Introduction
and key findings ............................................................................................
4
UNSCR
1441 ....................................................................................................................
5
Discussion,
debate and advice, November to December 2002 ........................................
6
Lord
Goldsmith’s conversations with Mr Powell and Mr Straw,
November 2002 ........
6
Cabinet, 14
November 2002 .....................................................................................
11
“Material
breach” and the need for advice ................................................................
11
House of
Commons debate on Iraq, 25 November 2002 .........................................
17
FCO advice,
6 December 2002 ................................................................................
19
Obtaining
Lord Goldsmith’s opinion ................................................................................
21
Instructions
for Lord Goldsmith to advise .................................................................
21
Lord
Goldsmith’s meeting with No.10 officials, 19 December
2002 .........................
33
Lord
Goldsmith’s provisional view ...................................................................................
36
Lord
Goldsmith’s draft advice of 14 January 2003 ...................................................
36
No.10’s
reaction to Lord Goldsmith’s advice ............................................................
42
Cabinet, 16
January 2003 .........................................................................................
47
Lord
Goldsmith’s meeting with Sir Jeremy Greenstock,
23 January 2003 ...............
50
Mr Blair’s
interview on BBC
Breakfast with Frost, 26
January 2003 ........................
53
Options for
a second resolution ................................................................................
53
Lord
Goldsmith’s advice, 30 January 2003 .....................................................................
55
US
agreement to pursue a second resolution ..........................................................
58
Public
statements by Mr Blair, February 2003 ..........................................................
60
A
disagreement between Mr Straw and
Mr Wood ..........................................................
64
Mr Straw’s
letter to Lord Goldsmith, 6 February 2003 ..............................................
72
Further
advice on a second resolution ......................................................................
75
Lord
Goldsmith’s visit to Washington, 10 February 2003 ................................................
76
Agreement
on a second resolution .................................................................................
78
A second
resolution is tabled ....................................................................................
80
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