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O 251310Z NOV 92
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9568
AMEMBASSY KIGALI IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIDATE
INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY HARARE
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY LAGOS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 06786
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, RW
SUBJECT: ARUSHA V: POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS RESUME
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1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. FOLLOWING DRAFTED BY POLOFF BENTLEY IN ARUSHA MIDDAY
NOVEMBER 25.
3. WORD OF A BREAKTHROUGH IN KIGALI ON THE TRANSITIONAL
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ENABLED GOR FOREIGN MINISTER
NGULINZIRA TO ANNOUNCE THAT HIS DELEGATION WAS PREPARED
TO TAKE UP THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES ON THE POLITICAL
AGENDA IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RPF. THE RPF HAS
AGREED, AND, DESPITE SOME CONTENTIOUS LANGUAGE IN THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 30 OCT 2007 200103014
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PLENARY ON NOVEMBER 25, TALKS ARE BEGINNING ON THE
ISSUES OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE TRANSITIONAL CABINET
AND THE TRANSITIONAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
4. FOREIGN MINISTER NGULINZIRA INFORMED THE PLENARY
THAT HIS GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED THE PRINCIPLE OF AN
APPOINTED TRANSITIONAL ASSEMBLY. HE ALSO PROPOSED A
MEETING BETWEEN THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE CURRENT
COALITION GOVERNMENT AND THE RPF TO DISCUSS THE
ALLOCATION OF CABINET PORTFOLIOS, TO BE HOSTED BY THE
TANZANIANS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RPF-GOR
NEGOTIATIONS. THE RPF INDICATED ITS WILLINGNESS TO TAKE
UP THE POLITICAL AGENDA BUT REJECTED THE MEETING WITH
POLITICAL PARTIES. IT SUGGESTED THAT THE GOR COULD
INCLUDE THE PARTIES IN ITS NEGOTIATING TEAM, AND SAID
THE GOR SUGGESTION DEMONSTRATED THAT THE GOR TEAM DID
NOT REPRESENT THE FORCES IN THE COALITION CABINET.
5. THE GOR AND RPF HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE FACILITATOR
TO ARRANGE DIRECT TALKS BETWEEN THEMSELVES. THEY WILL
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REPORT PROGRESS IN A DAILY PLENARY. RAPID PROGRESS IS
UNLIKELY. THE GOR HAS SIGNALED ITS INTENT TO REVISIT
THE CLAUSES IN THE ARUSHA PROTOCOL WHICH HAVE BEEN
QUESTIONED BY THE MRND. THE RPF INDICATED IT WILL
RESIST THIS.
6. DESPITE THESE PROBLEMS, POLITICAL TALKS ARE NOW
UNDERWAY. WE HOPE AMBASSADOR BRYNN CAN ARRANGE TO COME
OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING THE HOLIDAY.
7. MILREP MARLEY HOPES TO TRAVEL TO NAIROBI ON NOVEMBER
26. HE PLANS TO SPEND THE NIGHT OF THE 26TH IN NAIROBI,
CHECK IN AT THE EMBASSY ON THE 27TH, AND PROCEED TO
KIGALI THE SAME DAY, IF POSSIBLE. RPF REPS HERE SAY
THEY WILL TRY TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH THE RPF IN
RWANDA AND WILL LET MARLEY KNOW PRIOR TO HIS LEAVING
ARUSHA.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING. EWING
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