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FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6850
INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY LUANDA
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
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TAGS: PREL, MOPS, CG, AO, RW
SUBJECT: ZAIRE AND ARMS FOR NEIGHBORS
REF: STATE 146750
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2. CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY ADCM, MADE A SECOND TREK
UP THE HILL JUNE 6 TO SEE PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S CHIEF OF
STAFF FELIX VUNDUAWE TE PEMAKO ON THE PRIMARY SUBJECT
OF ARMS FOR UNITA. WE FELT IT USEFUL TO MAKE THE
SECOND DEMARCHE THE SAME DAY BECAUSE VUNDUAWE HAD
INDICATED HE PLANNED TO TRAVEL TO GBADOLITE JUNE 7 TO
SEE THE PRESIDENT.
3. CHARGE PRESENTED A NON-PAPER IN FRENCH BASED ON
TALKING POINTS IN REFTEL. VUNDUAWE OFFERED NO
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARRY R MELONE
DATE/CASE ID: 02 NOV 2006 200103014
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SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE BUT PROMISED TO LOOK INTO THE
MATTER.
4. CHARGE THEN REMINDED VUNDUAWE THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAD ALSO MADE REPRESENTATIONS ON THE SUBJECT
OF ARMS FOR RWANDA. NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE BELGIAN
PRESS HAD REPORTED THE ARREST OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS
IN BRUSSELS WHO, ACCORDING TO THE PRESS ACCOUNTS,
WERE ALLEGED TO BE INVOLVED IN ARMS PURCHASES FOR THE
RWANDAN GOVERNMENT. ACCORDING TO THE PRESS, ONE OF
THESE WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN RESIDENT IN KINSHASA
WHO HAD PROVIDED CONTRACTUAL SERVICES TO THE U.S.
EMBASSY. A ZAIRIAN GENERAL HAD BEEN MENTIONED IN
THIS CONNECTION AS WELL. CHARGE DESCRIBED THESE
REPORTS AS DISCONCERTING, REMINDED VUNDUAWE OF THE
MANDATORY SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING ARMS
TO RWANDA, AND URGED HIM TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AS
WELL. VUNDUAWE PROMISED TO DO SO.
BUJUMBURA MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
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