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FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9607
INFO AMEMBASSY KIGALI IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY HARARE
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY LAGOS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 06841
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, RW
SUBJECT: ARUSHA V: UPDATE
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REFS: (A) BENTLEY-FULLER TELECON 11/29/92, (B) DAR ES
SALAAM 6819, (C) KIGALI 4901 (NOTAL)
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2. FOLLOWING DRAFTED BY POLOFF/U.S. OBSERVER TO RWANDA
TALKS IN ARUSHA AT 1100 LOCAL (0800 GMT) NOVEMBER 30.
3. NO TALKS OR MEETINGS, OTHER THAN INFORMAL
CONVERSATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN ARUSHA. RWANDAN
PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA WILL MEET TANZANIAN PRESIDENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES L DARTS
DATE/CASE ID: 22 SEP 2008 200103014
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MWINYI NOVEMBER 30 IN DAR ES SALAAM. ACCORDING TO
SOURCES IN ARUSHA, THE TANZANIANS INTEND TO PRESS
HABYARIMANA TO MAKE A REALISTIC OFFER AT ARUSHA; MWINYI
WILL SEEK TO PERSUADE HABYARIMANA THAT HE MUST MOVE
DECISIVELY TOWARDS DEMOCRACY AND PEACE. THE TANZANIAN
AND OAU REPS IN ARUSHA ARE ASKING THE OBSERVERS TO
EMPHASIZE THEIR MESSAGE IN KIGALI, AND WOULD
PARTICULARLY LIRE THE
WESTERN OBSERVERS TO PRESENT A STRONG, COORDINATED
DEMARCHE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE
NEED TO END THE CURRENT POLITICAL IMPASSE.
4. NEWS RECEIVED IN ARUSHA FROM KIGALI (THROUGH RPF
SOURCES) SUGGESTS THAT PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA IS
INSISTING THAT THE MRND RETAIN A "PREDOMINANT" ROLE IN A
TRANSITION REGIME; OTHERWISE NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF. BUT
THE RPF AND GOR NEGOTIATING TEAMS HERE ARE EXTREMELY
RELUCTANT TO CONSIDER BREAKING OFF THE TALKS; BOTH SIDES
ARE HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT THE PROBLEMS IN KIGALI CAN
BE RESOLVED SOMEHOW. GIVEN THE NEWS FROM KIGALI THAT
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THE MRND HAS REJECTED THE PROPOSALS OF THE BISHOPS, THE
OBSERVERS ARE PESSIMISTIC REGARDING THE PROSPECTS FOR
FURTHER TALKS, BUT ARE HANGING ON IN ARUSHA IN THE HOPE
THAT FOREIGN MINISTER NGULINZIRA WILL PULL A RABBIT OUT
OF HABYARIMANA'S HAT.
5. IN THE MEANTIME, THREE DISTINCT GROUPS IN THE GOR
NEGOTIATING TEAM HAVE FAXED LETTERS TO PRESIDENT
HABYARIMANA. THE GROUPS - THE THREE AMBASSADORS
(KANYANISHOKI, MUNYAWEZA AND MUGEMA), THREE OF THE
MILITARY OFFICERS, AND FOUR OF THE MRND MEMBERS - HAVE
EACH URGED THE PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE ARUSHA PROTOCOL
AS WRITTEN, TO AGREE TO A NOMINATED TRANSITIONAL
ASSEMBLY, AND NOT TO INSIST ON THE INCLUSION OF ALL
PARTIES IN THE BROAD-BASED TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT.
6. BEFORE DEPARTING ARUSHA FOR DAR ES SALAAM ON
NOVEMBER 29, FOR MIN NGULINZIRA TAPED AN INTERVIEW WITH
THE RADIO RWANDA CORRESPONDENT ATTACHED TO HIS
DELEGATION. THIS WAS RELAYED TO KIGALI AND BROADCAST
THE SAME DAY. NGULINZIRA REPEATED HIS CLAIM THAT HE HAS
A "LEGAL MANDATE" FROM THE CABINET - A CLAIM NONE OF THE
OBSERVERS TAKE SERIOUSLY IN VIEW OF THE REPORTED
SITUATION IN KIGALI.
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