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The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Jack Straw)
Dear Michael,
In our exchange on the floor of the House on 8 July I undertook to write to you to let you know when I first knew that the February briefing paper drew on the work of Dr Al-Marashi.
The first I knew of this was after the story was made public by Channel 4 on 6 February. This was after Colin Powell had spoken to the UN Security Council (5 February), and the Prime Minister's remarks to the House (3 February).
I am placing a copy of this in the Library, and in Hansard via a Written Ministerial Statement.
Yours ever,
Jack Straw