Earlier, the two men had spoken by phone to confirm the plan.
He acknowledged, however, that he had not yet met with the USA chairman, Barry Diller, though he had spoken to him by phone and planned a meeting in the next few days in New York.
But he said in an interview by phone that he planned to bring most of his investment banking opportunities to Lazard.
The Pace center, which questioned 601 randomly selected downtown residents over nine days this month by phone, says it plans to track the opinions of downtown residents every six months to gauge opinions of the effort and to stimulate discussion about the rebuilding.
Mr. Blair and President Bush have consulted by phone about the plan, and Mr. Bush has said publicly that he believes that Mr. Blair "will be true to his word" that the plan will not undermine the alliance.
Karl Rove, the White House political adviser, gave advice by phone, and the plan was pushed through with little public notice.
Potential participants were contacted by phone, the research plan described, and interviews arranged with willing participants.
Shortly after midnight, staying overnight with her parents, Karen went over her to-do list with Frenda Franklin by phone, and finalised plans for the next day.
Mr. Wilson, reached by phone, declined to comment on his wife's plans.
