Letter to the Parliamentary and Devolution
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from the Second Clerk
of the Committee, 22 April 2004
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Committee noted
the recent press article in The Times newspaper concerning Mr
Craig Murray, the UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan ("Our Man in
Uzbekistan defies Whitehall to attack rights record", The
Times, 1 April 2004—attached).[2]
As you are no doubt aware, this is not the first report to appear
in the media about Mr Murray and the human rights situation in
Uzbekistan.
The Committee has instructed me to write and
request the Foreign Office's comments on this article, as part
of its ongoing scrutiny of the Office's activities. I would be
grateful if I could receive a response to this request no later
than Monday 17 May.
Geoffrey Farrar
Second Clerk of the Committee
22 April 2004
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