Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 30 April 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 May 2018. It was answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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East Timor: Armed Conflict

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the confirmation by Paul Symon, the Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Sydney on 27 April, that Australia possesses intelligence records on Portuguese Timor for the period 1974–80, what recent representations they have made to the government of Australia to obtain further information about the deaths of the Balibo Five, including British citizens Brian Peters and Malcolm Rennie; and what was the outcome of any such representations.