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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (119)	9/8/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Amsterdam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 765

Henry, After reading the link that Gustave referenced, I'd have to agree with your assessment. I would also agree, however, that American business literature watches with bewilderment at some of the involvement French Technocrats make in the French economy....the 35 hour work week was an obvious example of directly reducing productivity. It must be mentioned that there are some French leaders with similar criticisms such as Pierre Lellouche, see the link below for his strong criticisms; forbes.com

To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (119)	9/8/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 765

Silly conspiracy?... Hmmm Henry, I'm afraid you're off-base again: you stubbornly underestimates the power struggle between France and the U.S. in Central Africa. Here's another article which may help you grasp the issue: monde-diplomatique.fr Excerpt: "Eclipse, isolation, withdrawal, disaster, fiasco": all words used in the press to describe the failure of France's African policy in the last few months. This failure is the result of an outdated view of geopolitics, focusing as it does on the direct defence of oil interests and containment of the spread of Islam and the "Anglo-Saxon advance". France is still clinging to an outmoded concept of the francophone countries. The contradiction between a policy presented as universal and liberal and the restrictions on movement and trade (visas, expulsion of Africans on charter flights) has become untenable. Military policy has remained unchanged since independence and diplomacy has for a long time been torn between competing centres of decision-making, sometimes private and often secret. C U Gustave.