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From: Alastair Campbell
yw  new" Date; 2 September 2002
n, DC 0.
DAVID MANNING cc: Jonathan Powell
Matthew Rycrott

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The Prime Minister is aimed, and angry, at the way that parts of our thinking and
log on Iraq are seeping into the media in an once-ordinated and undisciplined
Above all, he is concerned at what the US Administration must think of all
Although it is clear that we are being subject to all the usual mischief making
invention of parts of our media, what has appeared in the lam few days - on
UN, on the general position and now on the visit suggests there are people
5 eaking far too openly to the press. or to peOple who are talking to the press. I
0w you have spoken to Condi to emphasise that none of this is of out doing. and
do the same with Karen. It may also be an idea for Jack to call Colin Powell

make clear this is the case.

   
 
 
   
   
  
  
 
 
  
 

I cave it to you and Jonathan to decide to whom this should be copied in No. 10, or
deed in the FCC), but it may be worth sending round as a general message that if
lc are talking loosely about this, they are being foolish and risk being highly

enter-productive.

Prime Minister intends to use tomorrow?s press conference to make clear the
oral position. That will at least give people a public script. But in the

time we must do more to ensure people do not depart from that. publicly or
. ivately, or give a running commentary in every aspect of his thinking.

sustain: CAMPBELL



 


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