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RPF's radio Muhabura and pro-hutu RTLM, reported accident on March 6 involving a pick-up truck filled with arms and ammunition. The truck, bore Burundi license plates. According radio Muhabura, the vehicle was coming'from a government military camp near the airport.
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2E31329 100951Z /38
P 100945Z MAR 94
FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5900
INFO AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ-4-SAA//
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
C ONFIDENTIALKIGALI 01020
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, PINS, RW, BY
SUBJECT: BURUNDI TRUCK CAUGHT CARRYING ARMS
REF: BUJUMBURA 812
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1. (U) RWANDA'S TWO PRIVATE RADIO STATIONS, THE
RPF'S RADIO MUHABURA AND PRO-HUTU RTLM, REPORTED
ACCIDENT 3/6 NEAR THE RPF'S KIGALI HEADQUARTERS
INVOLVING A PICK-UP TRUCK FILLED WITH ARMS AND
AMMUNITION. THE TRUCK, THE REPORTS SAID, BORE
BURUNDI LICENSE PLATES. RADIO RTLM CLAIMED THE ARMS
AND MUNITIONS WERE DESTINED FOR THE RPF. RADIO
MUHABURA ALLEGED THE VEHICLE WAS COMING'FROM A
GOVERNMENT MILITARY CAMP NEAR THE AIRPORT AAHN
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REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L. MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 20 NOV 2002 200003723
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THE WEAPONS WERE INTENDED TO DESTABILIZE BURUNDI.
2. (C) HEAD OF THE UN OBSERVER FORCE IN KIGALI TOLD
DCM THE TRUCK BORE OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES FROM
BURUNDI. THE UNAMIR OFFICER SAID. THAT THE DRIVER,
WHOM HE INTERVIEWED TWICE, STUCK TO HIS STORY: HE
BOUGHT THE ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN KIGALI TO TAKE BACK
TO BURUNDI. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT IS
UNDERWAY.
3. (C) PRESIDENTIAL CABINET DIRECTOR TELEPHONED
EMBASSY 3/8 TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER WEEKEND KILLINGS
IN BUJUMBURA AND THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS THAT
MIGHT OCCUR IN RWANDA. HE URGED THE U.S. TO USE ITS
INFLUENCE TO ASSURE THAT THE BLOOD NOT CONTINUE TO
FLOW. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION, THE CABINET
DIRECTOR ACKNOWLEDGED HEARING ABOUT THE VEHICLE
ACCIDENT AND SAID AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. DCM
NOTED THAT IF IT WERE DETERMINED THAT THE ARMS WERE
DESTINED FOR BURUNDI, THIS WOULD BE VERY TROUBLING.
RAWSON
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