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DGSE Boss Talks About Taiwan Frigates

French examining magistrate Renaud Van Ruymbeke has questioned Claude Silberzahn, a former head of the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE, [...]

Published on 10/10/2002 at 10:00 GMT

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