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2. SUMMARY: AF/S DIRECTOR GLASPIE MET ELYSEE AFRICA
SPECIALIST DELAYE ON OCTOBER 13 FOR A CANDID TOUR
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 01 NOV 2007 200103014
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D'HORIZON THAT COVERED A DOZEN COUNTRIES. OUR
INTERLOCUTORS EMPHASIZED THAT FRANCE IS LIMITING ITS
MOST ACTIVE AFRICAN ENGAGEMENT TO ITS TRADITIONAL
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. TO THIS END, THEY STRESSED
SCHEDULED WITHDRAWALS FROM SOMALIA AND RWANDA PLUS
RELUCTANCE TO ASSUME MAJOR ROLES IN ZAIRE, LUSOPHONE
AFRICA AND LIBERIA. DELAYE ALSO REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES
THAT HE AND OTHER FRENCH OFFICIALS ARE STRESSING TO
LEADERS OF FRANCOPHONE STATES WHERE FRANCE REMAINS
ACTIVE THAT SALVATION IS PRIMARILY THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE AFRICAN PARTNER. END SUMMARY.
3. RETURNING FROM HER FIRST VISIT TO HER NEW BALIWICK,
AF/S DIRECTOR APRIL GLASPIE WAS HOSTED AT LUNCH BY THE
ELYSEE'S CHIEF AFRICANIST BRUNO DELAYE FOR AN EXTENSIVE
TOUR D'HORIZON ON OCTOBER 13. ELYSEE DEPUTY GEORGE
SERRE AND EMBOFF ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE TWO-HOUR
DISCUSSION. TWO THEMES STOOD OUT IN THE FRENCH
PRESENTATION:
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-- FRANCE IS RETRENCHING BECAUSE OF RESOURCE
CONSTRAINTS AND WILL LIMIT ITSELF, EVEN MORE THAN IN
THE PAST, TO ITS TRADITIONAL SPHERE OF INFLUENCE (READ
EX-COLONIES); AND
-- EVEN IN THIS SPHERE, THE GOF IS NO LONGER WILLING TO
ACCEPT THE ALL-TOO-COMMON ARGUMENT OF AFRICAN LEADERS
THAT, BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO SOLVE THEIR OWN
NATIONAL PROBLEMS, FRANCE AND THE WEST MUST BAIL THEM
OUT. DELAYE SAID HE HAD INFORMED MANY VISITORS THAT
FRANCE WOULD NOT SUFFER IF AFRICAN STATES FAILED TO
TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.
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5. DELAYE, WHO HAD MET WITH A RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT
(RPF) DELEGATION JUST PRIOR TO OUR LUNCH, REPORTED THAT
"FORTUNATELY" THE RPF DID NOT WANT FRENCH PARTICIPATION
IN THE UN FORCE SLATED FOR RWANDA. THE GOF IS THUS
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11. COMMENT: THERE WERE FEW SPECIFICS OF OUR MEETING
THAT HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN SET FORTH BY THE GOF. WHAT
WAS MOST STRIKING, AND WE HAVE NOT REPEATED EACH
ITERATION, WAS FRENCH INSISTENCE THAT IT WOULD NOT GET
INVOLVED FURTHER IN LIBERIA, ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE,
RWANDA, ZAIRE OR ANY AREA OUTSIDE ITS TRADITIONAL
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. EQUALLY, THERE WAS AN OFT-STATED
DETERMINATION THAT FRANCE WAS AND WOULD CONTINUE
IMPRESSING ON AFRICAN LEADERS THEIR NEED TO ACCEPT
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOLVING THEIR NATIONS'
PROBLEMS. END COMMENT.
12. THIS MESSAGE WAS NOT SEEN BY AMBASSADOR GLASPIE
BEFORE HER DEPARTURE FROM PARIS.
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MOGADISHU AND LUANDA MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
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