The commitment to a further resolution underlines our determination to explore every means possible to deliver a peaceful outcome.
Were they aware that the US believed that no further resolution was required in case of a material breach?
The document contains a handwritten note by Manning, warning: "Clear advice from attorney on need for further resolution".
Sands added: "Did Mr Blair tell the US president he has been advised that he needs a further resolution?
A handwritten note, believed to be by David Manning, Blair's chief foreign policy adviser, warned: "Clear advice from attorney on need for further resolution".
You have asked me for advice on the legality of military action against Iraq without a further resolution of the Security Council.
"We don't need a further resolution and I'm always anxious with further resolutions that there might be ulterior motives involved, that it might all be about trying to secure some kind of an advantage in the games being played in eastern Europe," Abbott said.
Moreover, China's UN ambassador hinted strongly that his country would block any further resolution that imposed sanctions, as opposed to merely threatening them.
The more difficult scenario is if the views of Council members are divided and a further resolution is not adopted either because it fails to attract 9 votes or because it is vetoed.
Goldsmith warned Blair: "I remain of the opinion that the safest legal course would be to secure the adoption of a further resolution to authorise the use of force".
