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FM AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3294
INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY KIGALI PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
CONFIDENTIALKANPALA 04153
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, FR, BE, RW, UG
SUBJECT: RUDASINGWA COMPLAINS OF FRENCH INTERVENTION
AND ESCALATION OF FIGHTING - BUT PROMISES RPF RESTRAINT
REF: (A) KAMPALA 4138, (B) STATE 237711, (C) STATE 238260
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SUMMARY:
RPF
REPRESENTATIVE DR. THEOGEN RUDASINGWA
2.
MET WITH CHARGE ON JULY 24. HE COMPLAINED OF FRENCH
MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SUPPORT OF THE GOR, OF EFFORTS
TO SUBVERT THE NEUTRALITY OF THE MILITARY OBSERVER
GROUP, AND OF ESCALATION OF COMBAT BY THE FAR. HE
CAREFULLY NOTED POINTS MADE BY CHARGE CALLING FOR
CONTINUED RESTRAINT, AND PROMISED THAT THE RPF WOULD
COMPLY. END SUMMARY
3. CHARGE MET WITH RPF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
DR. THEOGEN RUDASINGWA AT 6:00 P.M. JULY 24 AS SCHEDULED
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARRY R MELONE
DATE/CASE ID: 12 JUL 2006 200600879
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(REFTEL A). RPF REPRESENTATIVE DR. EMMANUEL NDAHIRO AND
POLOFF ALSO ATTENDED THE 40-MINUTE MEETING AT THE
CHARGE'S RESIDENCE.
4. RUDASINGWA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE "FAIR
HEARING" THAT THE RPF DELEGATION HAD RECEIVED IN
WASHINGTON. HE CONTRASTED USG OBJECTIVITY WITH FRENCH
AND BELGIAN INTERFERENCE ON BEHALF OF THE GOR. WITHOUT
CITING DIRECT EVIDENCE, RUDASINGWA CHARGED THAT THE
FRENCH WERE "DIRECTING THE GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN,"
TRANSPORTING RWANDAN TROOPS, AND USING RWANDA AS A
"TESTING GROUND FOR NEW WEAPONS." (HE REFERRED
SPECIFICALLY TO A "NEW" 105 MM LONG RANGE ROCKET
LAUNCHER.) HE COMPLAINED THAT THE NUMBER OF FRENCH
TROOPS IN RWANDA WAS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS CALLED
FOR UNDER THE GOF-GOR BILATERAL AGREEMENT, AND SAID
THAT THE RPF WOULD PROPOSE THAT IF THE FRENCH TROOPS
WERE REALLY IN RWANDA TO PROTECT FRENCH CITIZENS, THAT
ROLE SHOULD BE TAKEN OVER BY UN TROOPS.
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THE
RPF
IS
SUSPICIOUS
THAT THE GOR, FRANCE AND
5.
BELGIUM ARE ATTEMPTING SUBVERT THE NEUTRALITY OF THE
NEUTRAL MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP (GOMN). RUDASINGWA
COMPLAINED THAT THE RPF WAS NOT CONSULTED ABOUT
BELGIUM'S OFFER TO FLY LAND ROVERS INTO KIGALI FOR THE
GOMN, AND SAID THAT PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA SHOULD NOT BE
SOLICITING HELP FOR THE GOMN, BUT SHOULD LEAVE IT TO
THE OAU'S JOINT COMMISSION. RUDASINGWA REPEATED
CHARGES THAT THE FAR WAS INITIATING AND ESCALATING
ATTACKS ON THE RPF AND QUESTIONED PRESIDENT
HABYARIMANA'S INTEREST IN ACHIEVING A CEASEFIRE.
RUDASINGWA CLAIMED THAT THE RPF WANTED TO HONOR THE
JULY 19 TRUCE, BUT WAS BEING FORCED TO REACT TO FAR
ATTACKS.
6. CHARGE MADE THE POINTS CONTAINED IN REFTEL B, WHICH
RUDASINGWA AND NDAHIRO TOOK CAREFUL NOTES ON. THEY
PROMISED TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE TO THE RPF LEADERSHIP,
WHICH THEY SAID WAS MEETING IN RWANDA. RUDASINGWA SAID
THAT THE RPF "WILL CONTINUE TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT," BUT
WOULD NOT DO SO FOR LONG "IN THE ABSENCE OF RESTRAINT
ON THE OTHER SIDE." ACCORDING TO RUDASINGWA, RPF
"CHIEF COORDINATOR" RUTAREMERA WILL HEAD THE RPF
DELEGATION TO ADDIS ABABA. DESPITE THE INFORMATION IN
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REFTEL C, RUDASINGWA GAVE NO INDICATION HE WOULD BE
ATTENDING THE JULY 26 TALKS.
7. THE CHARGE ASKED RUDASINGWA IF HE HAD DETERMINED A
WAY FOR THE EMBASSY TO CONTACT THE RPF. HE SAID HE HAD
NOT, BUT THE RPF WAS STILL WORKING ON IT; HE REALIZED
THE DIFFICULTY CREATED BY THIS, AND HOPED TO HAVE A
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SOLUTION "SOON.' IN THE MEANTIME, WE REMAIN DEPENDENT
UPON THE RPF FOR INITIATION OF CONTACT.
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