The file is composed of chronologically arranged reports and notes by GB, Head of the Delegation, relating to the New Year's Eve event organised at the Delegation to commemorate the launch of the Euro notes and coins (03/01), to EU/EU relations in 2002 (07/01 and 21/01), to EU/US cooperation in the aftermath of the 11/09 terrorist attack (24/01, by M. A. Bourdin), to the 'State of the Union' address by George W. Bush (30/01), to Javier Solana's visit to Washington (31/01), to visit to Washington by Gerhard Schröder and Jack Straw (February) and to the meeting of the Ambassadors with John Ashcroft (20/02).

It contains also press cuttings, texts of speeches by EU and US political leaders and the text of speeches by GB delivered to

- the Joint Public Hearing on 'A Renewed Transatlantic Security Partnership in the Aftermath of 11/092001 Terror Attacks' of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence and Committee on Industry, External trade, research and Energy (19/02), and
- the First Annual Transatlantic Journalists Forum (18 – 19/02).

Various documents have handwritten notes by GB.

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