HE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

30 October 2006

Dear Dennis,

Thank you very much for your kind invitation to participate in next year's Franco-British Colloque in Versailles.

I am honoured by this invitation and would have been delighted to join you and your distinguished guests. However, I am unable to accept as the event coincides with a most awaited family getaway which I will be taking after my retirement from the United Nations.

I very much appreciate your understanding and send my best wishes for a most successful event.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Malloch Brown

Lord Dennis Stevenson of Coddenham, C.B.E. London ODSG Monday, 2006-11-06 15:08 212-963-8845

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THE DEPUTY SEORHTARV-GENORAL

30 October 2006

Dear Dennis,

Thank you very much for your kind invitation to participate in next year's Franco-British Colloque in Versailles.

I am honoured by this invitation and would have been delighted to join you and your distinguished guests. However, 1 am unable to accept as the event coincides with a most awaited family getaway which I will be taking after my retirement from the United Nations.

I very much appreciate your understanding and send my best wishes for a most successful event.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Malloch Brown

Lord Dennis Stevenson of Coddcnham, C.B.E. London THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

30 October 2006

Dear Dennis,

Thank you very much for your kind invitation to participate in next year's Franco-British Colloque af Versailles.

I am honoured by this invitation and would have been delighted to join you and your distinguished guests. However, I am unable to accept as the event coincides with a most awaited family getaway which I will be taking after my retirement from the United Nations.

I very much appreciate your understanding and send my best wishes for a most successful event.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Malloch Brown

MMB's autopen approved.

Lord Dennis Stevenson of Coddenham, C.B.E. London THE LORD STEVENSON OF CODDENHAM, C.B.E.

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I am writingto invite you,t 1o0 next Ayear's Francp-Bntisji Colloque. It is taking place in Versailles starting on the evening of Thursday, Is01' January finishing at lunchtime on" Saturday, 20th January.

You probably are aware of the Collogue, the British end of which I chair. To give you some feel for it, I enclose the list of people who came last year and the themes we discussed. ~ ~

The 2007 Colloque has four themes which in summary are:

1. The Middle East problems and the consequences for Europe - USA relationships.

2. Energy (including nuclear energy) with the emphasis on what a European energy policy might be if it was needed.

3. The European paralysis.

4. Higher Education - points of view in and Great Britain.

Very grateful if you could confirm that you are able to come to Michelle O'Connor at my office (Tel: 020 7340 0651 / Email: [email protected]). We will be in touch vthe fullness of time with all the details.

Maxolloque 2007/ltr ii 2006 Franco-British Colloque British Attendee List

Douglas Alexander Minister for Europe Foreign Office

Ed Balls Member of Parliament for Normanton House of Commons

Brendan Barber General Secretary Trades Union Congress

Amir Bhatia Chairman The Forbes Trust

Nicholas Boles Director Policy Exchange

Nick Butler Group Vice President BPpIc

Alastair Campbell

William Castell Chairman GE Healthcare

Diane Coyle Managing Director Enlightenment Economics

Mora Finlay Professor of Palliative Medicine Velindre Hospital

David Goodhart Editor Prospect Publishing

Andrew Gowers Editor Financial Times

Charles Grant Director Centre for European Reform

Rick Haythornthwaite Managing Director Star Capital Partners

Dieter Helm Fellow New College

Jeremy Heywood Managing Director, Co-Head of UK Morgan Stanley & Co Ltd Investment Banking John Holmes Ambassador British Embassy Paris

Michael Jay Permanent Under Secretary Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Sadiq Khan Member of Parliament House of Commons

Mervyn King Governor Bank of England

John Kingman Managing Director & Head of Enterprise HM Treasury & Growth Unit

Richard Lambert Monetary Policy Committee Bank of England

Joan MacNaughton Director General, Energy Department of Trade and Industry

Christopher Mallaby Managing Director UBS Investment Banking

Eliza Manningham-Buller Director General Security Service

Ehsan Masood Journalist & Project Director The Gateway Trust

Anand Menon Director, European Research Institute University of Birmingham

John Micklethwait United States Editor The Economist

David Miliband Minister of Communities & Local Government Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Pauline Neville-Jones Chairman Information Assurance Advisory Council

George Osborne Shadow Chancellor House of Commons

Chris Patten Chancellor Oxford and Newcastle Universities

Trevor Phillips Chair Commission of Racial Equality

Vicky Pryce Chief Economic Adviser & Director General, Department of Trade & Industry Economics

Simon Robertson Founder Member Simon Robertson Associates LLP

Bryan Sanderson Chairman Standard Chartered Bank David Simon Director Unilever and Suez Group

Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times

Dennis Stevenson Chairman HBOS pic

Barbara Stocking Director Oxfam GB

Robert Thomson Editor The Times

Stephen Tindale Executive Director Greenpeace

Adair Turner Vice Chairman, Senior Adviser Merrill Lynch

Philippe Varin Chief Executive Corus Group pic

Andre Villeneuve Chairman Euronext.Liffe

David Willetts Shadow Secretary of State for House of Commons Education & Skills 2006 Franco-British Colloque French Attendee List

Philippe Auberger Depute de I'Yonne

Patricia Barbizet Directeur General d'Artemis

Michel Barrier Conseiller d'Etat

Jacques Barrot Vice-President de la Commission Europeenne, en charge des Transports

Frangois Bayrou President de I'UDF

Jean-Louis Beffa President-Directeur General de Saint-Gobain

Nicolas Beytout Directeur de la Redaction du Figaro

Jean-Louis Bianco Depute des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Jean-Marie Bockel Senateur Maire de Mulhouse

Jean-Louis Bourlanges Depute europeen

Julien Carmona Conseiller Economique a la Presidence de la Republique

Jean-Claude Casanova Directeur de la Revue Commentaire

Jean-Marie Colombani Directeur du Monde

General Coulloumme-Labarthe Commandant des Ecoles Militaires de Coetquidan

Pierre-Jean Coulon Secretaire Confederal de la CFTC

Charles de Croisset Vice-Chairman de Europe Frank E. Dangeard President-Directeur General de Thomson

Richard Descoings Directeur de I'lEP de Paris

Gerard Errera Ambassadeur de France aupres du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne

et d'lrlande du Nord

Olivier Fleurot Chief Executive Officer - Financial Times Publishing Group

Lionel Fontagne Directeur du CEPII

Elisabeth Guigou Deputee de Seine-Saint-Denis

Pierre Hassner Directeur de Recherche au CERI

Philippe Herzog President de I'Association Confrontations Europe

Anne-Marie Idrac Presidente-Directrice Generale de la RATP

Philippe Jaffre Executive Vice President d'Alstom

Laurent Joffrin Directeur de la Redaction du Nouvel Observateur

Jean-Pierre Jouyet Chef du service de ('Inspection Generale des Finances

Jean-Pierre Lafon Secretaire General du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres

Philippe Lagayette President-Directeur General de JP Morgan et Cie S.A.

Alain Lamassoure Depute europeen

Didier Lombard President-Directeur General de France Telecom

Frangois Lureau Delegue General pour TArmement

Alain Mine President de AM Conseil

Christine Mital Redacteur en Chef au Nouvel Observateur

Thierry de Montbrial Directeur General de I'lFRI

Pierre Moscovici Vice-President du Parlement Europeen Christine Ockrent Redactrice en Chef de France Televisions

Michel Pebereau President de BNP Paribas

Patrick Ponsolle Vice Chairman de Morgan Stanley International Ltd

Benott Potier President du Directoire du Groupe Air Liquide

Pierre Richard President de Dexia

Marielle de Sarnez Deputee europeenne

Louis Schweitzer President du Conseil d'Administration de

Jean-Francois Theodore President du Directoire d'Euronext N.V.

Jean-Claude Trichet President de la BCE

Philippe Villin President de PH. VILLIN CONSEIL

Jean-Louis Walter Secretaire General - CFE-CGC

Gerard Worms Associe Gerant de Rothschild & Cie Banque FRANCO-BRITISH COLLOQUE

Working Group Topics

Group I: Europe beyond the constitutional debacle L'Europe apres la debacle du projet de constitution

Group II: Islam: integration and/or alienation L'lslam: integration et/ou alienation

Group III: China and India: economic threat or opportunity for Europe La Chine et I'lnde: menace ou opportunity pour ('Europe

Group IV: Energy: between security and environment Le dilemme energetique: securite et/ou environnement