Exhibit 389

Iraq: Prime Minister's meeting, 23 July (minute from Matthew Rycroft to David Manning)

Exhibit 389 · Official minute of a meeting (leaked; published 1 May 2005)

Iraq: Prime Minister's meeting, 23 July (minute from Matthew Rycroft to David Manning)

But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.

Record of a meeting at which 'C' reported on talks in Washington. First published by the Sunday Times on 1 May 2005. The copy read is PBS NewsHour's reproduction.

Source: UK Prime Minister's Office (Matthew Rycroft)
Date: 23 July 2002
Quoted from: paragraph beginning 'C reported on his recent talks in Washington'
Grade: Reported
Document: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/middle_east-jan-june05-memo_06-16
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Reported: copy of a leaked document.

Cited by

Finding DEF-2.7: Reported A copy of a British minute of 23 July 2002, first published in 2005, records the head of the Secret Intelligence Service reporting from Washington that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." The officer, Sir Richard Dearlove, told the Iraq Inquiry that he was describing attempts to link terrorism and Iraq.