Associated Press. "Mitterrand Role Alleged in Greenpeace Incident." 11 Jul. 2005. [http://www.ap.org] Associated Press. "Mitterrand Role Alleged in Greenpeace Incident." 11 Jul. 2005. [http://www.ap.org]
On 10 June 2005, "the daily Le Monde published extracts of a 23-page, handwritten account by Adm. Pierre Lacoste, former head of the DGSE spy agency, in which he says [the late President Francois] Mitterrand authorized the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland's port.... The newspaper said that Lacoste prepared the report a year after the bombing and that it had remained secret since."
Derogy,
Jacques, and Jean-Marie Pontaut. Enquête sur trois secrets d'Etat.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1986.
Dyson,
John. Sink the Rainbow Warrior. London: Gollancz, 1986.
King,
Michael J. The Death of the Rainbow Warrior. London & Aukland: Penguin, 1986.
Prieur,
Dominique, with Jean-Marie Pontaut. Agent secrète. Paris:
Fayard, 1995.
Clark comment: Prieur was "Mrs. Turenge" in the DGSE operation to sink the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. Pennetier, I&NS 11.4, notes that the book "does not contain any major revelations" about the operation. Prieur does, however, provide "insight into the preparation" of the operation, some aspects of which she criticizes.
Sears,
Richard, and Isabelle Gidley. The Rainbow Warrior Affair. London:
Unwin, 1986.
Vert,
Patrick du Morne. Mission Oxygène. Paris: Filipacchi, 1987.
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