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DOS Cable re: French Position on Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, January 31, 2002

Jan. 31, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4227
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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