NewsMax has leaned that British U.N. Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry was summoned to a private meeting by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week.
While not officially explaining the reason for the ad hoc "get-together," diplomatic sources say it was to "discuss" the allegations made by former U.K.-Blair Cabinet member Claire Short that MI6 (U.K. intelligence) had been spying on private meetings within Annan's office at U.N. headquarters.
Word around the U.N. complex is that a security sweep of Annan's offices and the floors directly beneath and above them recently
turned up several "items of interest," claim several U.N. security staffers.
The items appeared to be some sort of listening or recording devices. Some of these items were sent for "outside" analysis. When the "analysis" produced some positive results, Annan, it is said, decided to confront the U.K. ambassador.
It is believed that Annan not only confronted the Brit about the U.N.'s findings but also hinted that if it continued, the U.N. might go public.
It is not known what the British ambassador may have said, if anything.
Nobody within the U.N. diplomatic corps can ever remember such a
confrontation between a secrerary-general and a Permanent Five
ambassador taking place, especially on the issue of spying.
Calls to the U.K. mission were not returned. Calls to the U.S. mission were referred to the U.K.
Ironically, the only smiling face belonged to French Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, who told NewsMax as he was walking through the U.N., "I must be careful, you know, the walls, they have bugs!"
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