THE Government refused to cancel contracts with two foreign firms that bribed civil servant Gordon Foxley to ensure they won ammunition work instead of Royal Ordnance's Blackburn factory.
After Foxley's conviction, the Ministry of Defence said it would not place contracts in future with the companies until after an investigation, but minister Jonathan Aitken said present contracts would continue to run.
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