As the execution order was to be carried a week after their arrest, and many mediation efforts for their release failed, President Suleiman Frangieh tasked Michel Sassine, then Vice-Prime Minister, on an urgent diplomatic mission to Guinea.
由于行刑将在逮捕一周后执行，而众多调解尝试均告失败，苏莱曼·弗朗吉亚总统命令时任副总理的迈克尔·萨辛赴几内亚执行紧急外交任务。