Mr. Drew Harris:

Only this week we have received further correspondence from the Police Ombudsman. Our interaction on Mr. Denis Donaldson's journal had been with the Police Ombudsman in the provision of information from the journal for it. The ombudsman has stated it is content that it has received all of the information it requires from the journal. The journal contains information that we do not think it would be appropriate to place in the public domain. We have yet to respond to the solicitor as I want to be certain on the legal position in which I find myself. The matter has been dealt with and considered very carefully for a number of years. In effect, I am coming in almost at the very tail end of the considerations. We have finished our interaction with the Police Ombudsman, but there is an overall view on the contents of the journal and I have to be certain of our position.