cc: "Korobova Liya [FCO] - Moscow, Russia" , "'john.houghton@jri.org.uk'" , "'chris.anastasi@british-energy.com'" , "'peter.cox@metoffice.com'" , "'N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk'" , "'john.ashton@co2.org'" , "'m.hulme@uea.ac.uk'" , "'geoff.jenkins@metoffice.com'" , "'michael.grubb@imperial.ac.uk'" , "Warrilow, David (GA)" , "'peter.stott@metoffice.com'" , "'irina.kuklina@britishcouncil.ru'" , King MPST , 'Nick Grout' , "Clarke Alison [FCO] - UK" date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:25:29 +0100 from: "Crabbe, Simon (GA)" subject: RE: seminar program to: "'Hernandez Tino (Mr AF)'" , "Grout Nick (Mr ND)" , "Bronnert Deborah [FCO] - Moscow, Russian Federation" Nick I am getting increasingly concerned about Izrael's and Illarionov's involvement: this feels like a well-telegraphed hijacking in the making. See the attached note by Henry Derwent of Illariononov's recent showing at the Adam Smith Institute. Sir David will need to be well prepared and robust - and he may not get that much airtime, so will need to be pithy too. Simon 6-7-04 Simon Crabbe International Climate Change Team DEFRA Zone 3/F1, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6DE Phone +44 (0)20 7082 8142 Fax +44 (0)20 7082 8143 -----Original Message----- From: Hernandez Tino (Mr AF) [mailto:Tino.Hernandez@dti.gsi.gov.uk] Sent: 5 July 2004 18:12 To: Grout Nick (Mr ND); Bronnert Deborah [FCO] - Moscow, Russian Federation Cc: Korobova Liya [FCO] - Moscow, Russia; 'john.houghton@jri.org.uk'; 'chris.anastasi@british-energy.com'; 'peter.cox@metoffice.com'; 'N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk'; 'john.ashton@co2.org'; 'm.hulme@uea.ac.uk'; 'geoff.jenkins@metoffice.com'; 'michael.grubb@imperial.ac.uk'; Warrilow, David (GA); Crabbe, Simon (GA); 'peter.stott@metoffice.com'; 'irina.kuklina@britishcouncil.ru'; King MPST; 'Nick Grout'; Clarke Alison [FCO] - UK Subject: RE: seminar program Nick I wouldn't assume that because no press con is mentioned that there won't be one. This whole saga seems to change day by day. On getting our messages into the Russian media, see e mail below. We also need to decide who we should brief in the UK about the visit, or whether we leave to follow up. Tino Tino Hernandez Trade, Science and Innovation Press Team Mike O'Brien,Lord Sainsbury, Sir David King V754 Dep for Trade and Industry 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET (: 020 7 215 5965 Mob: 07715 177502 7: 020 7 215 0494 :: www.dti.gov.uk 8: tino.hernandez@dti.gsi.gov.uk -----Original Message----- From: Grout Nick (Mr ND) Sent: 05 July 2004 17:27 To: Bronnert Deborah [FCO] - Moscow, Russian Federation Cc: Korobova Liya [FCO] - Moscow, Russia; john.houghton@jri.org.uk; chris.anastasi@british-energy.com; peter.cox@metoffice.com; N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk; john.ashton@co2.org; m.hulme@uea.ac.uk; geoff.jenkins@metoffice.com; michael.grubb@imperial.ac.uk; 'David Warrilow'; 'Crabbe, Simon (GA)'; peter.stott@metoffice.com; irina.kuklina@britishcouncil.ru; King MPST; Hernandez Tino (Mr AF); 'Nick Grout'; Clarke Alison [FCO] - UK Subject: RE: seminar program Deborah ci/a others Thanks for forwarding this (last minute) programme for Moscow from Yuri Izrael's office. I'd welcome any info that copy addressees might have on the other individuals included on the programme, if you know them. Presumably their views will be slanted towards those of Izrael/Illarionov. The PR strategy is not difficult to distil here. Deborah - On practical follow up to this with Yuri Izrael, as we discussed, Nigel Arnell is leaving for home early on the 8th so would not be able to present that morning, and so is Sir John Houghton - so Sir John would not be able to make concluding remarks in SDK's place at lunchtime on the 8th. Sir David King himself has other engagements on the morning of the 8th, so would need to make "concluding remarks" either on the evening of the 7th or by around 10.30 on the 8th. There is no joint Press Conference proposed in the programme, despite earlier references to this from Yuri Izrael's office. You were not keen to press for one now but rather to line up other media opportunities for SDK. [Tino may have views...?] You said that you will follow up on whether these arrangements are acceptable to the British Council, who had already accepted that Yuri Izrael chair the younger scientists gathering on the 8th as well part of a single 2-day event, as long as all proposed participants from the UK and Russian side could go ahead and make their presentations. You did not feel however that based on the attached programme that proviso was addressed. As I said, I think I'd have been be minded to stick with the plan for the separate British Council event... Good luck with following this up further with Yuri Izrael. [Incidentally, can I take this opportunity to inform those in the UK team travelling to Moscow that there will be a "briefing breakfast" in the Novotel, together with Deborah and Liya from the Embassy, at 8.30 on 7 July.] Nick Grout OST 0207 215 3921 -----Original Message----- From: Deborah.Bronnert@fco.gov.uk [mailto:Deborah.Bronnert@fco.gov.uk] Sent: 05 July 2004 16:07 To: peter.stott@metoffice.com; MPST.KING@dti.gsi.gov.uk; irina.kuklina@britishcouncil.ru; nick.grout@dti.gov.uk Cc: Liya.Korobova@fco.gov.uk; john.houghton@jri.org.uk; chris.anastasi@british-energy.com; peter.cox@metoffice.com; N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk; john.ashton@co2.org; m.hulme@uea.ac.uk; geoff.jenkins@metoffice.com; michael.grubb@imperial.ac.uk; Nick.Grout@dti.gsi.gov.uk Subject: FW: seminar program Importance: High Nick Just received from Yuri Izrael's office. He has gone home so I can't speak to him about it tonight (apparently he'll be back in the office tomorrow at about 11am our time). The draft programme doesn't square with what the British Council has told me that they'd agreed with him and it moves some of our team (Michael Grubb and Nigel Arnell) onto day 2. It also puts Sir David King as summing up at lunchtime on the 8th. Illarianov features prominently. Grateful for comments before I go back to him tomorrow. Deborah -----Original Message----- From: Yuri Izrael [[1]mailto:Yu.Izrael@g23.relcom.ru] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 7:02 PM To: Deborah Bronnert * - Moscow UBS Subject: seminar program Hello Deborah, -- Best regards, Yuri [2]mailto:Yu.Izrael@g23.relcom.ru *********************************************************************************** Visit http://www.fco.gov.uk for British foreign policy news and travel advice; and http://www.i-uk.com - the essential guide to the UK. Please note that all messages sent and received by members of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and its missions overseas may be monitored centrally. 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