-Caveat Lector-
Wednesday, August 18, 1999 Published at 00:34 GMT 01:34 UK
Pentagon reopens Diana file
Pentagon reopens Diana file
Defence chiefs in the United States have agreed to reopen intelligence files
to look for references to Diana, Princess of Wales, following a request from
Harrods boss Mohamed al-Fayed.
Mr al-Fayed has long suspected that the crash that killed Diana and his son
Dodi in Paris in August 1997 was orchestrated by British and US intelligence
agencies.
He says he is 99% sure it was not an accident but maintains he is
"open-minded".
Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon confirmed on Tuesday that Robert Tyrer,
chief of staff to Defence Secretary William Cohen, is to review the
documents.
But he pointed out they had already been examined last May and provided no
information useful to the investigating judge in France, Herve Stephan.
'Paparazzi not to blame'
The move comes after the office of France's state prosecutor confirmed it had
recommended dropping charges against nine paparazzi and a motorcycle courier
in connection with Diana's death.
Judge Stephan, who is investigating the accident, is expected to announce
within the next few weeks the findings of his two-year inquiry.
Mr al-Fayed obtained the assurance from the Pentagon after making an approach
via former US Senator George Mitchell, the man who brokered the Good Friday
peace agreement in Northern Ireland.
Mr al-Fayed's spokesman said: "We made the request, which appears to have
been accepted, and we understand through our lawyers in Washington that there
will be a new inspection of security files which we hope will be helpful in
the Paris inquiry.
"Mr al-Fayed has always hoped that people will be open minded about what
happened in Paris.
'Consider the less obvious'
"People should not just look at the obvious but also consider topics that
might be less than obvious."
Last December, the US Government admitted Diana was mentioned on 1,056 pages
of intelligence documents compiled by the National Security Agency.
But they said the references were incidental and said she was never a target
of US intelligence operations.
Some conspiracy theories, floated on the Internet in the wake of the crash,
claim Diana and her lover were killed because they were about to announce
their engagement.
Conspiracy theorists hold that the British "establishment" could not
countenance the idea that a future head of state - Prince William - would
have a Muslim stepfather.
But the BBC's Washington correspondent, Gavin Hewitt, says the US Government
wants to demonstrate to the conspiracy theorists that it has no information
suggesting Diana's death was anything other than an accident.
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