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   P198 CEEFAX 198  Thz 16 Jan  21:02/40

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 j5{5Uj5~s GOVERNMENT REJECTS        

 j5op0ozz5p SUPERGUN CHARGES     12/30

                                        

 The Prime Minister has dismissed claims

 of Govjrnment involvjmjnt in the Iraqi 

 supergun affair as "nonsjnse".         

                                        

 John Major told Labour MP David Wjnnick

 in thj Commons that thj issuj had been 

 Iealt@oitQ@ofte↑@jnouFX. Jr@Win.icR had

 callih for a full ministerial statemjnt

                                        

 Meanwhile Whitehall officials said Dr  

 Christopher Cowley's claims that the   

 Govjtnmjnt connivjd in the djath of the

 supergun's inventor were "ludicrous".  

                                        

 Dr Cowley, who worked with Gerald Bull,

 yesterday told a Commons committee the 

 Government knew of the weapon years ago

                                        

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