The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on france https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/france/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on france: 4 verbatim quotes from October 2019, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:25 +0000 Dearlove says France asked UK to disregard intelligence about Iraq's uranium purchases weeks after sharing it. https://minutesof.com/q/89bcb89e-d319-49f0-a500-3cebc2a06dc7/ https://minutesof.com/q/89bcb89e-d319-49f0-a500-3cebc2a06dc7/ “Several weeks after that visit, I got a call from an extremely senior French official saying, Richard, would you please disregard what we told you?” — Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 france Dearlove links French intelligence reversal to France's opposition to UN resolution on Iraq. https://minutesof.com/q/57ba8b1c-3c1b-4df1-9691-12b2374e6c03/ https://minutesof.com/q/57ba8b1c-3c1b-4df1-9691-12b2374e6c03/ “Anyway, it subsequently became clear when the Iraqi situation evolved that the French were not keen on supporting a new UN resolution.” — Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 france Dearlove indicates intelligence suggested Chirac received funding from Saddam Hussein for French presidential https://minutesof.com/q/d8253d29-7e3f-41ac-84e9-6325a9f9d51e/ https://minutesof.com/q/d8253d29-7e3f-41ac-84e9-6325a9f9d51e/ “And there were indications that Shirak had received funding from Hussein, both the nineteen ninety five presidential election and the two thousand and two presidential” — Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 france Dearlove states there were indications Chirac received funding from Hussein for two French presidential electi https://minutesof.com/q/74e328f7-84c8-4329-aa7d-509db48ab695/ https://minutesof.com/q/74e328f7-84c8-4329-aa7d-509db48ab695/ “there were indications that Shirak had received funding from Hussein, both the nineteen ninety five presidential election and the two thousand and two presidential” — Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 france