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french defence minister to rule on secret files

. . . NEWS PARIS (Oceania Flash/Pacific Media Watch): Most of the files seized as part of recent investigations in French Polynesia could be made available to a judge based in Pape'ete who is currently investigating possible links between this French Pacific territory and former French President Jacques Chirac, as well as alleged bank accounts in Japan, French media reported at the weekend. The files, seized since June this year in the French Polynesian capital Pape'ete, belong to the French secret service, the DGSE. They have since remained inaccessible because they were classified as "secret defence" information. Pape'ete-based judge Jean-François Redonnet, who ordered the searches, had asked permission to use these files. Ruling on the issue, a consultative commission on national defence secret files, decided that of the 17 files, 16 should be declassified. The decision was published in the French Republic's official gazette last week. However, the final