One of the two letters also in the file, dated Dec 1, 2010, from Glyn Bottomley, the managing director of Manroy Engineering, invited Maj Gen Al Sayd to visit the firm’s facilities in Beckley, East Sussex. It states: "Following the great success of the Libdex 2010 show we would like to invite yourself and relevant members of your staff to travel to the UK and visit Manroy Engineering so that we can demonstrate to yourself and your staff our products. This will include the full range of sniper weapons that were on show at the Libdex Show along with our other products that include our range of UK MOD machine guns."