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FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5913
INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE
WHITEHOUSE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY
JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
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WHITEHOUSE PASS TO NSC FOR CLARKE: JCS FOR BOWMAN;
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OSD FOR WARNER;
E.0.12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: MARR, PINS, PEEL, MOPS, PGOV, RW, UNSC
SUBJECT: DRAW-DOWN OF UNAMIR; STATUS OF CIVILIANS
1.
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2. THE SYG'S MILITARY ADVISOR, GENERAL BARIL, PROVIDED
USUN WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PLANS FOR UNAMIR
TROOP DRAWDOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW RESOLUTION:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 05 NOV 2008 200103014
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- 900 TROOPS, MOSTLY FROM BANGLADESH, WILL EVACUATE
TODAY AND TOMORROW, LEAVING ABOUT 600 IN RWANDA.
- THESE FORCES WILL BE IN TWO GROUPS, ABOUT 300 AT THE
AIRPORT AND ABOUT 300 IN THE VICINITY OF THE STADIUM.
- THE FORCE COMMANDER WILL PLAN TO DRAW DOWN THE FORCES
NEAR THE AIRPORT AND REMAIN WITH A COMPANY OF ABOUT 200
TROOPS FROM GHANA AND TUNISIA AND ABOUT 70 CIVILIANS
(CONSISTENT WITH THE SYG'S OPTION II). HIS DRAW DOWN
PLANS WILL REMAIN FLEXIBLE TO THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE
GROUND.
- DISPLACED RWANDAN CIVILIANS ARE CURRENTLY IN THREE
LOCATIONS: THE STADIUM, THE HOTEL MILLES COLLINES HOTEL,
AND THE KING FAISAL HOSPITAL. THE RPF IS MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR EVACUATION NOW AND NO MAJOR
PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. THE HOSPITAL AREA IS FIRMLY
WITHIN RPF TERRITORY AND THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE IN
IMMEDIATE DANGER. THE AREA AROUND THE STADIUM IS ALSO
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UNDER RPF CONTROL AND WILL ALSO BE NEAR THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE FINAL DETACHMENT OF 270 UNAMIR TROOPS AND
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. ACCORDING TO UN HQ, FIGHTING
CONTINUES IN THE CITY AND THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO DECLARE
THE CIVILIANS "SAFE" -- BUT THEY ARE NOT IN IMMEDIATE
DANGER.
- IF THE SITUATION BECOMES UNTENABLE NEAR THE STADIUM,
UNAMIR PLANS TO EVACUATE THROUGH THE AIRPORT IF VIABLE
OR BY ROAD TO UGANDA. GENERAL BARIL ALSO MENTIONED THE
POSSIBILITY OF BELGIAN SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATION,
BUT HE COULD NOT CONFIRM A COMMITMENT.
- GENERAL BARIL REPORTS THAT THE EXIT ROADS FROM KIGALI
ARE IN RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE, THAT UNAMIR WILL HAVE MORE
THAN SUFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION ASSETS, AND THAT THEY ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE SECURITY SITUATION ALONG THE ROAD
OUT.
3. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW RESOLUTION, THE REMAINING
FORCES WILL SUPPORT THE SRSG IN HIS MANDATE TO MONITOR
AND REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN RWANDA. ALSO, THE
SECRETARIAT WILL ASK THE COUNCIL TO KEEP THE SITUATION
UNDER CLOSE REVIEW TO ADJUST REMAINING FORCE LEVELS
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