Warning notice distributed to British media editors on Wednesday 12 May, 1999.
 

ADVISORY, not for publication:

We have been asked by the secretary of the Defence, Press

and Broadcasting Advisory Committee to publish the following:
 

FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL EDITORS

FROM SECRETARY

DEFENCE, PRESS & BROADCASTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

I understand that a US-based website has today published on the

internet a list which identifies a large number of SIS (MI6) officers.
 
 

Defence Advisory Notice No 6 asks editors and programme makers

to seek advice before publishing such details unless they have been widely

disclosed or discussed as such action could put lives at risk.
 
 

Departmental officers are examining how the damage of this disclosure can be minimised.
 
 

While this is in progress, I would ask that editors do not interpret the information

in the website as being widely disclosed and do not, therefore, publish the address

or the content of the website without first contacting the D Notice Secretary,

Rear Admiral David Pulvertaft on or through 0171 218 2206