APPENDIX 39
Letter to the Prime Minister from the
Chairmen of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees
Our two Committees are currently conducting
inquiries into Kosovo. It is clear that there are a number of
intelligence—related issues which it will be necessary for
us to consider as part of our work.
The two Committees have therefore decided to
seek separate but sequential evidence sessions with a representative
of the Joint Intelligence Committee and the Chief of Defence Intelligence
(who would appear together). There are several precedents for
CDI giving formal evidence to the Defence Committee, and he has
also given formal evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee. However,
we are asking for your agreement that a JIC representative should
appear with him. It is only in this way that we will be able to
examine fully the intelligence background to the campaign against
Yugoslavia.
We emphasise that the evidence will be taken
in private; that the transcripts will be kept in secure conditions,
and that the normal sidelining rules will apply.
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