Chirac promise to agents
NZPA London The former French Prime Minister, Jaques Chirac, promised the Rainbow Warrior agents, Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, they would be home before the end of his term of office, according to reliable sources.
New Zealand and France in late 1986.
day on the suggestion that Mr Chirac had for some time intended to bring the agents back to France. ' v
Mafart was repatriated without New Zealand’s consent on December 14 after France claimed he was suffering a serf-, ous stomach complaint that needed urgent medical attention. Then last Friday, just two days before Mr Chirac lost his bid to replace Francois Mitterrand as President and resigned from the premiership, Prieur was flown home after France told New Zealand she was pregnant and her father was terminally ill. The New Zealand Embassy in Paris could not comment yester-
There are new signs, that France does not expect the convicted bombers to return to the Pacific.
The satirical weekly, “Le Canard Enchaine,” says Prieur plans to further her military career by sitting the entrance examination for the Ecole D’Etat-Major, a staff college for Army administrators. A Ministry of Defence spokesman would not confirm Prieur’s candidacy.
The sources, close to the Minister of Defence, said Mr Chirac made his promise while visiting Hao Atoll last year.
The two agents began a threeyear confinement to the island military base by United Nationssponsored agreement between
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