3.7 |
Development of UK strategy and options, 1 February to 7 March
2003
1193.
In his memoir,
Mr Blair subsequently wrote:
“Having
stated that it [co-operation] was increasing, which as he
[Dr Blix] put it in
somewhat of
an understatement, ‘may well be due to outside pressure’, he
then
addressed
the matter of interviews and documents:
‘It is
obvious that, while the numerous initiatives, which are now taken
by the Iraqi
side with a
view to resolving some long-standing open disarmament issues, can
be
seen as
‘active’ or even ‘pro-active’, these initiatives some 3-4 months
into the new
resolution
cannot be said to constitute ‘immediate co-operation.’
“Most of
all, on the crucial matter of interviews, Blix was never going to
get
co‑operation.
That only came after March 2003 with the ISG [Iraq Survey Group,
see
1194.
The
development of UK strategy and options from 8 March is addressed
in
Section
3.8.
362
Blair
T. A
Journey.
Hutchinson, 2010.
397