Tomorrow, July 14, 2019, Stichting Duik de Noordzee Schoon (foundation for keeping the North Sea clean) will return from a ten-day expedition to the North Sea that started on July 5, 2019. Part of this expedition is the search for the Dutch submarine Hr. Ms. O-13 who left Dundee, Scotland for Norway on June 12, 1940 to intercept German warships. According to Trouw, who discussed this with the chairman of Stichting Nabestaanden Onderzeeboten 1940-1945 (Committee of relatives of the crews of Submarines 1940-1945), Jan Spoelstra (78). If the Dutch submarine[…]
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Clarifying Wob request of 20 April 2018
Dear Director of Legislation and Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Thank you for your letter of 25 June 2019 regarding the non-processing of my Wob (FOI) request MT-2018-049 and a new deadline to clarify my Wob request ‘War graves’ MT-2018-034, both submitted at the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency (DCHA) and at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (ECS). It is unfortunate to be informed that you have withdrawn the first-mentioned Wob request and I will consider whether I will prepare a notice of objection.[…]
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