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DGSI's charm offensive faces culture shock at elite business school

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The campus of the French business school HEC in Jouy-en-Josas near Paris.
The campus of the French business school HEC in Jouy-en-Josas near Paris. © Bertrand Gardel/Hemis via AFP

The announcement of a meeting with the head of the French domestic intelligence agency's highly secretive Operational Support Group, organised by the HEC business school's alumni association, was quickly removed from the association's website.

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