Murder In Samarkand - Documents
It appears that, among so many attacks on civil liberties in recent years, the Blair government has managed to administratively negate its own Freedom of Information Act. Robin Cook must be spinning in his grave.
So we have made Murder in Samarkand an interactive book - the documents are published here, and referenced by URL in the text. Net posting is not breaching copyright because there is no charge to access the documents. This site may, of course, be subject to technical attack, so I would be grateful if those who can mirror these documents on their own sites, do so.These are contemporary documents from my time as Ambassador in Uzbekistan. They do I believe include the real smoking gun on Britain's, and the CIA's, use of intelligence obtained by torture abroad. They also show the FCO getting increasingly angry with me over my being "over-focussed on human rights", rahter than building good relationships with Karimov, our ally in the War on Terror.
They do not give a smoking gun that proves that the allegations brought against me, of which I was eventually cleared, were trumped-up and motivated by a desire to get rid of me for policy reasons. Being internal FCO documents, they are written to maintain the facade of a proper disciplinary investigation. You need to be prepared to read between the lines - and read the book!Craig
http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/07/and_which_court.html
db: We have linked to a German mirror:
Dokument 1 - FCO Comment
Dokument 2 - IMF Telegram
Dokument 3 - Declaration
Dokument 4 - Speech
Dokument 5 - Hill Negotiation
Dokument 6 - Michael Wood memo of 13 March
Dokument 7 - Telegram of 18 March 2003 headed US Foreign Policy
Dokument 8 - Letter from Simon Butt dated 16 April 2003
Dokument 9 - Exchange of emails with Linda Duffield
Dokument 10 - Colin Reynolds' report of 26 June 2003
Dokument 11 - Minute of my meeting with Howard Drake
Dokument 12 - Letter from British Businessmen in Tashkent
Dokument 13 - Email to Kate Smith
Dokument 14 - Minute of 26 September 2003
Dokument 15 - Telegram
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