State Department cable from the Paris Mission re: French concern over the detainees in Guantanamo and the treatment of Guantanamo detainees generally. Much of the cable is redacted, however, some important points from the cable are: 1) it is reported that some detainees are claiming to be French citizens, but are either not or are falsifying their documents stating that they are; 2) There is a French government team visiting Guantanamo; 3) the French government is opposed to military tribunals or "Special Courts"; and 4) The French insist on all detainees being afforded the Geneva Convention protections no matter what their combatant status.
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I FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH DELEGATION TO THE
BASE AT GUANTANAMO, FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE CONFIRMED IN AN
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DETAINEES BEING HELD THERE. VEDRINE COMMENTED THAT SOME
DETAINEES "PRETENDED TO BE FRENCH" BUT LEGALLY ARE NOT, AND
SAID IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THEIR DOCUMENTS WERE
FALSIFIED. THE PRESS HAS NOTED THAT SOME OF THE ALLEGEDLY
FRENCH DETAINEES, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PREVIOUS ARRESTS FOR
SUSPICION OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, ARE KNOWN TO FRENCH
AUTHORITIES, IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED THAT ANTI-TERRORISM
JUDGE JEAN-LOUIS BRUGUIERE IS PLANNING TO VISIT GUANTANAMO
"SOON" TO INVESTIGATE THE IDENTITIES AND TRAVEL HISTORIES OF
THE MEN.
3. (C) THE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HAS SAID THE GOF WILL BE
STUDYING CLOSELY THE RESULTS OF THE FRENCH TEAM'S WEEKEND
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