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OF A ROLE. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD APPRECIATE A READOUT ON
WHERE THINGS STOOD.
2.(C) CHARGE PRESENTED SELECT POINTS FROM THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON HAND (REF D), INCLUDING REMAINING UNRESOLVED
DIFFERENCES. TWAGIRAMUNGU RAISED QUESTIONS ONLY ON THE
ISSUE OF THE STARTING DATE. HE CITED THE RECENT DEPARTURE
OF WITNESSES TO CANADA TO TESTIFY IN THE EXTRADITION TRIAL
OF A MR. MURIGISANA, WHO HAD ALLEGEDLY DISCUSSED PLANNING
FOR AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN GENOCIDE BEFORE THE PRESS.
THIS PLANNING DATED BACK TO 1992, THE PRIME MINISTER OBSERVED.
3.(C) TWAGIRAMUNGU SAID THAT HE HOPED THE US WOULD URGE
THE FRENCH TO PLAY A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN ESTABLISHING THE
TRIBUNAL. HE SAID THAT THE GOR WANTED GOOD RELATIONS WITH
THE FRENCH; HOWEVER, THE "PATERNALIST" GOF HAD DONE
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO BLOCK RWANDA'S RECOVERY THUS FAR. HE
ACCUSED PARIS OF HOLDING UP BUDGET ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER EU
COUNTRIES AND MENTIONED MOBUTU'S INVITATION TO THE UPCOMING
FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN SUMMIT. HE OBSERVED THAT RWANDA HAD
BEEN SNUBBED. TWAGIRAMUNGU INSISTED THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH
THE GOR NEEDED FRENCH AID, IT WOULD NOT BE FORCED INTO
FRANCOPHONIE. CHARGE SAID THAT THE U.S. WAS WORKING WITH
ALL UNSC MEMBERS IN SEARCH OF CONSENSUS AND SUGGESTED THAT
THE RWANDAN PERMREP COULD USE HIS CONTACTS WITH OTHER
MEMBERS -- INCLUDING THE FRENCH -- TO ACHIEVE THIS COMMON
OBJECTIVE.
Nkubito :
-- DATES: HE FELT IT ESSENTIAL TO INTRODUCE EVIDENCE OF
GENOCIDE PLANNING PRIOR TO 1994 IN THE TRIALS. HE WAS LESS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUTOFF DATE FOR JURISDICTION. HE DID
NOT SEEM AWARE THAT THE RWANDAN PERNREP HAD SHOWN
WILLINGNESS TO COMPROMISE ON THE 1992 START-UP DATE.
