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Subject: FW: MLA Request: Material Witness PA 182-73090 
Date: The, 07 Apr 2020 18:52:06 +0000 
Attachments: Cover_Letter 73090_Witness_PA.pdf; Material_Witness_PA_Final.pdf 
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See below and attached. The MLA request regarding Prince Andrew has officially been delivered to the UK. 
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Subject: MLA Request: Material Witness PA 182-73090 
The MLA request was forwarded this morning to the UK Central Authority at the Home Office. Each person to 
whom it was sent is noted on the cover letter. I also swapped emails with Philomena Creffield (she is head of the 
MLA unit at the UKCA) this morning regarding our request to keep a written record of each person who sees 
the MLA request. 
Their initial reaction was one of surprise regarding its timing. The pandemic in London is expected to peak in 
the next week or two and the UKCA is operating at emergency staffing levels. We talked it through, and I 
explained that while this is an important case, we understood that everyone is operating at reduced capacity, and 
we would adjust our expectations regarding response time accordingly. I also noted that we have been regularly 
forwarding new MLA requests to the UK throughout this period (just not requests with such high-profile 
subjects). I also pointed out that while the timing is very unfortunate, it did not have to be this way. I explained 
that the case team had been trying to contact the witness's representatives to obtain a voluntary interview for 
months without any success. 
Here is some general information about the MLA process: 
The cover letter and mutual legal assistance request were sent to the UK Central Authority (UKCA) on April 7, 2020, via 
email. Lawyers at the UKCA will conduct an initial review of the request for complianc…
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