Duvalier Move to Riviera Approved, French Paper Says

PARIS —  The government has decided to let deposed Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier move to the French Riviera while a permanent exile home is found for him, it was reported today.

The daily Le Quotidien de Paris said Prime Minister Laurent Fabius’ office made the decision Tuesday to allow Duvalier to leave a hotel in southeastern France, where he has been sequestered nearly a month.

The newspaper gave no source for its report and the government had no immediate comment.

It said Duvalier, who arrived in France on Feb. 7 aboard a U.S. military plane for a stay that was supposed to last only eight days, will move along with 11 members of his entourage to a residence on France’s southern coast. It did not mention a city, but Duvalier reportedly owns a residence in the Nice area.