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FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9749
INFO AMEMBASSY KIGALI IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY DAKAR PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BAMAKO
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY HARARE.
AMEMBASSY LAGOS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY PARIS
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BONN FOR KLEMP, BRUSSELS FOR DUBROW, LONDON FOR
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E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, MARK, OAU, RW, TZ
SUBJECT: ARUSHA V - HABYARIMANA WANTS TANZANIANS,
TO BREAK IMPASSE
REF: A) KIGALI 05058
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES L DAMS
DATE/CASE ID: 01 OCT 2008 200103014
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B) DAR ES SALAAM 06998 AND PREVIOUS
C) BENTLEY-FULLER PHONECON 12/10/92
D) BENTLEY-FLATEN PHONECON 12/11/92
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1. SUMMARY. PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA ASKED GOT FONMIN
DIRIA TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN BREAKING THE
IMPASSE ON DISTRIBUTION OF CABINET PORTFOLIOS. THE
TANZANIANS ARE EXPLORING THE IDEA (OFT PROPOSED BY US
REPS IN PAST SESSIONS) OF USING THE JPMC TO ENSURE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT IN A WAY WHICH
WILL ADDRESS HABYARIMANA'S CONCERNS ABOUT
"MARGINALIZATION." BUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT REALLY
SEEMS TO BE SEEKING IS SOME OBSERVER SUPPORT IN
PREVENTING THE OPPOSITION PARTIES AND THE RPF FROM
"GANGING UP" ON THE MRND. IN THE MEANTIME, THE FRG
OBSERVER IN ARUSHA HAS INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE TWO
SIDES HAVE BEGUN DIRECT DISCUSSIONS IN ARUSHA AGAIN,
ALTHOUGH IN THE ABSENCE OF THE TANZANIAN
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FACILITATORS. END SUMMARY.
2. GOT FACILITATOR AMB. AMI MPUNGWE AND FONMIN DIRIA
RETURNED FROM THEIR VISIT TO KIGALI DEC. 9 AND BRIEFED
US DEC. 10 ON THEIR MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT, PRIME
MINISTER AND THREE OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS.
THE BRIEFING WAS RUSHED, AS POLOFF CAUGHT MPUNGWE
LEAVING THE MFA FOR THE AIRPORT TO RETURN TO ARUSHA.
3. POLITICAL PARTIES MEETING: MPUNGWE SAID NONE OF
THE PARTY LEADERS EVEN MENTIONED MEETING WITH THE RPF
IN ARUSHA ON DEC. 12. THIS APPEARS TO BE TEMPORARILY
IN ABEYANCE (REF D).
4. IMPASSE IN KIGALI: THE TANZANIANS FEEL THE
SITUATION IS FROZEN, WITH NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO MAKE
THE CONCESSIONS NEEDED TO ADVANCE THE PROCESS. THE
OPPOSITION (AND THE RPF) INSIST THAT THE MRND AND ITS
ALLIES HAVE LESS THAN A ONE-THIRD SHARE OF CABINET
PORTFOLIOS SO THEY CANNOT BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PEACE AGREEMENT; THE MRND INSISTS THAT IT HAVE
ONE-THIRD OR MORE TO PREVENT BEING "MARGINALIZED."
THE TANZANIANS, IN THEIR MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT,
THE PRIME MINISTER, AND THE POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS,
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PRESSED HARD ON THE NEED TO BREAK THE IMPASSE AND
DEVELOP A COHERENT NEGOTIATING POSITION.
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5. MPUNGWE MENTIONED THAT THE GOT IS CONSIDERING
URGING THE PARTIES TO EXPAND THE ROLE OF THE JPMC AS
FORUM FOR MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEACE
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AGREEMENT AS A MEANS OF BREAKING THE CURRENT
STALEMATE. HE ASKED THAT WE PROVIDE ANY THOUGHTS WE
MIGHT HAVE ABOUT HOW THE JPMC MIGHT ASSUME SUCH A
ROLE.
6. COMMENT: AS NOTED, OUR BRIEFING FROM MPUNGWE WAS
A LITTLE RUSHED AND INCOMPLETE. MPUNGWE RETURNED TO
ARUSHA TO BRIEF THE OBSERVERS AND DELEGATIONS ON DEC.
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E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, MARK, OAU, RW, TZ
SUBJECT: ARUSHA V - HABYARIMANA WANTS TANZANIANS,
TO BREAK IMPASSE
10, THEN CAME BACK TO DAR TO CATCH A PLANE TO HARARE,
ALONG WITH DIRIA, FOR THE FLS SUMMIT ON DEC. 11. THE
GERMAN OBSERVER IN ARUSHA INFORMED POLOFF ON DEC. 11
THAT THE GOR AND RPF TEAMS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER,
AND THAT FONMIN DIRIA MAY RETURN TO ARUSHA TO CHAIR A
PLENARY SESSION THE NIGHT OF DEC. 11 OR ON DEC. 12.
AS WE UNDERSTAND FROM REF D PHONECON THAT MORE WORK
NEEDS TO BE DONE IN KIGALI BEFORE SUBSTANTIVE
NEGOTIATIONS CAN PROCEED, BENTLEY WILL CONTINUE TO
STAND BY IN DAR PENDING FURTHER WORD FROM KIGALI OR
THE DEPARTMENT.
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