There is only one official mention of a meeting between Mr Sarkozy and the Bettencourts in the diary, which shows he paid a brief visit on February 24, 2007, two months before the first round of presidential elections. Mr Herzog claimed this was a "courtesy call" that lasted 20 to 25 minutes, that any other meetings would have been mentioned, and that diary showed it was "materially impossible" for Mr Sarkozy to have been present in other dates mentioned by staff.