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According colonel Bon, French military attache, the Sisters of Namur will be under the french umbrella within two or three days.
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FM AMEMBASSY KINSHAA
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INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS KINSHAA 03604
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C
PARIS FOR PERLOW AND DATT
E. 0. 12356: N.A.
TAGS: CASC, MOPS, PREL, CG, RW, FR
SUBJECT: THE SISTERS OF ST. MARY OF NAMUR AND THE
FRENCH MILITARY OPERATION IN RWANDA
REF: STATE 167498
1. EMBASSY KINSHASA ALSO PASSED ON THE STORY OF THE
SISTERS AT KIBUYE. CONOFF WENT TO THE FRENCH EMBASSY
AND SPOKE WITH THE MILITARY ATTACHE THERE, COLONEL
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DOMINIQUE BON.
2. CONOFF GAVE COLONEL BON A SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF
REFTEL, STRESSING THAT THE VISIT HAD NOTHING AT ALL
TO DO WITH STRATEGY NOR WITH ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
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AID; USG CONCERN WAS THAT THE FRENCH MILITARY BE
AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF THE SISTERS, AND OF OUR HOPE
THAT ALL THAT COULD BE DONE TO AID THEM WOULD BE DONE.
3. COL. BON WAS BREEZY IN HIS ASSURANCES THAT IN
THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, THE SISTERS WERE IN NO
DANGER. PROCEEDING TO HIS WALL MAP OF RWANDA, HE
SKETCHED THE PLAN FOR THE OPERATION, POINTING AT GOMA
AND BUKAVU AT NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF LAKE KIVU.
SAYING, "THIS IS NO REAL SECRET," HE SAID THAT 2500
FRENCH TROOPS HAD TAKEN UP OR WERE TAKING UP
POSITIONS IN THOSE TWO LOCATIONS TO BEGIN A PUSH INTO
RWANDAN TERRITORY. WITHIN TWO OR THREE DAYS, THE
NORTHERN GROUP, GOING SOUTHEAST, WOULD MEET THE
SOUTHERN GROUP, PUSHING NORTHEAST, TO CREATE AN ARC
ENCLOSING THE WESTERN PORTION OF RWANDA AS A
FRENCH-CREATED, FRENCH-CONTROLLED SAFE HAVEN. THERE
ARE ALSO PLANS TO EVACUATE "SOME" REFUGEES ACROSS
LAKE KIVU INTO ZAIRE, HE ADDED.
4. HIS CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE NUNS WOULD BE UNDER
THE FRENCH UMBRELLA BY SUNDAY OR MONDAY.
5. BUJUMBURA MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
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