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2AF3AF 020903Z /38
R 020858Z MAR 94
FM AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9430
INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
AMEMBASSY KIGALI
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
USDA() LILONGWE MI
CONFIDENTIALSECTION 01 OF 02 KAMPALA 01702
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREL, UG, RW
SUBJECT: RPF REPRESENTATIVE IN UGANDA CALLS ON
AMBASSADOR
1.
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SUMMARY
2. THE RPF IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED BY THE SLOW PACE
AT WHICH THE ARUSHA ACCORDS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED
AND THE MOUNTING VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT RWANDA. THE RPF
REP IN UGANDA HAS APPEALED FOR GREATER PRESSURE ON
HABYARIMANA BUT ALSO HINTED OMINOUSLY THAT THE RPF
MAY BE CONSIDERING RENEWED MILITARY ACTION AGAINST
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
DATE/CASE ID: 04 NOV 2011 201005065
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THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT.
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RPF REP ACCUSES HABYARIMANA
3. RPF REPRESENTATIVE DR. EMMANUEL NDAHIRO CALLED ON
THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 26. NDAHIRO REQUESTED THE
MEETING TO EXPRESS THE RPF'S FRUSTRATION WITH THE
FAILURE OF THE RWANDAN AUTHORITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE
ARUSHA PEACE PLAN. NDAHIRO SPECIFICALLY ACCUSED
PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA OF BEING THE PRINCIPAL OBSTACLE
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT.
NDAHIRO SAID THE RPF ALSO SUSPECTS, BUT HAS NO PROOF,
THAT HABYARIMANA WAS BEHIND THE RECENT ASSASSINATION
OF RWANDA PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER FELICIEN GATABAZI,
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AMD BEHIND THE AMBUSH THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF
ONE RPF SOLDIER AND THE WOUNDING OF A BELGIAN
SOLDIER. NDAHIRO CLAIMED THAT HABYARIMANA IS NOT
COMMITTED TO DEMOCRATIC CHANGE AND IS SIMPLY STALLING
IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE HIS DOMESTIC ADVERSARIES AND
THE RPF.
A WARNING THAT THE RPF MAY UNDERTAKE RENEWED MILITARY
ACTION
4. NDAHIRO SAID THAT THE RPF HAD BEEN PLACED IN A
DISADVANTAGEOUS POSITION BY THE CURRENT SITUATION.
THE RPF FORCES IN KIGALI ARE LIVING AS VIRTUAL
HOSTAGES, WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE RPF UNITS ARE
TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO UN FORCES: THE ONE ALONG THE
UGANDAN/RWANDAN BORDER IN THE NORTH AND THE
UN-MONITORED BUFFER ZONE IN THE SOUTH. HABYARIMANA
THOUGHT HE COULD WEAKEN THE RPF BY DELAYING THE FULL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARUSHA PLAN. NDAHIRO SAID IT
MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR THE RPF TO UNDERTAKE SOME TYPE
OF OFFENSIVE ACTION TO SHOW HABYARIMANA THAT IT COULD
NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
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5.
NDAHIRO APPEALED TO THE U.S.:
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--- TO PUT GREATER PRESSURE ON HABYARIMANA TO STOP
FRUSTRATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRANSITIONAL
GOVERNMENT, AND
--- TO URGE THE UN TO CONTROL THE VIOLENCE
PERPETRATED BY HABYARIMANA'S FORCES.
6. THE AMBASSADOR URGED NDAHIRO AND HIS RPF
COLLEAGUES TO REMAIN PATIENT AND TO STAY THE COURSE.
THE RPF SHOULD ALSO BE MORE FORTHCOMING IN ITS
WILLINGNESS TO GRANT ASSURANCES TO HABYARIMANA THAT
HE WILL NOT BE MISTREATED OR JAILED BECAUSE OF ANY
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INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
AMEMBASSY KIGALI
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
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TAGS: PREL, UG, RW
SUBJECT: RPF REPRESENTATIVE IN UGANDA CALLS ON
PAST ACTIONS SHOULD HE LOSE POWER IN THE FUTURE.
FINALLY, THE AMBASSADOR WARNED THE RPF REP THAT A
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RENEWAL OF FIGHTING WOULD UNDERMINE THE PROGRESS THAT
HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THUS FAR AND SEVERELY DAMAGE THE
RPF'S CREDIBILITY IN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN EUROPE.
THE AMBASSADOR CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT RWANDA DID
NOT NEED ANOTHER ROUND OF BATTLEFIELD VIOLENCE
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7. THE RPF IS DEEPLY FRUSTRATED WITH HABYARIMANA;
WITH THE FRENCH, WHO THEY BELIEVE ARE STILL
PRO-HABYARIMANA AND ANTI-RPF; AND WITH THE UN FOR NOT
BEING MORE ASSERTIVE IN DEALING WITH HABYARIMANA AND
HIS POLITICAL SUPPORTERS. WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER DR.
NDAHIRO WAS MERELY BLOWING SMOKE WHEN HE WARNED THAT
THE RPF MIGHT UNDERTAKE RENEWED MILITARY ACTION
AGAINST THE GOU, OR WHETHER THE RPF IS SERIOUSLY
CONTEMPLATING THIS COURSE OF ACTION. END COMMENT.
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