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From: Rosalind Cotter

Sent: October 5, 2004 9:13 AM

To: Stephen McIntyre

Subject: NATURE: 2004-01-14277B

Dear Dr McIntyre

It has been drawn to our attention that the reviewers' reports on your recent rejected exchange with Mann et al. are being broadcast at the following URLs:

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/fallupdate04/update.fall04.html

and specifically at :

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/fallupdate04/referees.mar.pdf

and:

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/fallupdate04/referees.aug.pdf

However, you will see from our policy details on www.nature.com/nature/submit/policies that publicising confidential material is not permitted without **prior permission** from the reviewers themselves. We must therefore ask you to remove these reviews from public access until such time as we are able to furnish you with written approval from the individual referees, which we shall seek upon receipt of a formal request from you.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely

Rosalind Cotter

Editor, Brief Communications Arising