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FOLLOWING BUJUMBURA 01182 DATED 07 APR 94 SENT ACTION
SECSTATE INFO USUN NEW YORK BAMAKO ADDIS ABABA BRUSSELS
CAIRO DAR ES SALAAM KAMPALA KIGALI KINSHASA LONDON NAIROBI
NIAMEY OUAGADOUGOU PARIS TUNIS YAOUNDE USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
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DEPT FOR DAS BRYNN, AF/C, DSS/OP, DS/OP/AF
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NAIROBI FOR CO CO. "F"
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TAGS: AEMR, ASEC, AMGT, PREF, PREL, PHUM, BY
SUBJECT: EAC MEETING - APRIL 7, 1994
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 06 FEB 2008 200103014
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INTRODUCTION
1. THE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MET THIS MORNING AT
0800 HOURS TO DISCUSS LAST NIGHT'S PLANE INCIDENT IN
KIGALI AND THE RESULTING DEATHS OF BURUNDIAN PRESIDENT
NTARYAMIRA; HIS MINISTER OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT,
BERNARD CIZA; AND HIS MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION AND
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, CYRIAQUE SIMBIZI. THE THREE WERE
TRAVELLING WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT HABYRIMANA AND MEMBERS
OF HIS RETINUE, WHO WERE ALSO KILLED IN THE CRASH. THE
PRESENCE OF CIZA AND SIMBIZI ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS
ANNOUNCED BY RADIO BURUNDI THIS MORNING. ON THIS
MORNING'S NEW, THE GRB IS CONTINUING TO CHARACTERIZE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF NTARYAMIRA'S DEATH AS AN ACCIDENT-PRESUMABLY SINCE HE DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE TO FLY
WITH HABYARIMANA. ALL AMCITS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND SAFE.
BUJUMBURA REMAINS CALM AND THE AIRPORT IS OPEN--SABENA
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
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SECURITY OVERVIEW
2. FOLLOWING THE TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS BY BURUNDI
LEADERS LAST NIGHT (REFTEL), BUJUMBURA HAS REMAINED CALM
DURING THE NIGHT AND INTO TODAY. EAC MEMBERS NOTED NO/NO
INCIDENTS OF GUNFIRE OR OTHER DISTURBANCES IN BUJUMBURA
ENVIRONS LAST NIGHT. AFTER CIRCULATING THROUGH THE CITY
THIS MORNING, THE RSO ADVISED ALL PERSONNEL THAT THE
SITUATION APPEARED CALM, AND THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE HEADED
TO THE CENTRAL MARKET AREA AS USUAL, THOUGH VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC WAS MUCH LIGHTER THAN USUAL. MISSION PERSONNEL
CAME IN FOR THE EAC AND SOME LOCAL EMPLOYEES CAME TO WORK
AS WELL. EAC NOTED THAT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED SABENA
FLIGHT ARRIVED, ALBIET SOMEWHAT EARLIER. THERE HAS BEEN
NO/NO WORD OF ANY UNTOWARDS REACTIONS IN THE INTERIOR OF
BURUNDI.
3. ALL AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND ARE SAFE,
INCLUDING ECON/REFOFF JULIE O'REAGAN AND USAID DISASTER
SPECIALIST C.W.T. BILL HAGELMAN, WHO TRAVELLED YESTERDAY
TO BUTARE, RWANDA FOR A MEETING ON REFUGEES WITH EMBASSY
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KIGALI COUNTERPARTS AND NAIROBI REFCOORD. KIGALI GROUP
COULD NOT GET TO BUTARE. (FYI: RSO SPOKE WITH O'REAGAN
THIS MID-MORNING AND INFORMED THE GROUP ABOUT LAST
NIGHT'S INCIDENT--O'REAGAN AND HAGLEMAN RETURNED TO
BUJUMBURA EARLY AFTERNOON. END FYI). AMERICANS
(OFFICIAL, NON-OFFICIAL AND VISITORS) WERE INFORMED OF
THE CRASH LAST NIGHT (REFTEL) VIA THE WARDEN SYSTEM, AND
ADVISED TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
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AFTER CIRCULATING THROUGH THE CITY THIS MORNING, THE RSO
(W/CHARGE CONCURRENCE) ADVISED ALL PERSONNEL THAT THE
SITUATION APPEARED CALM, AND THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE
CIRCULATING TO MARKET ALMOST AS USUAL, THOUGH VEHICLE
TRAFFIC WAS MUCH LIGHTER THAN USUAL. MISSION PERSONNEL
AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL FSNS CAME IN TO THEIR OFFICES. EAC
MEMBERS NOTED NO/NO INCIDENTS OF GUNFIRE OR OTHER
DISTURBANCES IN BUJUMBURA LAST NIGHT.
ADVISORY RECOMMENDATION
4. EAC DISCUSSED INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON LAST NIGHTS
TRAGIC INCIDENT AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR AMCIT
SECURITY DERIVING FROM LOCAL REACTIONS, GRIEF AND
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GRB CONTINUITY. EAC MEMBERS AGREED TO
CONTINUE ADVISING ALL AMERICANS TO EXERCISE ALL CAUTION
IN THEIR ACTIVITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE EAC DECIDED TO
CONTINUE TO ADVISE NO NONE ESSENTIAL TRAVEL AFTER DARK IN
THE CITY AND THE AVOIDANCE OF TRAVEL TO SUBURBAN
QUARTIERS OF BUJUMBURA. EAC WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION CLOSELY AND UPDATE ITS ADVISORY IN LIGHT OF
DEVELOPMENTS. LANGE UNQUOTE CHRISTOPHER
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