# National Trust rejected Hinduja donations on MI5 advice

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/05/10/national-trust-rejected-hinduja-donations-mi5-advice/
- Published: 2001-05-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Guardian reports that the National Trust rejected donations of hundreds of thousands
of pounds from the brothers Gopichand and Srichand Hinduja. 
The Guardian reports
that the National Trust rejected donations of hundreds of thousands of pounds from
the brothers Gopichand and Srichand Hinduja. The offers were rejected in 1996 and
1997 and came “after warnings from the security services.”

Read Prince’s Trust turned down Hinduja cash on MI5 advice by David Hencke at The
Guardian.

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