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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8706
JOINT STAFF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6957
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T STATE 092374
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, RW, BE, FR, BY, CASC
SUBJECT: WGRW01: RWANDA UPDATE; REQUEST FOR INFO FROM
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 06 FEB 2008 200103014
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BELGIANS AND FRENCH
1. THIS CABLE IS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR BRUSSELS AND
PARIS. SEE PARAGRAPHS FOUR AND FIVE.
2. THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN KIGALI IS CHAOTIC.
REPORTS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT KILLING AND HOUSE
BURNINGS. THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD IS OUT OF CONTROL AND
FIRING INDISCRIMATELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UNAMIR
TROOPS HAVE BEEN FIRED ON; AT LEAST THREE BELGIAN TROOPS
HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGE.
ALTHOUGH NIGHT HAS BROUGHT GREATER CALM, SOME SHOOTING
CONTINUES. BUJUMBURA REMAINS QUIET AT PRESENT.
3. THE ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT HAS
APPROVED ORDERED DEPARTURE FROM KIGALI AND BUJUMBURA.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE A MILITARY ASSISTED
EVACUATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM KIGALI; WE ARE
EXAMINING A NUMBER OF OPTIONS WHICH COULD BE EMPLOYED IF
THIS DECISION WERE TO BE MADE.
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4. FOR EMBASSIES BRUSSELS AND PARIS: WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THE BELGIAN AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS ARE MEETING TO
DISCUSS THE CRISIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE RESULTS
OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE U.S.
WISHES TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREFUL AND ONGOING
POLITICAL AND MILITARY COORDINATION AMONG OUR
GOVERNMENTS AS WE WORK TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND
MONITOR THE SITUATION.
5. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT BY NIACT IMMEDIATE
CABLE THE PLANS OF THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS FOR EVACUATION
OF THEIR CITIZENS FROM RWANDA AND BURUNDI, AND FOR ANY
DIPLOMATIC AND/OR MILITARY RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION IN
THE TWO COUNTRIES.
6. BUJUMBURA MIMINIZED CONSIDERED.
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