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SUBJECT: POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS AND ARUSHA
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SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER NSENGIYAREMYE IS
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PROPOSING A MODIFICATION OF THE CLERGY PROPOSAL FOR
SHARING POWER IN THE GOVERNMENT, GIVING AN EXTRA
PORTFOLIO TO EACH THE MRND AND THE RPF. HE ALSO
PROPOSES AN INNER CABINET AND AGREEMENT ON A PROGRAM
IN ADVANCE TO REDUCE AREAS FOR CONFRONTATION IN THE
NEW TRANSITION GOVERNMENT. THE PROPOSALS WILL BE
PRESENTED TO THE MRND THIS AFTERNOON IN HOPES OF
USING THEM ON THE BASIS FOR TALKS IN ARUSHA THIS
EVENING. IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE MORE TIME THAN TODAY,
BUT AT LEAST THERE IS NOW SOMETHING ON THE TABLE AND
THE PARTIES APE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. WE MAY
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REQUEST A U.S. OBSERVER BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. END
SUMMARY.
A CONCERTED PROPOSAL
3. PRIME MINISTER DISMAS NSENGIYAREMYE INVITED ME IN
THIS MORNING TO SHARE WITH ME THE LATEST PROPOSAL,
WHICH HE AND THE PARTIES OF CONCERTATION HAVE AGREED
TO, FOR PRESENTATION TO THE MRND LEADERS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE PROPOSAL, HE SAID, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT
REACTIONS THEY HAVE HAD FROM THE RPF TO THE
PROPOSITIONS OF THE CLERGY AND ALSO TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE REACTION FROM THE MRND.
4. THE PROPOSAL WOULD GIVE FOUR CABINET POSITIONS TO
THE MRND, FOUR TO THE RPF, THREE PLUS THE PRIME
MINISTER TO MDR, THREE EACH TO THE PL AND PSD, TWO TO
OTHER PARTIES OR PERSONS, AND ONE TO THE PDC. THE
TOTAL CABINET POSITIONS WOULD BE, THEREFORE, 21 WITH
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A NUMBER OF 22 WHENEVER THE PRESIDENT DECIDES TO
VOTE. (COMMENT: IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT ACCORDING
TO ENOCH RUHIGIRA, THE PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED HE WILL
NOT RPT NOT VOTE IN CABINET MEETINGS, PREFERRING TO
HOLD HIMSELF ABOVE THE FRAY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S
PROPOSITION WILL BE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO THE MRND
IF THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES WITH THAT POSITION. END
COMMENT.)
5. THE PRIME MINISTER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HE FELT
THAT THE TWO PERSONS FROM OTHER PARTIES COULD BE
INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS IF IT WERE NOT POSSIBLE TO
FIND INDEPENDENT PARTIES WHICH COULD BE AGREED UPON.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED BRIEFLY THE POSSIBILITY OF FINDING
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PDC WHO WOULD BE CONSIDERED
NOT "IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S POCKET" SINCE MUCH OF
THE PDC LEADERSHIP NOW COMES FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER'S HOME TERRITORY OF GITARAMA.
6. THE PRIME MINISTER EXPLAINED THAT IN SELECTING
MINISTERS, HE AND THE PRESIDENT WOULD AGREE ON NAMES,
AS THEY DID IN APRIL. THUS THERE WOULD BE A FURTHER
CHECK ON THE QUALITY OF PERSONS NOMINATED BY EACH OF
THE PARTIES.
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7. I CONGRATULATED THE PRIME MINISTER ON COMING
FORWARD WITH A REAL PROPOSAL, BUT CAUTIONED THAT WHAT
HE AND I MIGHT SEE AS THE BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE RPF, WOULD CERTAINLY BE QUESTIONED BY THE MRND.
I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT HIS PROPOSAL WAS A GOOD
BEGINNING FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DIALOGUE WITH THE MRND,
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BUT THAT THERE MIGHT WELL BE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS
BEFORE THIS BECAME THE BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE RPF.
OTHER PROPOSALS
8. ACCOMPANYING THE CONCERTATION PARTIES' PROPOSAL
ON THE DIVISION OF THE PORTFOLIOS, ARE TWO ADDITIONAL
IDEAS, BOTH FIRST PUT TO ME BY ENOCH RUHIGIRA, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET. THE FIRST IS AN
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IDEA FOR AN INNER CABINET, A PROPOSAL WHICH THE PRIME
MINISTER ATTRIBUTED TO THE BELGIANS WHO HAVE A
SIMILAR INNER CABINET SYSTEM. THIS INNER CABINET
WOULD BE MADE UP OF ONE MEMBER OF EACH OF THE MAJOR
PARTIES, AND ITS PURPOSE WOULD BE TO TRY TO RECONCILE
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POSITIONS ON GOVERNMENT DECISIONS SO THAT A VOTE
WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY IN THE CABINET. ANY ISSUE
WHICH THREATENED A CONFRONTATION IN THE CABINET WOULD
BE REFERRED TO THE INNER CABINET FOR COMPROMISE
BEFORE ENDING UP ULTIMATELY IN A CABINET VOTE.
9. THE SECOND PROPOSAL IS TO WORK OUT A MORE
DETAILED GOVERNMENT PROGRAM FOR THE NEW TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THAT HE AND THE
PRESIDENT HAD AGREED THAT A MORE PRECISE PROGRAM
WOULD BE WORKED OUT BEFORE THE CABINET WAS
ASSEMBLED. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ON THE
ISSUE OF THE CLEANUP OF THE TERRITORIAL
ADMINISTRATION. THE PRIME MINISTER AGREED THAT HE
COULD NOT EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH HIS TOTAL OBJECTIVE IN
THE CLEANUP, BUT BELIEVES THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF HIS LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS
EITHER. IN OTHER WORDS, HE NOW SEEMS RECEPTIVE TO A
COMPROMISE.
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10. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HIS HOPE WAS TO COMPLETE
HIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MRND THIS AFTERNOON AND
INFORM FOREIGN MINISTER NGULINZIRA IN ARUSHA TO BEGIN
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THIS PROPOSAL THIS
EVENING. HE SAID THAT IF THIS WORKS OUT, HE MAY KEEP
THE DELEGATION IN ARUSHA RIGHT THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SUGGESTED THAT IF
THE PROPOSITION IS ACCEPTABLE AND IF IT IS SEEN BY
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THE RPF AS A BASIS FOR DISCUSSIONS, HE MIGHT PERMIT
THE TALKS TO BE SUSPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
OBSERVING THE HOLIDAYS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS UNWILLING
TO SUSPEND THEM IN THE PRESENT STATE OF BLOCKAGE.
11. COMMENT: I TOLD THE PRIME MINISTER THAT IF THEY
ARE REALLY READY TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS I WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE AN OBSERVER FROM WASHINGTON PRESENT, BUT THAT
I HAD NOT RECOMMENDED THE DISPATCH OF AN OBSERVER
UNTIL IT LOOKED LIKE THINGS WERE GOING TO BEGIN TO
HAPPEN. I ADDED THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS SOON
AS THE PROCESS IS WELL UNDERWAY.
12. I DO NOT SHARE THE PRIME MINISTER'S OPTIMISM THAT
HE WILL HAVE A NEW POSITION FOR THE FOREIGN MINISTER
IN ARUSHA BY THIS EVENING. I THINK HE HAS TAKEN A
STEP FORWARD, BUT THE MRND IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIND
SOME WAY TO SAVE FACE EVEN IF THEY TKJGYPWRS, AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH FOR OUR
OBSERVER TO HAVE CHRISTMAS WITH HIS FAMILY. END
COMMENT.
13. CABLE DELAYED DUE TO CPU CIRCUIT FAILURE. FLATEN
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