Information Held by DFAT on the Iran Hostage Crisis
Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
I am requesting any information held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the Iran Hostage Crisis in the Former US Embassy in Tehran (1979 – 1981) under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please include briefings, communication logs between any, if not all, of the following organisations:
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Australian Embassy in Tehran
- United States Department of State
- (Former) United States Embassy in Tehran
- Global Affairs Canada (formally known as Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development)
- Canadian Embassy in Tehran
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- New Zealand Embassy in Tehran
- New Zealand Honorary Consulate-General in Karachi
- United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- British Embassy in Tehran
relating to this incident.
Yours faithfully,
W Shih
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Shih,
Thank you for your below e-mail.
Please note that as they are over 30 years old, they are covered by the Archives Act 1983 (the Archives Act) rather than the FOI Act.
Should you wish, you may make an application under the Archives Act by writing directly to the National Archives of Australia (NAA). Your request for access under the Archives Act should be addressed to:
The National Archives of Australia
PO Box 7425
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610
www.naa.gov.au
Should you wish to request information held by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office, please contact it directly, via https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati....
Yours sincerely,
DFAT FOI Team
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Subject: NAA1000160112 Response to your reference inquiry [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 16:46:17 +1000
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Dear Mr Shih,
Thank you for your request to access records via the National Archives of Australia. Unfortunately I did not locate any direct reference to the Iran Hostage Crisis in the title searches I conducted via our RecordSearch database. Noting the nature of your request, I wish to clarify what is able to be offered by the National Archives reference service. The Archives is happy to assist you to learn the system of arrangement and give guidance on searching techniques. We may even do a little basic research suggesting certain places in the collection to look. However it is your responsibility to use the tools provided to identify records of interest to you. We are do not have the capability to conduct in-depth research for you.
Much of what you have requested we are unable to assist with. We can facilitate access to records created by the Australian Embassy in Tehran and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeCanberra Reading Room or Order Copies.
For much of the above, it helps if you Register as a Researcher. This allows you to submit access applications online directly from the item record in RecordSearch, if the item is not yet examined. Being registered also makes it easier when it comes to ordering records to the Reading Room.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,
Tim Mifsud
Reference Officer
National Reference Service
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:30:38 +1000
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