British army general Sir Mike Jackson has been recalled to face further questioning by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, it was disclosed today.
The Chief of the General Staff, who appeared before the Saville Inquiry in London in April, is to be questioned about the contents of a second statement he submitted earlier this month.
Gen Jackson, who was a captain in the Parachute Regiment in 1972, was asked to make the second statement after it emerged he had written documents containing interviews with soldiers after the Bloody Sunday killings.
The documents were initially thought to have been written by one his senior officers, Maj Ted Loden, who gave evidence to the inquiry in May.
In this statement Gen Jackson said he was the author of the documents but denied being involved in an attempt to cover up what happened on Bloody Sunday when 13 civilians were shot dead by troops during a civil rights march in Derry.
It is believed the general will appear at the tribunal's current location, Central Hall, Westminster, in London, before it returns to the Guildhall in Derry.
In his statement General Jackson said he must have been asked to produce initial reports for more senior officers. He said if there were any mistakes in the documents they were not intentional.
In April he returned from commanding British forces in Iraq to tell the Saville Inquiry that there was no plan to tempt the IRA into a gun battle on Bloody Sunday.
In his first statement he recalled hearing incoming fire and believing that he was being shot at.
PA