Recorded Delivery1st April 1969
Dear Sirs,
On at least five occasions, very probably many more,
the security authorities have interfered with friends or
acquaintances of mine and made defamatory remarks about
myself. The latest instance of this has just been brought
to my attention by the person concerned, and I must state
that I am getting fed up with hearing from my two
brothers in the R.A.F. (one now ex-R.A.F.), from people
like Professor
R V Jones, from my cousin Cordelia Carey
in the M o D, that they have been warned about me. As you
must surely know from your files, I am not a security
risk; I have never belonged to, or been affiliated or
inclined to, any political party other than the
Conservative Association at university. I am a writer,
pure and simple. My books, in so far as I obtain access
to official files within the closed period, are properly
vetted and passed for publication. There could be no
writer more orthodox than myself.
In
the past I have repeatedly shown myself to be on the side
of the security authorities. In 1963 I volunteered
information to Special Branch in connection with the
activities of
a Right Wing lunatic whom I considered to be a psychopath
and potentially dangerous (Chief Inspector Gilbert
of Special Branch will confirm this). I am 100-per cent
of British birth, and my Father
was a career officer in the Royal Navy.
If you have any reason for continuing to persecute me
by intimidating my acquaintances who happen to be in the
Services, and whose friend-ship I valued, I should
welcome an indication from you of what it is. If you have
not, I would be grateful if you would give me your
assurance that you will not repeat these despicable
threats, which are irritating to me and may well harm my
very livelihood. I repeat, I am not a security risk - but
if I do not hear a favourable reply from your Branch, I
shall feel obliged to protest to the Permanent
Under-Secretary, with a full file of details about your
interference with my friends.
Yours faithfully,
(David Irving)
Security Branch,
Ministry of Defence (RAF),
Adastral House,
Theobalds Road, WC1
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