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FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 4468
SECDEF WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE
INFO AMEMBASSY KIGALI NIACT IMMEDIATE
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J3// NIACT IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY
USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY
USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY
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STATE FOR OPS CENTER AND RWANDA TASK FORCE; PLEASE PASS
TO OTHERS AS APPROPRIATE
PASS ALSO TO USAID FOR AA/BHR, AA/AFR AND BHR/OFDA BUT
NOT/NOT FOR NIACT
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINS, UN, WFP, RW, BY, US, TZ
SUBJECT: OFFER OF U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AIRCRAFT
FOR EVACUATION OF AMCITS FROM RWANDA
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 06 FEB 2008 200103014
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REF: (A) MARSH/STATE OPS CENTER TELECON OF APRIL 7
(B) DOUD/GARMS TELECON OF APRIL 8
(C) GARMS/FISCHER TELECON OF APRIL 8
1. THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES INFORMATION PASSED TO STATE
OPERATIONS CENTER IN REF. TELCONS.
2. LATE LAST NIGHT (APRIL 7) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
WFP, CATHERINE BERTINI (AMCIT), CALLED THE CHIEF OF
MISSION OF THE U.S. MISSION TO U.N. AGENCIES FOR FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE (FODAG)/ROME, WILLIAM MARSH, AT HIS RESIDENCE
TO ADVISE THAT SHE HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY UN/NEW YORK TO
MOBILIZE WFP AIRCRAFT FOR THE EVACUATION OF U.N.
PERSONNEL FROM RWANDA. BERTINI ADDED THAT SHE COULD
AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE WFP AIRCRAFT FOR THE EVACUATION
OF AMERICAN PERSONNEL IF THE U.S.G. REQUESTED THIS
ASSISTANCE. CHIEF OF MISSION MARSH RELAYED THIS
INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY TO THE STATE OPERATIONS CENTER.
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3. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BERTINI AND
WFP LOGISTICS STAFF ON APRIL 8, DAVID GARMS (ATTACHE FOR
HUMANITARIAN AID, FODAG) ACQUIRED THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION REGARDING WFP'S PLAN TO EVACUATE U.N.
PERSONNEL:
A) BERTINI CALLED THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN AMBASSADORS
IN ROME TO ASK FOR THEIR GOVERNMENTS' ASSISTANCE IN
PROTECTING ALL INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL IN RWANDA, U.N. AS
WELL AS OTHER FOREIGN PERSONNEL.
B) GENERAL BELAIR, COMMANDER OF U.N. PEACEKEEPING
FORCES IN RWANDA, IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH AIL
CONCERNED FACTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO CEASE THE FIGHTING, TO
RESTORE LAW AND ORDER AND TO REOPEN THE KIGALI AIRPORT.
4. WFP'S EVACUATION PLAN:
A) IF THE KIGALI AIRPORT REOPENS WFP WILL USE THE
ILYUSHIN AIRCRAFT IN ENTEBBE TO EVACUATE U.N. AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL. UP TO 200 PEOPLE CAN BE
TRANSPORTED IN THE WFP ILYUSHIN.
B) IF THE KIGALI AIRPORT DOES NOT REOPEN SOON WFP CAN
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USE THREE MI8 HELICOPTERS TO MOVE PERSONNEL FROM KIGALI
TO BUKOKO IN TANZANIA AND USE AN ANTONOV 32 TO MOVE
EVACUEES ON TO ENTEBBE. TWENTY PEOPLE CAN BE TRANSPORTED
IN ONE MI8 HELICOPTER.
5. STATUS OF WFP EVACUATION PLAN AS OF APRIL 8 1535H
ZULU TIME:
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A) THE ILYUSHIN IS READY TO FLY.
B) THREE U.N. MI8 HELICOPTERS ARE IN ROUTE FROM
HARARE, ZIMBABWE TO BUKOKA, TANZANIA -- ABOUT A TEN HOUR
FLIGHT. THE HELICOPTERS ARE CURRENTLY OVER ZAMBIAN AIR
SPACE. TRAVEL INTO TANZANIAN AIR SPACE HAS BEEN
REQUESTED BUT THE CLEARANCE HAS NOT YET BEEN GRANTED. IF
THE TANZANIAN CLEARANCE IS RECEIVED SOON THE THREE
HELICOPTERS WILL ARRIVE AT BUKOKA AT 0400H ZULU TIME ON
SATURDAY, APRIL 9. SINCE BUKOKA HAS NO REFUELING
FACILITIES, AN ANTONOV 32 WITH 6,000 LITERS OF FUEL IS
BEING SENT FROM NAIROBI TO BUKOKA AND IS EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE AT BUKOKA AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE
HELICOPTERS. PLAN OF ACTION IF THE AIRPORT IS NOT
OPENED: M2B HELICOPTER FLYING TIME FROM BUKOKA TO KIGALI
IS 50 MINUTES. UP TO TWENTY PEOPLE WOULD BE MOVED IN
EACH HELICOPTER TO BUKOKA AND FROM BUKOKA THEY WOULD BE
TRANSPORTED IN THE ANTONOV 32 TO ENTEBBE.
6. IF U.S.G. WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT WFP OFFER TO EVACUATE
AMERICAN PERSONNEL IN RWANDA THEN PLEASE IMMEDIATELY
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STATE FOR OPS CENTER AND RWANDA TASK FORCE; PLEASE PASS
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PASS ALSO TO USAID FOR AA/BHR, AA/AFR AND BHR/OFDA BUT
NOT/NOT FOR NIACT
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINS, UN, WFP, RW, BY, US, TZ
SUBJECT: OFFER OF U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AIRCRAFT
FOR EVACUATION OF AMCITS FROM RWANDA
CONTACT EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING
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OFFICERS AT FODAG/ROME:
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A) WILLIAM MARSH: HOME- 396-808-0245
OFFICE- 396-4674-4260 OR 4261
B) DAVID GARMS: HOME: 396-855-4567
OFFICE: 396-4674-426B OR 4269
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