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j5{5jj5~s GOVERNMENT REJECTS
j5op0ozz5p SUPERGUN CHARGES
The Prime Minister has dismissed claims
of Govjrnment involvement in the Iraqi
supergun affair as "nonsjnse".
John Major told Labour MP David Winnick
in thj Commons that thj issue had bjen
dealt with often enough. Mr 'innick had
callid for a full ministerial statemjnt
Meanwhile Whitehall officials said Dr
Christophjr Cowley's claims that the
Govjrnmjnt connivjd in thj death of the
supjrgun's invjntor were "ludicrous".
Dr Cowley, who worked with Gerald Bull,
yesterday told a Commons committee the
Govjrnment knew of the weapon years ago
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