The memo apparently argued that free trade would not necessarily benefit the environment in developing countries.

Many of the junk bonds owned by insurers, the memo argues, are junk in name only; the corporations that borrowed the money are unlikely to default.

But in a section headed "Jenna and Barbara's great adventure," the memo argued that a presidential bid could be an opportunity for the girls.

Mr. Appleton's memo also argued that winter snow and ice would load unevenly on a plastic cover and could damage it.

Another memo, written by a Defense Department official, argued that the Patriotic Ones "are not the types to compose death squads (fund them, yes, but get blood on their own hands - certainly not)."

According to the latter memo, the former memo argued that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution had no application to domestic military operations.

But, the memo argues, this doesn't rule out all drugs.

The memo argued for the fact that there was a moderate faction in Iran that wanted to establish contacts with the United States.

A confidential memo by TfL officials, drawing on the experience of the £30bn public-private partnership to upgrade the tube network, argues that altering PFI contracts can be "complicated and expensive".

The memo reportedly argues that several homosexual bishops "who, in a conspiracy of silence, have been appointed to senior positions".