Subject: Re: < ANTIPROHIBITIONISTS OF THE ENTIRE WORLD...#15 >

At 11:34 16-09-97 ITA, you wrote:

>Antiprohibitionist action report

>

>September 4, 1997 - (Year 3) #15

>

>EUROPE - THE FRENCH "EXAMPLE"

>August 28, in the newspaper "L'Opinione" Carmelo Palma denounces the

>absence of a European policy on drugs, and the activism of French President

>Jacques Chirac. Mr. Chirac proposes a European convergence on the matter,

>eliminating anomalies, particularly the Dutch one. According to the French

>President the Netherlands favors the circulation of substances and

>interferes with European prohibitionist policies. On the contrary, Holland,

>with its results, demonstrates the failure of France, which, in order to

>protect its territory from drugs at the French-Belgian border, violates the

>Schengen agreement and wants to export its prohibitionist model. Also The

>European Parliament has recently pointed out this type of behavior. "French

>prohibitionism" concludes Mr. Palma "affects European policies more than

>Dutch drugs, and in this case drugs are very bad."

I think that there are more positive developments in the french attitude of

the government and in the relation between the french and the dutch government

that what is quoted in this newspaper.

>THE NETHERLANDS

>Tensions among the three-party coalition that supports the Government. The

>Parliament has criticized the Government's decision of accusing former

>Suriname dictator of cocaine trafficking. The interrogation of two

>ministers was interrupted in May, during the Dutch Presidency of the

>European Union, right before the political elections.

>(FINANCIAL TIMES, 28/08)

This message is completely incorrect. The Minister of foreign affairs has

been questioned about the fact that he has not asked the Brasil police to

arrest Desi Bouterse eventhough there is a INTERPOL search initiated by the

Dutch Ministery of Justice. The reason behind the attitude of the Dutch

minister of foreign affairs was that there is no treaty between the Dutch

and the Brasilien government

to exchange arrested criminals. This was not understood by some of the

politiciens in the partliament.

I think that this is quite different from what is published in the Financial

times.

What sense does it make for CORA to distribute articles of Newspapers, when

the contents of these articles are incorrect ?????

Yours sincerely

Rene CADERIUS VAN VEEN

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