with the Sudanese authorities that promptly denied any knowledge of the terrorists presence. Rondot decided to find out for himself and lost no time in locating Carlos and was able to take photographs of him with a concealed camera as proof of his whereabouts. Carlos's home in Khartoum (Follain)Faced with this new undeniable evidence, the Sudanese authorities agreed that Carlos was a guest in their country and the negotiations to extract him from his hideout began. To help sweeten the deal, the French Minister of the Interior, Charles Pasqua invited Sheik Hassan al-Turabi to Paris. In the first round of talks, al-Turabi made it clear that to give up a man that was a guest in his country amounted to treachery. Pasqua countered by offering to approach the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, on Sudan's behalf, to secure loans to eventually erase Sudan's foreign debt. Although Pasqua did not have the authority to back up his offers, the discussions opened the way for future negotiations. Further pressure was applied to the Sudanese government when the Egyptian secret service also tracked Carlos to Khartoum. With multiple countries now seeking Carlos's expulsion, the Sudanese were being pressured into a decision, give up Carlos or be denounced for sheltering terrorists. The final straw came when a secret video of Carlos at a party was shown to al-Turabi. He was already aware of his guest's reputation for partying, drinking and carousing with women and as a devout Moslem it offended him. Finally in August 1994, al-Turabi advised the French that they were going to give Carlos up because as al-Turabi explained to one of his senior officials: "We welcomed him as a combatant, someone who fought for the Palestinian cause, for noble causes. Now he's a hoodlum, his behaviour is shameful. He drinks and goes out with women so much that I don't know if he's a Moslem. Given that his presence has become a real danger we are going...
