The December 10th 2006 document detailing arrangements for the payment by the Gaddafi regime of 50 million euros for Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election campaign, followed further below by a translation into English:
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The Glorious People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
“No democracy without a people's conference”
Date : 10. 12. 2006
Corresponding to : 10. 12. 1375
N° 1917 68 P
Foreign intelligence service
Brother/ President, Libyan African Investment Portfolio
Peace be with you
With reference to the instructions given by the liaison office of the General People's Committee concerning the approval of support for the electoral campaign of the candidate Monsieur Nicolas Sarkozy for the presidential elections, to the sum of fifty million euros.
We confirm to you the agreement in principle as to the subject cited above, having taken note of the minutes of the meeting held on 6.10.2006 at which were present from our side the director of Libyan intelligence services and the president of the Libyan African Investment Portfolio, and from the French side Monsieur Brice Hortefeux and Monsieur Ziad Takieddine, and during the course of which an agreement was concluded to determine the amount and method of payment.
Peace be with you, and the mercy of God and his blessings...
Moussa Imuhamad Koussa
Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service
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