Professor John FitzGerald:

I was in Warsaw so I do not know whether it was in writing or on the telephone that the communication came to the director. The director discussed with me the concerns of the Department and it made it very clear that this was political. If they come up with arguments rounded in evidence one takes it seriously; there was no evidence, they just did not like it. I cannot tell the Senator because I only became aware of this last night and have not had an opportunity to trawl through. No doubt, under FOI, the committee can ask the Department of Finance if there were any communications and go after that.