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Show Tbtah Lake Tribune undav. 1 A5 l'Ho ehruanjb. France Will Send Duvalier lo U.S. Today Unless a Third Country Accepts Him By Michael Dobbs Washington Lost Writer LARIS France has told U S officials that it w ill send deposed Haitian e Duvalier to the dictator I'mted Slates Sunday following a weeklong stay fiere. according to French sources The sources, who have a direct knowledge of the case, said that the Jean-Claud- well-place- former Haitian president-for-lif- e would be put on an Air France plane for New York Sunday morning unless a third country is found willing to give him political asylum. Duvalier. whose family ruled Haiti for nearly three decades, has been closeted in a hotel in the French lakeside resort of Talloires for the past week since his arrival aboard a U.S. Air Force plane on the evening of Feb 7. At least half a dozen countries have publicly refused requests by Laris and Washington to provide a permanent place of exile for him and his immmediate family. French officials emphasized that from the beginning they have seen No Short-Ter- m Duvalier as an American problem particularly in view of the Reagan administration's interest in the Caribbean Last week. French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas sent Secretary of State George L. Shultz a communica lion reminding him that France had agreed to take Duvalier for only a week and that France would insist on that agreement being carried out (In Washington, U.S. officials refused to comment on the reports of France's impending action. But some officials admitted that the French reluctantly had acceded to U.S. appeals to accept Duvalier only on the understanding that his stay in France would be temporary and that the United States would take responsibility for finding him a permanent refuge elsewhere, Washington Post staff writer John M. Goshko reported. (We really twisted arms with the French, and there is no question that they have a legitimate due bill to present to us. said one official, who asked not to be identified ) W ith just a month to go before crucial legislative elections. France s Socialist government is anxious to avoid the political embarrassment that could result front a prolonged stay by Duvalier on French soil French officials have stressed that France only agreed to admit the Hai tian dictator temporarily and in the hope of avoiding a bloody rebellion in his own country In Talloires. signs mounted Saturday afternoon of an imminent change in Duvalier's status as his French lawyer and a senior official from the French Foreign Ministry arrived at the Hotel de LAbbaye where the former president has been staying The lawyer. Sauveur Vaisse, later issued a statement saying that Duvalier had turned down a French suggestion that he ask for political asylum in the West African state of Liberia Liberia had been mentioned as one of several possible destinations for Duvalier. who is accompanied by his wife Mirhele, several children and a number of close aides But after first ernment announced Friday that it would only consider doing so it Duva her requested it The plans for Duvalier s imminent departure from Talloires. a summei resort near the border with Switzerland in the picturesque Alpine region. Was confirmed by a French official with direct knowledge of the case and a member of the former dictator's en tourage contacted by telephone In statements Saturday, French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius raised the possibility of sending Duvalier to the United States if no other country could be found willing to accept him Fabius said in a radio interview that France was still in contact with a number of countries about granting permanent exile to Duvalier. He said France had the legal means" to prevent Duvalier from remaining in the country, including the possibility of expulsion Future Remains Bleak for Haitians By Kernan Turner Associated Press Writer The fall of the DuvaHaiti lier regime has left many Haitians wondering if they now will see a smooth transition to stable democracy or more years of political turmoil. The only constant is a desperate outlook for its destitute millions. Right now Haiti is enjoying the euphoria of release from a political strait jacket. radio stations report the news as and Newspapers they see it, the provisional government is promising representative democracy and presidential election? - News Analysis and the police and army are remarkably restrained in keeping the peace. An 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew remains, but students demonstrate almost every day to demand changes in civilian-militar- y national government the council and its Cabinet appointments. Justice Minister Gerard Gourgue has released 26 political prisoners from jail. The dreaded Tonton Macoutes militia, the mainstay of the Duvalier dynasty which ended when President e Duvalier fled the country Feb. 7. has been disbanded, its commander apparently jailed and its .'7 members ordered to turn in their weapons. seekmobs the witchhunt initial than Other by angry ing revenge for years of abuse by the Tonton Macoutes. little blood has been shed since Duvalier left. The president of the governing council is Gen. Henri career soldier who was head of Namphy, a the army when Duvalier fled, but was not associated with the repression attributed to Duvalier. Namphy has a reputation for being a officer and a good administrator. The campaign for national elections has barely begun. Le Matin, one of the capital's four daily newspapers. says 10 men have announced their intention to run for president. They range from declared opposition leaders like Gregoire Eugene of the Social Christian Party to Charles who lives in exile in New York and two of Duvalier's former ministers who broke with him. Two men on his council are most criticized by those who want ?11 traces of the Duvalier government removed. They are Alix Cineas. a longtime associate of the Duvaliers who was minister of public works when the government fell, and Col. Prosper Avril, often called personal tutor. Before Duvalier's departure, Eugene, leader of the six-ma- Jean-Claud- Cel-ma- rt iI aBONUSICQUPONK Sneigroues ice cream i Limited i i i Assorted Flavors Reg. 4.19 i v gallon I Senator Arrives In Haiti to Solutions Jean-Claude- 's indicating that it would be prepared to grant the former Haitian president a place of refuge, the Liberian gov- A V By S.S. Beaulieau United Lress International Sen Haiti a member of the Paul Tnble, Senate Foreign Relations- Committee, arrived in Haiti Saturday for talks with the new government, which is seeking the release of $26 million in U.S. aid. Also Saturday, the government-runational radio reported five Haitian youths were burned to death in slayings believed committed by members of the feared Tontons Macoutes, the secret police agency blamed for widespread killings and human rights abuses under former - aBOMUSICOUBONK Fish Fillets I Van find ministers who did not work with said Arielle Sergile. 23, who works for a Duvalier, construction company. There is general agreement now that the United States was a major factor in Duvaliers downfall, especially through its policy of tying economic aid to certification of human rights in Haiti. Jeffrey Lite, a U.S. Embassy spokesman here, said the $52 million in aid targeted for 1986 had been withheld because Haiti had failed to meet human rights standards. Duvalier fell just as the 1985 U.S aid package of $55 million was running out. By some interpretations of the law requiring certification, the United States could have given almost all of the aid for 1986 as humanitarian aid, withholding only about $7 million earmarked directly for the Haitian government. Lite would not say why the United States withheld the entire package, saying only that "there are varying interpretations of that law. The Duvalier government was under fire from the Roman Catholic Church, which had become disillusioned by the treatment of its priests and the closing of its popular Radio Soleil. One widespread concern is that the initial enthusiasm over Duvaliers departure could turn sour when the people realize the misery still exists. Haitis problems are so acute that no one has tried to solutions. suggest short-terTerror and corruption might be eliminated, but Haitians who demonstrated in the streets are going to be demanding an end to the most severe conditions of poverty and squalor in the Western Hemisphere. The World Bank estimates that less than half of percent of the countrys 6 million people control 40 percent of the wealth. The Duvalier family's wealth, believed to be deposited in Swiss bank accounts, has been estimated at $400 million, while the country's annual per capita income in 1985 was $380. World Health Organization statistics show that 25,000 Haitian children under the age of 5 die annually of diarrhea. The infant mortality rate is recorded at 125 per 1,000 and the average lifespan is 55 years in contrast to 73 in the United States. 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