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2. part of the mobile BW production facilities identified in the in the US. intelligence. They cannot think of any other credible explanation for them. This is also the firm view of the Indeed, the latter have now said so in detail on their websites. 3 Over the past week an Inter- Agency US team, with one UK representative, has been in Baghdad to investigate the trailers. The team contains a mix of non-Government, Government and intelligence Agency experts. As of today, our readout from their deliberations is that they look like coming out with the same However, there had earlier been a flurry conclusion as the when a preliminary draft from the team appeared at our DIS stating hat, as presently configured, the trailers could not be used as a biological production system. It seems that this was an initial technical/engineering view from some consultants which should not It really have issued. It was quickly withdrawn following does seem that it has no status. Confusing, nonetheless. 4. I will have a preliminary assessment of the trailers ready for you for your retum on 3 June. We have a CIG lined up for the end of the week to cover this topic and, as far as possible, our assessment of the Iraqi BW programme/capabilities. But we can/should only issue a formal assessment when we feel confident that we have enough data. Until then we have to continue to caveat public comment. JOHN SCAKLET 5w 2507 SECRET DECLASSIFIED