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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000216 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/11/2016 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, KDEM, FR, HA SUBJECT: FRENCH CONCERNED WITH DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE REF: STATE 3121 Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 1. (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche January 12 to DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier, who said that the French Embassy in Washington had also appraised him of the issue. He stated that the GoF understood and shared our "political" concern that Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier might use a diplomatic passport to return to Haiti. 2. (C) Coffinier indicated that he had contacted the Interior Ministry and was convinced Jean-Claude Duvalier does not have legal status in France. Although the GoF was exploring options for preventing Baby Doc from traveling, it would be difficult to do so in practice if he was in possession of a valid passport, which Coffinier assumed would be provided by the Haitian Embassy in Paris. Another issue, he noted, was that the GoF does not normally prevent foreigners from leaving the country, particularly ones that might be present illegally. 3. (C) Coffinier underlined that the GoF was concerned about the situation, but did not have any immediate solutions to keep him from leaving; the MFA is working with the Interior Ministry to come up with a coordinated response. 4. (C) Deputy PolCouns noted that the simplest solution would be for the GoF to help convince the IGoH not to issue the passport. Coffinier said that the GoF had not approached the IGoH on the subject. He called this "a new element" that he would take into account in GoF thinking. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm Stapleton