A French Foreign Ministry Official Reads a Sensitive Email Not Initially Addressed to Him

From: Samuel BELBACHIR (samuel.belbachir@diplomatie.gouv.fr)
Subject: Read: Open Letter – Formal Request for Transmission to the Diplomatic Post (Grave Danger Reported)
Date sent: April 21, 2025, 10:30 +0800 (China Standard Time)
To: Vincent Le Corre

📌 Why this email read receipt matters

An official email reporting a serious and substantiated threat was sent on April 19, 2025, to multiple high-ranking French and Chinese authorities, including a French senator, diplomats, intelligence services, and journalists. The email contained an open letter addressed to Pierre Mirochnikoff, President of the Union of French Citizens Abroad, urging the transmission of my alerts to the French diplomatic post.

Although Samuel Belbachir, an official at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was neither a direct recipient nor copied on the message, a read receipt confirms that he accessed it on April 21 at 10:30 a.m. This indicates that someone internally must have forwarded him the message, most likely as part of the administrative or diplomatic handling of the case.

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https://www.ECTHRwatch.org/timeline/mcdonalds/
This timeline provides a comprehensive overview of the key milestones and developments.