"This is a classic case of espionage," an intelligence source told Le Point.

The question on the cover of the French news weekly Le Point is "Can we believe Gorbachev?"

The poll is to be published in the Saturday edition of the weekly Le Point.

He joined the French weekly Le Point as a journalist and later was appointed foreign correspondent.

The weekly Le Point even opened its coverage with what it said was the latest joke in the city.

But if the hope of Le Point was for sparks to fly, they were disappointed.

From 1976 until his death he concocted weekly crossword puzzles for the magazine Le Point that I'm told are "difficult."

Perec also created crossword puzzles for Le Point from 1976 on.

On 22 January 2004 the magazine, Le Point, published transcripts of police phone taps.

Only 32 percent of French voters view him favorably now, according to a poll published in the weekly Le Point taken just before his trip.