RT HON BORIS JOHNSON MP 2 June 2023 Dear Dame Heather You have quite properly decided to leave no stone unturned in your search for the truth about government decision making during the pandemic. As I wrote to the Inquiry yesterday: ‘I see no reason why the Inquiry should not be able to satisfy itself about the contents of my own Whatsapps and notebooks, and to check the relevant Whatsapp conversations (about 40 of them) for anything that it deems relevant to the Covid Inquiry.” ‘The government yesterday decided to take legal action. It was not my decision to do so. While I understand the government's position, I am not willing to let my material become a test case for others when I am perfectly content for the inquiry to see it. Iam therefore providing the material directly to your Inquiry today in unredacted form. ‘WhatsApps Lam sending your Inquiry all unredacted WhatsApps I provided to the Cabinet Office. I would like to do the same with any material that may be on an old phone which I have been previously been told I can no longer access safely. In view of the urgency of your request I believe we need to test this advice, which came from the security services. Thave asked the Cabinet Office for assistance in turning it on securely so that I can search it for all relevant material. I propose to pass ll such material directly to you. Notebooks Ino longer have physical access to my notebooks because they were removed from my office by the Cabinet Office. I have asked that the Cabinet Office pass these to you. If the government chooses not to do so, [will sk for these to be returned to my office so that I can provide them to you directly. Yours, Qe )Smee Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP