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Iraq
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I'd be grateful if you could flag up very forcefully these points with President Bush:
2. UK must be fully involved in all decisions since the US has forced us to be jointly responsible for the effect of all Coalition decisions across Iraq. (We wanted an Mol: with the US to agree that the UK was solely responsible for our southern area; the LiS for the rest of Iraq. The US refused. The result, as Peter Goldsmith advises (andoubtedly correctiy) - we are joroy liable for all decisions - but many complaints that we are being sidelined in CPA, below Sawers' level
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JACK STRAW)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 5 June 2003.
JACK STRAW
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