John Major confirmed the secret evidence files into the affair should be withheld until 2063. But the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, intervened. Allan wrote to the prime minister, warning: “This is very tricky. On reading the official note of the meeting, which was to be sent to McKellen afterwards, Major wrote: “I am not sure it is fully Sun-proofed. Of course we mustn’t settle,” Major wrote on an official briefing paper on the case.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2018 06:56 UTC