21st Jan 11
Details deleted from Blair and Bush Iraq calls
by Paul Russell
Details between Mr Blair and former US President George Bush regarding Iraq were deleted from Whitehall records.
The questions are beginning to accumulate in preparation for an Iraq inquiry hearing. Recent evidence has emerged that conversations between Mr Blair and former US President George Bush during the build-up to war in Iraq may have been deleted form Whitehall records.
The team of Sir John Chilcot was allegedly also informed by a senior civil servant that Foreign Office warnings regarding the publishing of dramatized reports regarding the threat from Saddam Hussein and his alleged weapons arsenal had been ignored by Downing Street.
It has been reported that the private secretary at No 10 of Mr Blair deleted mentions of correspondence with former US President George Bush from the official Government minutes routinely. The evidence that has surfaced pointing to the deleting and withholding of correspondence between the two leaders will only serve to fuel anger that has already arose.
Many feel that the memos that were deleted from release could serve to fill in some gaps regarding when Mr Blair made critical decisions regarding the war in Iraq. David Cameron, who was challenged for not having released the deleted memos allegedly argued that he had been powerless in the situation and did not have the authority to order the release of the deleted information.
Matthew Rycroft, the private secretary of Mr Blair allegedly further described that former US President George Bush often began telephone conversations between the two leaders by thanking Mr Blair for his letters.
Mr Rycroft further described that he had drawn up tow different conversations and omitted them from government records because Mr Blair felt they were a personal dialogue.
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1 Comment
"Any communication between the Prime minister and the President of USA has to be a legitimate matter of public interest and enquiry. It's nonsense to describe as a "personal dialogue" exchanges which may have been relevant to sending British soldiers to die in an illegal invasion of Iraq. However , most criminals would no doubt like their communications with co-conspiritors to be treated as private and confidential. It's a clear sign that Blair has something to hide."
Added by Tony Westhead on 21st Jan 11