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Waihington, D.C. 20520_
January 31, 1994
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SUBJECT:
Appointment Request - RPF Chairman Kanyarengwe
DISCUSSION
On January 31, RPF local representative Charles Murigande
informed us that RPF Chairman Alexis Kanyarengwe is in
Washington this week to attend the Congressional Prayer
Breakfast. Kanyarengwe has requested a meeting to discuss the
current situation in Rwanda. (Murigande suggested meeting on
Friday, Feb. 4.) We recommend that you agree to meet
Kanyarengwe and use the opportunity to urge the RPF to
cooperate in forming the broad-based transition government as
soon as possible. If this meeting cannot be worked into your
schedule, we recommend that DAS Bushnell meet with Kanyarengwe.
During the troika meeting in Paris, we agreed with the
Belgians and French that a trilateral demarche on all the
players was necessary in order to push the Rwandans to form the
new government. The longer the impasse over formation of the
government continues, the greater the risk of violence, which
could threaten the entire peace process. We instructed our
Embassy to coordinate with the French and Belgians to make the
demarche discussed at the troika meeting. We can use the
meeting with Kanyarengwe in Washington to reinforce the message
being delivered in Kigali.
RECOMMENDATION
That you agree to meet with RPF Chairman Kanyarengwe
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