Information regarding the November 1985 and May 1986 coup attempts, over and above that which has already been supplied to you in Responses to Information Requests Nos. 5465 and 5135, is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.

Information regarding the March 1984 coup attempt is documented in the following attachments as well as in various encyclopedias available at the Montreal Regional IRB Documentation Centre:
Donald I. Ray, Ghana: Politics, Economics and Society, London: Frances Pinter Publishers, 1986, pp.108-110.
Colin Legum, ed., Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents 1984-1985, New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1986, pp.B453-B465.
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Information regarding the June 1983 coup attempt and Captain Adjei Ampofo's role in it can be found in Response to Information Request No. 5529, available at the Montreal Regional IRB Documentation Centre.
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Information regarding the consequences of being charged with plotting to overthrow the government or with subversion has been addressed in Responses to Information Requests Nos. 5132 and 5135, previously sent to your office. The "Ghana: Country Profile", prepared by the IRBDC, Ottawa, January 1990, addresses the issue in section 4.3 entitled "Legal Rights". This document is available at the Montreal Regional IRB Documentation Centre.