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69B5F7 191730Z /38
O 191732Z AUG 94
FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9349
INFO RWANDA COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE PRIORITY
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE PRIORITY
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK PRIORITY
COMSOCEUR VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
CINCUSACOM NORFOLK VA PRIORITY
USTRANSCOM SCOTT AFB IL PRIORITY
DLA CAMERON STA VA PRIORITY
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ROME ALSO FOR FODAG
NAIROBI FOR DART AND REFCOORD
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C, PRM/AAA, PM/ISP, IO/PHO, IO/ESA, IO/UNP,
DRL/AAA
USAID FOR AID/A, AID/BHR, AID/BHR/OFDA, AID/BHR/FFP, AID/PPC
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREF, PREL, PHUM, EAID, MOPS, RW, FR
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARRY R MELONE
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(D)
DECLASSIFY AFTER: 18 AUG 2014
DATE/CASE ID: 24 MAR 2006 200103014
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SUBJECT: RWANDA: FRENCH PULLOUT FROM HUMANITARIAN ZONE
REMAINS ON TRACK
1.
CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. SUMMARY: SENIOR QUAI AND ELYSEE CONTACTS CONFIRM
THAT THE GOF WITHDRAWAL FROM THE HUMANITARIAN ZONE
REMAINS ON TRACK FOR AUGUST 21.
REACTED COOLLY TO THE SUGGESTION OF A
GOF STATEMENT INDICATING THERE IS NO REASON FOR RWANDANS
TO LEAVE THE ZONE, SAYING THAT SUCH A STATEMENT IS FOR
THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE;'
NOTED THAT THE FRENCH MILITARY HAD REPEATEDLY
REASSURED THE LOCAL POPULATION. ON A HOPEFUL NOTE, BOTH
POINTED OUT THAT
THE TRANSFER OF ZONE CONTROL TO OTHER FORCES HAS NOT
QUICKENED THE EXODUS. I
I URGED THAT U.S. FORCES NOT
PULL OUT FROM GOMA IN SEPTEMBER, AS HAS BEEN RUMORED IN
GENEVA. END SUMMARY.
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DEJAMMET: HAD KIGALI'S ATTITUDE BEEN DIFFERENT . . .
3. DCM CALLED ON1
TO DISCUSS RWANDA AND OTHER ISSUES.
UNDERSCORED THAT THE GOF HAD TAKEN A FIRM DECISION TO
LEAVE RWANDA, ADDING THAT FOREIGN MINISTER JUPPE WOULD
MAKE A STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT ON TELEVISION LATER IN
THE EVENING.
'ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE RPF'S
NEGATIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT THE FRENCH PRESENCE HAD BEEN A
DECISIVE FACTOR IN THE FRENCH DECISION; HE SAID THERE IS
NO CHANCE THE FRENCH WILL STAY IN THE FACE OF RPF
OPPOSITION.
4.
WAS COOL TO DCM'S SUGGESTION OF A FRENCH
STATEMENT TELLING THE RWANDANS THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION
FOR LEAVING THE ZONE FOR BUKAVU. THE FRENCH WERE OF
COURSE NOT ENCOURAGING RWANDANS TO LEAVE THE ZONE, HE
SAID, BUT FRANCE COULD NOT WITH HONESTY SAY THE ZONE
WILL REMAIN SAFE. IN ANY CASE, HE ADDED, SUCH
STATEMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RWANDAN
GOVERNMENT.
5. HAD KIGALI'S ATTITUDE TOWARD A FRENCH PRESENCE BEEN
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I, THE FRENCH MIGHT HAVE PUT
OFF THEIR DEPARTURE FOR A FEW DAYS OR A WEEK TO ENSURE
AN ORDERLY TRANSITION. BUT EVEN THIS WAS NOT COMPLETELY
SURE: JUPPE HAD GONE OUT ON A LIMB IN LAUNCHING
OPERATION TURQUOISE; THOUGH THE RISK HAD PAID OFF, HE
HAD RECOGNIZED FROM THE OUTSET THAT SUCCESS COULD BE
ASSURED ONLY WERE THE OPERATION KEPT SHORT.
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WITHDRAWAL IS FIRM
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6. WE ALSO DISCUSSED GOF RWANDAN CONTINGENCY PLANNING
SEPARATELY WITHI
I BOTH REITERATED FORCEFULLY THAT
FRENCH TROOPS WILL LEAVE THE HUMANITARIAN ZONE BY MIDDAY
AUGUST 21, WHEN FRANCE'S UN MANDATE EXPIRES.
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INFO RWANDA COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
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CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE PRIORITY
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE PRIORITY
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COMSOCEUR VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
CINCUSACOM NORFOLK VA PRIORITY
USTRANSCOM SCOTT AFB IL PRIORITY
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ROME ALSO FOR FODAG
NAIROBI FOR DART AND REFCOORD
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C, PRM/AAA, 8m/18P, IO/PHO, zo/z8A,
DRL/AAA
IO/UNP,
USAID FOR AID/A, AID/BHR, AID/BHR/OFDA, AID/BHR/FFP, AID/PPC
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREF, PREL, PHUM, EAID, MOPS, RW, FR
SUBJECT: RWANDA: FRENCH PULLOUT FROM HUMANITARIAN ZONE
REMAINS ON TRACK
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STRESSED THAT THE GOF HAD BEEN WILLING TO
7.
CONSIDER A LIMITED EXTENSION SHOULD UNAMIR TROOPS NOT BE
IN PLACE, BUT ONLY IF THE NECESSARY PRECONDITIONS -KIGALI'S AGREEMENT AND AN EXTENDED UN MANDATE -- WERE
MET. UNFORTUNATELY, HE SAID, THE RPF HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT FRENCH FORCES ARE NOT WELCOME AFTER AUGUST 21.
ADDED THAT FRANCE HAD REPEATEDLY CONTACTED THE GOR IN
RECENT DAYS, PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEEK'S
VISIT TO THE ZONE BY GOR OFFICIALS, BUT THAT THE
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RWANDANS WERE NOT AMENABLE TO MODIFYING THE WITHDRAWAL
1UNDERSCORED THAT THE
SCHEDULE. BOTH
GOR'S ATTITUDE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR FRENCH FORCES TO
REMAIN, EVEN SHOULD A MASS EXODUS FROM THE ZONE ENSUE.
TRANSFERRING AUTHORITY
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SAID THAT, GIVEN THE INABILITY OF SGSR KHAN, THE
8.
USG OR OTHERS TO CONVINCE KAGAME TO RELENT, THE UN IS NO
LONGER PUSHING THE GOF TO EXTEND ITS PRESENCE.
TOOK A MORE POSITIVE TACK, SAYING THAT THE GOF HAD BEEN
REASSURED BY KHAN'S AVOWALS THAT UNAMIR IS READY TO TAKE
OVER THE PROTECTING ROLE IN THE ZONE AND THAT THERE HAD
BEEN FEWER DEPARTURES TO DATE THAN THE GOF HAD FEARED.
FRENCH MILITARY IN THE FIELD HAD FREQUENTLY MADE PUBLIC
STATEMENTS TO REASSURE THE LOCAL POPULATION; THE QUAI
FEELS IT HAS DONE ALL THAT IT CAN TO STABILIZE THE
SITUATION, HE CONCLUDED.
1UNDERSCORED THAT THE TRANSFER TO
9. BOTH
GHANAIAN FORCES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ZONE TWO
WEEKS AGO HAD NOT CAUSED AN OUTPOURING OF RWANDANS, NOR
HAD THE MORE RECENT HANDOVER TO FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN
UNITS IN THE KIBUYE AREA. THE FIRST ETHIOPIANS ALREADY
ARE IN PLACE IN THE CYANGUGU SECTOR, HE SAID; THE GOF
ANTICIPATES THAT THE TRANSFER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR
WILL BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 20. FRANCE WILL LEAVE 500
TROOPS IN THE GOMA AREA AFTER IT PULLS OUT FROM THE
ZONE, BUT GOF OFFICIALS HAVE REVISED THEIR PLANNING AND
WILL NOT HAVE A UNIT IN THE BUKAVU AREA. FRENCH FORCES
WILL CONTINUE THEIR HUMANITARIAN WORK AND WILL PROVIDE
LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO THE FRANCOPHONE UNITS, WHICH WILL
COME TO GOMA FOR SUPPLIES.
IS A U.S. PULLOUT IMPENDING?
10.
SAID HE UNDERSTANDS FROM UNHCR/GENEVA THAT
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ISRAEL, CANADA AND THE U.S. ARE PLANNING TO PULL OUT
FROM GOMA AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. HE APPEALED THAT WE
NOT DO SO, SAYING THE GOF CONSIDERS IT ESSENTIAL TO
CONTINUE LONGER-TERM HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND HOPES
THE U.S. ALSO WILL STAY.
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