The Last Things

21st June 2007

David,

Thanks for your email.

I have had a quick chat with ******. Whilst I wasn’t at your meeting in MoD with ******and ******, ***** has stated that nothing was agreed (signed-off) at that meeting; merely that he agreed to take away the wording for the captions in order that he could discuss with his colleagues in ******* ****** and with me when I returned from sick leave.

We have looked at the extracts from Hansard and have no problem with that. The issue is the association that could be made between your pictures and any words that you intend to use or have been published anywhere (incl in Hansard) that uses the word ”*********t” in a sentence with “…protected crisis management facility…”.

You should know that senior Cabinet Office staff have requested the changes to captions. It is for this reason that we insist that you accept all the changes that both Danny and I have asked for.

J******

All words © David Moore 2008