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1. PROVIDED BELOW IS THE TEXT OF THE RWANDA/BURUNDI
SITREP CIRCULATED IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR JUNE 17. THE
SITREP IS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL.
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RW/BY SITREP FOR JUNE 17
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SITUATION ON THE GROUND
RWANDA
ONE UNAMIR SOLDIER WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED WHEN AN
RPF SOLDIER FIRED A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE AT THEIR
UN-DESIGNATED VEHICLE IN RPF-CONTROLLED TERRITORY 20 KM
NORTH OF KIGALI, ACCORDING TO A UN SPOKESMAN. (REUTER)
UNAMIR VEHICLES AND THE UN COMPOUND HAVE FREQUENTLY COME
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(B), 1.4030
DECLASSIFY AFTER: 18 JUN 2015
DATE/CASE ID: 04 NOV 2011 201005065
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UNDER FIRE IN RECENT DAYS, DESPITE GOVERNMENT AND RPF
PROMISES NOT TO FIRE ON UN OR RELIEF AGENCY PERSONNEL.
GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED RADIO IS NOW ACCUSING GENERAL
DALLAIRE OF BEING SYMPATHETIC TO THE RPF. (NAIROBI
010727)
GOR/RPF PEACE TALKS RESUMED IN KIGALI TODAY UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF UNAMIR COMMANDER DALLAIRE, BUT LED TO NO
AGREEMENT. (REUTER)
AN AID WORKER REPORTED THAT HUTU MILITIAS STORMED A HOTEL
TODAY, IN WHICH SOME 500 TUTSI CIVILIANS HAD TAKEN
REFUGE, IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PART OF KIGALI. THE
MILITIAS ABDUCTED AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TUTSI MALES
APPARENTLY IN RETALIATION FOR AN OVERNIGHT ASSAULT BY THE
RPF ON A MILITIA-HELD CHURCH COMPOUND, WHERE SOME 2,000
TO 3,000 CIVILIANS HAD TAKEN REFUGE, THAT RESULTED IN THE
LIBERATION OF SOME 600 TUTSIS. (REUTER)
BURUNDI
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(C) UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ABDULLAH IS GLOOMY ABOUT
THE POLITICAL PROCESS NOW THAT IT WAS BACK TO SQUARE ONE
IN THE WAKE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S DECISION THAT
THE 1993 ELECTION WAS FLAWED. ABDULLAH VIEWS THE 11
PRECONDITIONS OF THE HARDLINER-DOMINATED TUTSI OPPOSITION
AS DICTUMS THAT LEAVE NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISE. HE
BELIEVES THE HARDLINERS ARE RUTHLESSLY SILENCING MODERATE
TUTSI VOICES AND THAT THE ONUS IS ON THE GOVERNMENT TO
MAKE A GOOD FAITH GESTURE BY EITHER MEETING A FEW OF THE
CONDITIONS OR AGREEING TO CONVENE A NATIONAL COMMISSION
ON COHABITATION AFTER A HEAD OF STATE IS INSTALLED.
(BUJUMBURA 002121)
A FRENCH GENDARME COOPERANT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT AND
KILLED BY HIS OWN FORCES IN BUJUMBURA THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN
HE STUMBLED ON A SENTRY. THE GENDARME WAS APPARENTLY
DRUNK. (REUTER)
DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES
ITALY CALLED A MEETING OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION
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(WEU) IN BRUSSELS TODAY TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE MILITARY
INTERVENTION IN RWANDA TO PREVENT FURTHER KILLINGS OF
CIVILIANS. (REUTER)
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THE FRENCH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL ANNOUNCED TO THE SC'S PERMFIVE THAT FRANCE WILL
DEPLOY APPROXIMATELY 2,000 TROOPS TO RWANDA ON A
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TWO-MONTH MISSION UNDER FOUR CONDITIONS: 1) THE WARRING
SIDES CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE CEASE-FIRE; 2) MASSACRES OF
CIVILIANS CONTINUE; 3) THE EXPANDED UNAMIR CONTINGENT IS
NOT ON THE GROUND IN DAYS; AND 4) FRANCE FINDS A EUROPEAN
PARTNER. THE FRENCH TROOPS WILL NOT HESITATE TO USE
FORCE ON ANY PARTY THREATENING DISPLACED CIVILIANS AND
WHILE COORDINATING ITS OPERATIONS WITH UNAMIR, WILL NOT
PUT FRENCH UNITS IN HOSTILE SITUATIONS UNDER UN COMMAND.
FRANCE WILL LIKELY ASK THE SC FOR A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING MEMBER STATES TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES
UNDER CHAPTER VII OF THE UN CHARTER. (NEW YORK 002513)
A FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID TODAY THAT SPAIN
AND ITALY ARE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR FRANCE'S
EUROPEAN PARTNER AND PRESIDENT MITTERAND MAY CALL ON THE
UNITED STATE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, AND
MEDICAL FACILITIES. (PARIS 016740)
THE FRENCH WILL RELY ON ITS PRE-POSITIONED TROOPS IN
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND MAY EQUIP AND TRANSPORT
SENEGALESE TROOPS TO JOIN WITH IT. 1
rNEW
YORK 002513)
THE UN MILITARY ADVISOR TO THE SYG ADVISED USUN THAT THE
UN IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT UNAMIR-BOUND APCS FROM THE
UNITED STATES AT ENTEBBE, UGANDA NO EARLIER THAN
WEDNESDAY. (NEW YORK 002511)
(C) BRITAIN HAS INFORMED THE UN THAT IT WILL PROVIDE 50
4-TON 4-WHEEL TRUCKS TO UNAMIR. THE TRUCKS WILL LEAVE
FOR RWANDA IN 4-8 WEEKS. (LONDON 009680)
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TWO RUSSIAN HEAVY
SUPPLIES DESTINED
THURSDAY NIGHT. A
CONTRACT WITH THE
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT LADEN WITH EMERGENCY
FOR RWANDA LEFT FOR TANZANIA ON
DELEGATION WAS ON BOARD TO CONCLUDE A
UNHCR. (ITAR-TASS)
LIBYAN PRESIDENT MUUAMAR QADHAFI, IN A MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENTS OF MALI, NIGER, AND BURKINA FASO, CALLED FOR A
PARTITION OF RWANDA INTO ETHNICALLY SEPARATE STATES.
(REUTER)
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS
(C) THE UNHCR SPECIAL ENVOY IN RWANDA ANTICIPATES
SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR THE KIVU REGION OF ZAIRE IF IT
RECEIVES A LARGE INFLUX OF REFUGEES. HE SAID THE AIRPORT
AT BUKAVU LACKS ADEQUATE FREIGHT FACILITIES AND THE ROAD
NETWORK ON THE ZAIRIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER IS A
NIGHTMARE. MOREOEVER, THE LONG-NEGLECTED KIVU REGION IS
ADMINISTERED BY CORRUPT CIVIL SERVANTS AND
ILL-DISCIPLINED SOLDIERS, WHO PROBABLY WOULD FRUSTRATE
THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES. HE ALSO SAID
THE GOVERNOR OF THE REGION HAS DIVIDED LOYALTIES,
FAVORING THE HUTU-LED GOVERNMENT BUT DEPENDENT
FINANCIALLY ON WEALTHY TUTSI EXPATRIATES. HE FEARED THAT
THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE DRAWN INTO ERRATIC FAVORITISM THAT
COULD DESTABILIZE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REFUGEES AND THE
RESIDENTS. (BUJUMBURA 002120)
NGOS HAVE LEFT THE BENACO REFUGEE CAMP IN TANZANIA IN THE
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WAKE OF WEDNESDAY'S RIOT. THE LEADER OF THE RIOT REMAINS
AT LARGE IN THE CAMP AND THE NGOS BELIEVE THEY WILL BE AT
RISK FROM VENGEFUL SUPPORTERS ONCE HE IS EVENTUALLY
REMOVED.
(DAR ES SALAAM 003860)
(LOU) UNHCR TOLD THE DART TEAM IN BURUNDI THAT THE
DEPARTURE OF THE NGOS FROM BENACO MAY HAVE DISRUPTED FOOD
DISTRIBUTION, WHICH COULD LEAD TO FURTHER AND POSSIBLY
UNCONTROLLABLE RIOTS GIVEN THE CAMP'S 350,000-PLUS
POPULATION. (BUJUMBURA 002118)
FRANCE IS SENDING NEW HUMANITARIAN AID TO RWANDA,
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INCLUDING AN INITIAL 30 MTS OF EMERGENCY AID FOR
DESTITUTES AND ORPHANS. THE AID WILL BE SHIPPED TO
ENTEBBE, UGANDA FOR LAND TRANSPORT TO RWANDA. (REUTER)
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