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> Subject: RE: Message for CRE Chair (Auto Reply) > > Dear Mr Durrani > > Thank you for your enquiry, please accept our apologises for the severe > delay in response. > > The decision to close the library as a public service was one of > several difficult decisions the CRE was obliged to make in July, > following a cut in our budget. I can assure you that our commissioners > are determined to ensure that the integrity of the CRE library, and its > incalculable worth as a unique archive of race relations material, is > not compromised. While the library is at present being preserved as an > internal resource, any decision about its longer-term future will be > governed by the concerns commissioners have expressed. > > Thank you for your interest. > > Vanessa King > > Information Service > Commission for Racial Equality > St Dunstan's House > 201-211 Borough High Street > London SE1 1GZ > > TEL: 020 7939 0000 > Fax: 020 7939 0001 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Web: www.cre.gov.uk > > >>> "Shiraz Durrani" <[log in to unmask]> 21/09/04 > 08:57:28 >>> > Dear "info@cre", > > It is now over a month since I wrote to the Chair of CRE on the > proposal to close the CRE Library to the public. Surely this is enough time > to > respond. > Or is the time being used to close the library so that there can be no > debate and discussion about closing it? > > Common courtesy requires that you respond to this urgent matter. > > Sincerely, > > > Shiraz > > > >