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DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C AND EUR/NE
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, BE, RW, BY, FR, CASC
SUBJECT: WGRWO1: RWANDA UPDATE: BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS
NOT YET DECIDED ON EVACUATION; CABINET TO MEET
IN EMERGENCY SESSION 3:00 PM APRIL 8.
REF: A) STATE 92374 B) LEONARD-JOHNSON/DUBROW TELCON
APRIL 8, 0930 HOURS LOCAL TIME
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
CLASSIFICATION: SECRET REASON: 1.4(B), 1.4(D)
DECLASSIFY AFTER: 8 APR 2016
DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
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2. REPEATED BELOW ARE POINTS MADE DURING EMBASSY'S CALL
TO THE OPS CENTER ON APRIL 8 (REFCON), AS WELL AS LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS REPORTED BY BOTH THE BELGIAN MFA AND THE
BELGIAN WIRE SERVICES.
WIL JAENEN, MFA DIRECTOR FOR SUBSARARAN AFRICA
INFORMED POLOFFS THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (CABINET) APRIL
7 EVENING MEETING DID NOT/NOT PRODUCE A DECISION TO
PROCEED WITH AN EVACUATION OF BELGIAN EXPATRIATES. THE
CABINET WILL MEET IN AN EMERGENCY SESSION ON APRIL 8, 3:00
P.M. LOCAL TIME, TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION AND DETERMINE
WHETHER TO EVACUATE. (FYI: WE HAVE HEARD CONFLICTING
REPORTS ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THE CABINET WILL MEET. BOTH
PM DEHAENE AND FONMIN CLAES WERE OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND
ARE FLYING BACK TO BRUSSELS BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS. SHOULD
THE MEETING TIME CHANGE WE WILL IMMEDIATELY INFORM DEPT.)
-- THE BELGIAN MFA, ACCORDING TO JAENEN, WILL CONSIDER
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STATEMENTS MADE BY FONMIN CLAES IN BUCHAREST ON APRIL 7
SAYING THE GOB WILL REQUEST THE UN TO STRENGTHEN UNAMIR'S
MANDATE. THE MFA'S VERBATIM TEXT OF CLAES' STATEMENT
CONCLUDES WITH THE FOLLOWING REMARKS: "IT GOES WITHOUT
SAYING THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER BELGIAN SOLDIERS ARE
UNDER CANADIAN COMMAND OR UN COMMAND, THEY CANNOT REMAIN
PASSIVE WHEN COMPATRIOTS ARE IN DIFFICULTY". AN APRIL 8
REPORT FROM BELGA WIRE SERVICE QUOTING THE UN COMMANDER I'M
KIGALI AS SAYING THE BELGIAN BLUE HELMETS HAD BEEN
MISTREATED BEFORE BEING SHOT WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE
PRESSURE ON THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT.
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-- BELGIAN MOD PLANNERS HAVE INFORMED DATT A CHANGE IN
THE MANDATE COULD RESULT IN BELGIAN EXPATRIATES BEING
TARGETED ON PURPOSE. WITH 1,200-1,500 BELGIANS STILL IN
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RWANDA, THIS BECOMES AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.
-- POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONTINGENCY PLANNING IS ALREADY
TAKING PLACE, SHOULD THE GOB DECIDE TO EVACUATE. BELGIAN
FORCES ON THE GROUND IN BELGIUM ARE PREPARING IN CASE A
DECISION IS MADE IMMINENTLY.
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-- COORDINATION BETWEEN BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND US MILITARY
PLANNERS IS PROCEEDING. THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS
CONFIRMS THIS INFORMATION. CECILE POZZO DI BORGO, FIRST
SECRETARY AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY, REPORTED THAT AS OF LATE
APRIL 8, EARLY APRIL 9, THE GOF HAD NOT MADE A DECISION TO
EVACUATE. LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN
KIGALI, SHE SAID, NOW INDICATED A RAPIDLY DETERIORATING
SITUATION. POZZO DI BORGO SAID SHE ANTICIPATED HEARING
FURTHER FROM PARIS AND WOULD KEEP US INFORMED OF PROGRESS
IN COORDINATING WITH THE GOB.
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DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C AND EUR/NE
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TAGS: PREL, BE, RW, BY, FR, CASC
SUBJECT: WGRWO1: RWANDA UPDATE: BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS
NOT YET DECIDED ON EVACUATION; CABINET TO MEET
IN EMERGENCY SESSION 3:00 PM APRIL 8.
- - BELGIAN MFA CONFIRMS IT IS ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
ITS AMBASSADOR TELEPHONICALLY. THEY HAVE NOT MANAGED TO
RESTORE THEIR TELEX COMMUNICATIONS. AS IS THE CASE WITH
AMERICAN AND FRENCH PERSONNEL, BELGIANS ARE DISPERSED
THROUGHOUT KIGALI, CANNOT REACH THE EMBASSY, AND ARE
BASICALLY INCOMMUNICADO.
-- BELGIAN JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF OPERATIONS CENTER HAS
INFORMED THE DATT THE RWANDA ARMY HAS CONTROL OF THE
KIGALI AIRPORT. RWANDAN FORCES HAVE REPORTEDLY PLACED
EIGHT/EIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT WEAPONS OF UNKNOWN TYPE AT THE
AIRPORT.
- EUCOM HAS REQUESTED, THROUGH DAO OFFICES IN BRUSSELS,
THAT THE BELGIAN MOD ACCEPT 4-5 PLANNERS AT THE
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CONTINGENCY PLANNING OFFICE TO BEGIN DISCUSSING
COORDINATION OF COMBINED MILITARY OPERATION IN KIGALI.
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3. PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT IN EMBASSY FOR RWANDA AND
BURUNDI IS POLOFF JEANNETTE P. DUBROW. EMBASSY PHONE
NUMBER: 513-3830, EXT. 2477.
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BUJUMBURA AND KIGALI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
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