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Dear Michael Dobson

On behalf of Hon Murray McCully thank you for your Official Information Act request of 31 August 2016.

You will receive a reply within 20 working days as required by the Act.

Yours sincerely
Sarah Boyce
Office of Hon Murray McCully

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From: Michael Dobson [mailto:[FOI #4528 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2016 3:01 p.m.
To: M McCully (MIN)
Subject: Official Information request - Legality of the importation of phosphate from Western Sahara

Dear Minister of Foreign Affairs,

I refer to your letter of 3 May 2016 to Michael Barton, subsequently made public by him, regarding New Zealand's phosphate imports. In that letter you state:

"Our understanding is that New Zealand companies importing phosphate from Western Sahara are doing so in accordance with international law."

I hereby request any and all written information relied upon in making this statement, including but not limited to:

any legal advice, whether generated within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade or obtained externally, relied upon in making this statement; and

any assessment of the factual situation prevailing in Moroccan controlled-Western Sahara relied upon in making this statement.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Dobson

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Dear Mr Dobson

 

Please find attached correspondence from Hon Murray McCully in response to
your Official Information Act request of 31 August 2016.

 

Yours sincerely

Sarah Boyce

Office of Hon Murray McCully

 

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