal given in the note, breach of the GDPR and unknown was: "if MoPI 1. This information will be destroyed under MoPi guideline, if it has achieved retention. "

The total number of files, the assignment is not known, but those listed as withdrawn, nine were invited by the BBC on 26 September, when it was founded, many of Mr Bartlett's files were in the archives closed.

That the request has been passed to the Surrey History Centre, but a revised application, in the meantime, Surrey submitted by Police , to see day book entries from the year 1974.

The was BBC, the view, first-hand records of The Police activity on The Night of the bombing, after hearing of Charles King , whose son Rob, a reporter, working for daily Newspapers, it was on The Scene and inventory, The First explosion happened 20 Minutes earlier than the time specified.

The bombs killed five people, injured 65 and saw 11 wrongly convicted

A statement issued by The Force said: "Surrey Police recognises the importance of the inclusion of information from historical value, and is working closely with the Surrey History Centre to promote and support the archiving of material where it is legal. "

he said, It came to light Last Summer That , in addition to material deposited by Surrey Police through an agreed process, the other material collected by retired officers made was directly from a former officer.

The Statement said: "The Material generated in the course of employment with the Surrey Police , should be submitted to the Information Management team, assess and determine whether it is suitable for archiving.

"the submission of material does not meet directly at an archive of our statutory obligations. As the owner of this material and the data controller, Surrey Police strict guidelines is subject to. "

the Surrey Police archivists, met last September to recommend That the dignity of The Collection would have to be removed and examined and the centre agreed to the removal of "up to date" on 14 November, it said.

"no material has been destroyed," added The Statement . "It will be tested to far against the relevant legal requirements and, where possible, back to the story. "

He said each of the materials was to remain within the retention must be in The Possession of Surrey Police .

A spokesman for the Surrey Police and crime Commissioner (PCC) said: "We were informed That very little of The Material in question relates to the Guildford pub bombings.

"The PCC is satisfied with The Action , Surrey Police , who was the owner of this material, quite appropriately, to ensure The Force meets its statutory obligations. "

Surrey County Council the Surrey History Centre, said it was not commenting on his point.

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