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TO AMEMBASSY BONN IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE
INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY KINSHASA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE PRIORITY
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STATE 111391 272215Z
CONFIDENTIALSTANE 111391
ROME FOR EMBASSY VATICAN; YAOUNDE FOR DATT
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL MOPS RW FR BE VT
SUBJECT: RWANDA: WESTERN SUPPORT FOR U.S. POLICY OBJECTIVES
REF: (A) 94 STATE 10417
1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES L DARIS
DATE/CASE ID: 25 OCT 2006 200103014
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2. IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING MASSACRES IN RWANDA LARGELY
BEING PERPETRATED BY HUTU GANGS ("IRREGULAR MILITIA")
UNDER GOR CONTROL AGAINST INNOCENT TUTSI CIVILIANS AND
HUTU MODERATES, DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THAT ACTION
ADDRESSEES APPROACH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST
APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO REQUEST THAT THEY CONTACT RWANDAN
ARMY MILITARY AND GOR POLITICAL FIGURES TO INSIST THE
MASSACRES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY
APPEARANCE OF IMBALANCE, HOST GOVERNMENT ADDRESSEES
SHOULD ALSO CONTACT KEY RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT (RPF)
LEADERS TO CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. WE LEAVE TO
THE JUDGMENT OF HOST GOVERNMENTS THE MODE OF SUCH APPEALS
BUT THE U.S. BELIEVES A COMBINATION OF PRIVATE CONTACTS
TIED TO PUBLIC STATEMENTS OFFERS THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE
MESSAGE TO BE HEARD AND HEEDED. FOR OUR PART, WE ARE
MAKING EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT TO REACH KEY GOR MILITARY IN
RWANDA (AS WELL AS RPF) AND WE HAVE MADE THE APPEAL TO
SEVERAL KEY RWANDAN POLITCAL LEADERS IN NAIROBI.
3.
WHILE THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO STOP THE MASSACRES
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WHICH HAVE RESULTED, ACCCORDING TO THE ICRC IN AT LEAST
100,000 DEATHS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ESTABLISHED A BROADER
FRAMEWORK TO TAKE OTHER STEPS WHICH ARE ALSO ESSENTIAL.
THESE INCLUDE:
--PRESSING THE GOR AND RPF AND KEY REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
TO RETURN TO THE ARUSHA ACCORDS NEGOTIATING FRAMEWORK
(THE TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CONVENED THE PARTIES AND
OBSERVERS TO ARUSHA TO MEET IN DAR ES SALAAM APRIL 30);
--ENCOURAGING RWANDA'S NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY UGANDA AND
TANZANIA AS WELL AS THE UN AND QAU IN THEIR EFFORTS TO
ACHIEVE A CEASEFIRE.
--BEGIN COORDINATION WITH PRINCIPAL DONORS ON DELIVERY OF
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE AFFLICTED POPULATIONS.
DEPARTMENT REQUESTS ACTION ADDRESSEES ENCOURAGE HOST
GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE PARALLEL ACTIONS.
4. IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO ASSURE THAT THE CONFLICT IN
RWANDA NOT SPREAD TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. ACTION
ADDRESSEE HOST GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE URGED TO DEMARCHE
COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING RWANDA TO COUNSEL NON-INVOLVEMENT
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IN THE RWANDAN CONFLICT. ADDRESEE POSTS SHOULD ALSO URGE
THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS TO CONSIDER SENDING HIGH-LEVEL
VISITORS TO BURUNDI TO URGE CONTINUED CALM THERE AS WELL
AS EMISSARIES TO RWANDA'S OTHER NEIGHBORS TO REINFORCE
OUR MESSAGE DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE KILLING,
THE IMPOSITION OF A CEASEFIRE AND REVIVAL OF THE ARUSHA
NEGOTIATIONS FRAMEWORK, AND DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN
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ASSISTANCE.
STATE 111391 272215Z
5. FOR PARIS: FRENCH EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON FAXED
DEPARTMENT APRIL 27 THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN'S
APRIL 26 RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ON RWANDA. WE FOUND THE
REPLY ON THE MARK AND URGE ITS WIDEST DISSEMINATION IN
RWANDA AND ITS NEIGHBORS.
6. FOR PARIS AND BRUSSELS: FRENCH HAVE ALSO TOLD US
THAT THEY FOUND ACCEPTABLE PROPOSAL FOR A TRILATERAL
MEETING ON RWANDA, BURUNDI, AND ZAIRE AGREED TO FOR MAY
13. DE LA SABLIERE HAD REQUESTED THAT THE MEETING BE
HELD IN EITHER PARIS OR BRUSSELS. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF
THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION IN RWANDA, U.S. BELIEVES A
TRILATERAL MEETING SHOULD BE HELD PRIOR TO MAY 13. WE
WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO MEET EITHER IN WASHINGTON, BRUSSELS
OR PARIS. POSTS SHOULD INFORM DEPARTMENT OF HOSTS'
PREFERENCES ON DATE AND VENUE ASAP.
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