The US Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility indicated “minimal” money was given to Bermuda for accepting four Uighurs, according to a leaked cable.

The cable is the first one related to Bermuda to be made public through the whistleblowing website Wikileaks which is released tens of thousands of cables from US?embassies and consulates around the world.

In the cable an advisor to the French Foreign Minister queried how much money Bermuda had received for accepting four Guantanamo Bay detainees during a discussion about relocating other detainees to the European nation.

The question was posed during a meeting between Eric Chevallier, a special advisor to the French Foreign Affairs Minister, and Dan Fried, US Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility.

It states: “Chevallier’s expert on this issue, Martin Julliard, asked about the financial payments the U.S. is providing to Bermuda and Palau upon their acceptance of the Uighur detainees.

“Fried clarified that US funds are intended to cover reimbursable expenses only and are minimal.”

Twenty-seven of the 250,000 leaked cables are said to have been sent by the US Consulate in Devonshire, though they have yet to be released.

?For more detail on this see tomorrow’s Royal Gazette