• GERMANY Frank-Walter STEINMEIER, Minister for Foreign Affairs Reason given for not meeting the Committee: Open in principle to meet but did not want to come before the Bundestag's Inquiry Committee would have finished dealing with the el-Masri case.1 Klaus-Dieter FRITSCHE, Coordinator of Intelligence Services Ernst UHRLAU, President of BND Reason given for not meeting the Committee: Not allowed to meet by Government.2 • IRELAND Rory BRADY, Attorney General Reason given for not meeting the Committee: No authorisation from Government. • ITALY Enrico MICHELI, Secretary of State responsible for intelligence services Reason given for not meeting the Committee: Busy agenda. BIANCO Enzo, Chairman of the Committee for Intelligence and Security Services and for State Secret Reason given for not meeting the Committee: Busy agenda. Gianni LETTA, former Secretary of State responsible for intelligence services Reason given for not meeting the Committee: Mr Letta would not come, as the Secretary in office (Micheli) had refused. • POLAND Andrzej LEPPER, Deputy Prime Minister Reason given for not meeting the Committee: Mr Lepper initially confirmed and afterwards another representative of Government was singled out to meet the TDIP delegation. 1 2 Letter of 30 November 2006 to TDIP Chairman Carlos Coelho Letter of 21 November 2006 of Minister Thomas de Maizière to TDIP Chairman Carlos Coelho RR\382246XM.doc 71/77 PE 382.246v02-00 XM