The Independent (London, England)

Cook brings in experts at `stuffy' FO FOREIGN OFFICE

The Independent (London, England) | July 27, 1998 | Copyright

STAFF FROM charities such as Amnesty International and Oxfam are to be drafted in to breathe new life into the Foreign Office in response to the Sierra Leone affair.

As Sir Thomas Legg publishes his report on the scandal today, the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, will announce sweeping changes to his department.

Mr Cook asked Sir Thomas, a former civil servant, to find out whether officials colluded with a British firm of mercenaries, Sandline International, in shipping arms to Sierra Leone's exiled president, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. President Kabbah had Britain's support, but his…

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