In response, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced on 12 February 1998 that, in the interests of openness, he had commissioned the historians of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to prepare a historical memorandum on the Zinoviev letter, drawing upon archival documents.
En resposta o Foreign Secretary británico, Robin Cook, anunciou o 12 de febreiro de 1998 que en interese da transparencia pública, lle encargara ós historiadores do Foreign and Commonwealth Office preparar un informe sobre a Carta Zinoviev, en base ós documentos dos arquivos.