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(From The Express)
TREASURY officials are to try to convince the High Court that documents detailing the collapse of the BCCI bank should stay secret.
Government representatives will argue at a special hearing early in October that certain files should remain confidential.
The potentially explosive documents include transcripts of interviews with ex-Prime Minister John Major and Bank of England Governor Sir Eddie George. They may give a fascinating insight into exactly who knew what about the bank's financial plight in 1991.
Sources suggest the Treasury's legal team may claim "public interest immunity" as a reason for keeping the papers away from the public.
A Treasury spokesman said: "We would want to take a proper look at the ...