36 Riverdale Park North,
Belfast
BT11 9DL.
25th January, 2001.
Dr. Ian K. Paisley, MEP.,
European Parliament,
Rue Wirtz 60,
B - 1047 Brussels
Dear Dr. Paisley,
The enclosed documentation relates to the five year search for missing son Desmond and out efforts to establish the truth surrounding his disappearance in Djerba, Tunisia, on the 2nd December 1995
The search for information has been vigourously pursued by the Aquilina family in Malta, the Williams family in Liverpool and ourselves, at our own expense in time and finance which to date has been considerable. We had been aware for some time that the Government in Malta had made an application to join the European Community, arising from which we, the Williams and Boomer family, have agreed to adopt a new strategy in our search for the truth surrounding the incident.
We have decided to request our respective governments through their Foreign Offices and European representatives to press the authorities in Malta to establish an international independent inquiry into this incident provided for under International Civil Aviation Regulations, we have suggested to our governments that this should be done as part of our governments support for their application for membership.
The government of Malta should be called to account for it's handling of the investigation into the disappearance of European citizens within (as they claim) their jurisdiction, our frustrating experiences of the past five years have convinced us the Maltese authorities will continue to ignore the voices of the families of the missing until such time as our own governments support our requests for accountability and truth.
The enclosed documents are for you information and records
(A) A brief summary of the information I have gathered during my investigations since December 1995.
(B) My final submission to the Board of Enquiry
(C) My affidavit to the Enquiry, a similar document was submitted by Geoff Williams confirming the information he conveyed to me on the afternoon of the 15th December 1995
(D) An article written by Don Mullan for the Ireland on Sunday
(E) Letter to Brian Cowan, T.D.
In December I raised this matter with the European Commission through it's offices in Belfast, Jim Dougal, Head of Commission informs me that my documents and correspondence has been forwarded to the Malta Unit in Brussels, I have also forwarded this correspondence to our three MEP's.
I recognise that you are heavily engaged in matters relating to our on-going peace process, and I wish you every success in your efforts, however, as my Member of Parliament the enclosed information is important in the the event that you would as some future date be in a position to make enquiries on our behalf that would, hopefully, unlock the closed doors and breach the official wall of silence that surrounded this incident from the outset.
In conclusion I would like to thank you on behalf of all the relatives of the missing for taking the time to read these documents and trust you will support our quest for accountability and truth.
Yours sincerely,
Cormac Boomer