A group of informal advisers, including John D. Podesta, Erskine Bowles, Bruce Lindsey and Cheryl Mills, receive memos on his future work.
The state department said Clinton kept up with her work by talking to her staff and receiving memos.
Furthermore, Mr van der Veer, far from being in a position to draw a line under the affair, had also received memos about the reserves.Shell has declined to comment on the reports, pointing to an ongoing internal audit.
About a year ago, however, I began receiving memos from the publications for which I write, insisting that expenses were due no more than 60 days after the money was spent.
Upon receiving memos from Mr. Harris proposing action on various matters, he told Mr. Harris not to send similar notes in the future, but instead to provide an informational copy once a decision has been made.
In November some studio tenants with expiring leases at Carnegie Hall received memos alerting them that they could rent their space in the future on a month-to-month basis only.
Reporters and editors in The Times newsroom received memos from top company officials today and were called to meetings to explain the deal -- although some said many questions, about job cuts, benefits and the like, went unanswered.
Shell's new chairman, Mr. van der Veer, acknowledged yesterday that he "did not appreciate the severity and magnitude" of the reserves issue when, as a member of a small committee of senior executives, he received memos about them in 2002 and 2003.
Earlier, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing Clinton had been talking with her staff by telephone and receiving memos.
The content, style and tone of your business memo will all be affected by the intended audience, so think carefully about everyone will will receive your memo.
