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1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. WE MET WITH NATHALIE LOISEAU-DUCOULOMBIER, AFRICAN
AFFAIRS AIDE TO MINISTER JUPPE FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE
CRISIS IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI ON APRIL 8 FOLLOWING AN
EMERGENCY INTER-MINISTERIAL MEETING EARLIER THAT
MORNING. LOISEAU-DUCOULOMBIER STRESSED THAT MANY OF
THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED AT THE MEETING ARE EASED ON
PARTIAL INFORMATION OR EVEN RUMORS THAT CAN NOT BE
CONFIRMED EASILY AT THIS TIME. THE DISCUSSION WITH
LOISEAU-DUCOULOMBIER WAS FOLLOWED BY TELEPHONE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(B)
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DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DESK OFFICER FOR RWANDA AND THE
IO OFFICER FOR AFRICA. INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THE
FOLLOWING:
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THE ATTACK
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-- NEITHER FRENCH MILITARY ADVISORS NOR EMBASSY
PERSONNEL HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE WRECK SITE NOR IS
THERE ANY SOLID INFORMATION ON WHETHER IT WAS STUCK BY
A MISSILE (THE OPERATING ASSUMPTION) OR OTHER MEANS.
-- ACCORDING TO FRENCH SOURCES, AFTER THE PLANE WAS
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HIT, IT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A RESIDENCE WHERE
THE PRESIDENT'S FAMILY WAS STAYING; NONE OF THE FAMILY
MEMBERS WERE INJURED.
-- THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
HABYARIMANA'S FAMILY. THEY ASKED FOR PROTECTION FROM
FRANCE DUE TO A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN UN FORCES IN
KIGALI. THERE IS NO ENTHUSIASM FOR SENDING GOF FORCES
AGAIN TO RWANDA, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A BELGIAN
CONTINGENT PRESENT UNDER THE UN COMMAND. AT THIS TIME,
THE FRENCH INTENTION IS TO SEND ITS OWN FORCES ONLY IF
NECESSARY TO EVACUATE FRENCH NATIONALS.
-- THE ROAD BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND KIGALI IS OPEN BUT
SUBJECT TO NUMEROUS ROADBLOCKS BY THE ARMY.
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DUCOLOUMBIER ALSO RECALLED THAT HABYARIMANA'S
SUPPORTERS HAVE LONG DISTRUSTED OAU AND UN FORCES IN
RWANDA, BELIEVING THAT THEY FAVOR THE RPF. THERE IS A
STRONG SUSPICION ON THEIR PART THAT THE UN FORCES WERE
COMPLICIT IN THE ATTACK.
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FRENCH NATIONALS
-- THE GOF HAS ACTIVATED ITS RADIO NETWORK AND IS
ADVISING ALL OF ITS 600 NATIONALS TO STAY AT HOME. NO
EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN GIVEN, ALTHOUGH DUCOULOMBIER
STATED SHE PERSONALLY IS PRESSING HARD FOR SUCH A
DECISION BEFORE THE SITUATION WORSENS.
-- THE 25 FRENCH MILITARY ADVISORS ASSIGNED TO RWANDA
HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO COME TO THE FRENCH EMBASSY IF
THEY CAN DO SO SAFELY; SEVERAL ARE ALREADY PRESENT.
UNITED NATIONS
-- FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF INFORMATION FROM UNAMIR,
THE GOF WOULD FAVOR A DECLARATION BY THE UNSC CALLING
FOR ALL PARTIES TO ASSIST THE UN IN CARRYING OUT ITS
MANDATE IN RWANDA.
-- THE POSSIBILITY OF USING UNAMIR FORCES FOR A
POSSIBLE EVACUATION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS HAS NOT YET
BEEN GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT, BUT THE INITIAL REACTION FROM
THE IO BUREAU WAS THAT THE MANDATE ALREADY CONTAINS
LANGUAGE ON ASSURING THE SECURITY IN KIGALI AND THUS
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COULD BE INTERPRETED BROADLY.
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-- THE POSSIBLE USE OF CHAPTER SEVEN AUTHORITY FOR
UNAMIR FORCES HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE GOF; THEY
WILL GET BACK TO US AFTER INTERNAL CONSULTATIONS.
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-- THE FRENCH UNDERSTAND THAT THE BELGIAN FORCES AT'
THE AIRPORT UNABLE TO LEAVE; THEY DO NOT RULE OUT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISARMED BY MEMBERS OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD. THE GOF ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT
TWO GHANIAN UN SOLDIERS HAVE ALSO BEEN KILLED AND OTHER
(NATIONALITY NOT IDENTIFIED) TAKEN PRISONER.
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