WASHINGTON, May 12: The Bush administration has decided to recall four more officials working with Jay Garner, the Pentagon-appointed administrator in Iraq, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Margaret Tutwiler, who had been head of communications; Tim Carney, who had been overseeing Iraq’s ministry of industry and minerals; David Dunford, a senior Middle East expert; and John Limbert, the ambassador to Mauritania, will be leaving Iraq soon, the report said.

They were working with Mr Garner, a retired general, who is considered a confidante of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.