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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KIGALI
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 026678
FOR THE AMBASSADOR FROM AF/C - K. AISTON
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
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SUBJECT: OFFICIAL - INFORMAL
1. (LOU) DEMOBILIZATION: AFTER WE RECEIVED YOUR AIDAC
CABLE ON UNDP/WORLD BANK TURF BATTLES OVER DEMOBILIZATION
(KIGALI 0159), I SPOKE TO LINDA LLOYD, AF/EPS MARLENE
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REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES L DAMS
DATE/CASE ID: 21 SEP 2004 200402105
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URBINA, AND IO TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS GENERAL
AGREEMENT THAT UNDP AND THE BANK SHOULD COORDINATE THEIR
EFFORTS AND NOT WORK AT CROSS PURPOSES AND THAT POST HAS
A VALID CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DELAY IN THE UNDP
ROUNDTABLE. AS YOU KNOW, LINDA ATTENDED THE UNDP MEETING
IN NEW YORK ON JAN. 24. SHE SAID SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT,
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GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF A SUCCESSFUL DEMOBILIZATION, WE
DID NOT WANT TO SEE A DELAY IN UNDP ROUNDTABLE. JEROME
CHEVALLIER FROM THE BANK WAS THERE, SO HE KNOWS OUR
POSITION NOW. AT THE SAME TIME, AF/EPS PASSED YOUR
CONCERNS TO DEAN KLINE AT THE USED OFFICE. HE SAID HE
WOULD CONSULT WITH TREASURY AND REPORT BACK TO MARLENE
BEFORE PASSING OUR CONCERNS TO BANK OFFICIALS. LINDA HAS
DRAFTED A FRONT CHANNEL ON THE NEW YORK MEETING, WHICH IS
IN THE CLEARANCE PROCESS, AND EPS PLANS A REPORT AFTER
THEY HEAR BACK FROM DEAN.
2. (LOU) DEMOBILIZATION (SUITE): WE HEAR THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF ATTENDING THE
DEMOBILIZATION ROUNDTABLE IN GENEVA. PLEASE LET US KNOW
IF THIS IS SO. (OR MAYBE YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THIS TO
ME AND I FORGOT?) AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF
SENDING ANYONE FROM AF, SINCE AID IS ALREADY GOING AND
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WILL BE PUTTING UP WHATEVER MONEY WE
HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE. (AS FOR A POSSIBLE ESF CONTRIBUTION,
WE ARE STILL HOLDING OUR MEMO TO THE SIXTH FLOOR PENDING
RECEIPT OF THE INFO ON WHAT OTHER DONORS MIGHT BE DOING.)
3. (C) HOUPHOUET MARGINALIA: WE UNDERSTAND THAT
HABYARIMANA WILL PROBABLY ATTEND THE HOUPHOUET FUNERAL IN
COTE D'IVOIRE. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED
THAT A/S MOOSE MEET WITH HIM ON THE MARGINS OF THE
FUNERAL. WE WOULD USE THE BRIEF MEETING TO REINFORCE OUR
MESSAGE THAT THE RWANDANS BETTER GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER
AND FORM THE NEW GOVERNMENT ASAP. WE'LL KEEP YOU ADVISED.
4.
(U) ENDLESS YEAR-END REPORTS: I JUST WANT TO TAKE
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TIME OUT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR TIMELY SUBMISSION OF A
WHOLE SLEW OF SOMETIMES ONEROUS YEAR-END REPORTS,
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BEGINNING WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, THROUGH THE MPP,
THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC TRENDS, AND THE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
RIGHTS PLAN. (I'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN ONE OR TWO.)
CHURNING THESE THINGS OUT IS HARD ENOUGH WHEN YOU'RE AN
SEP POST, BUT IT'S DOUBLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE SWAMPED
WITH POLITICAL WORK, AS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN RECENTLY, AND
WHEN ALL THE REPORTS SEEM TO BE DUE AROUND THE SAME
TIME. PLEASE PASS MY THANKS TO YOUR STAFF, WITH SPECIAL
KUDOS FOR JOYCE FOR HER HUMAN RIGHTS/DEMOCRACY WORK AND
LAURA FOR THE ECON TRENDS REPORT. JUST A REMINDER,
THOUGH, THAT WE NEED YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR FEEDBACK CABLE
ON THE MPP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS THIS YEAR'S
POST REPORTING PLAN ....
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CAME BY TO TALK RWANDA/BURUNDI WITH ME LAST WEEK. HE
SAID HE THINKS HABYARIMANA IS TO BLAME FOR THE CURRENT
IMPASSE AND IS BEHIND THE PARTY SPLITS. I TOLD HIM THAT
WE THINK ALL SIDES SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IMPASSE.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT OUR POSITION IS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY
RIGHT, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN OUR UNIQUE POSITION
.AS AN UNBIASED HONEST BROKER WHOSE ADVICE AND ADMONITIONS
ARE RESPECTED BY ALL SIDES. AS YOU KNOW, THIS MADE US
VERY EFFECTIVE IN ARUSHA AND SHOULD ONCE AGAIN WORK TO
OUR ADVANTAGE AS WE PUSH THE VARIOUS PARTIES TO FORM THE
NEW GOVERNMENT.
6.
(LOU) WERTHEIM CALLS: JOE WERTHEIM CALLED RECENTLY
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TO REPORT THAT HIS WORKERS AT THE TEA FACTORY ARE VERY
NERVOUS AND READY TO HIT THE ROAD IN THE EVENT FIGHTING
RESUMES. THE TUNISIAN UN (FORMER NMOG) MONITORS
APPARENTLY TOLD JOE'S LOCAL MANAGERS THAT BOTH SIDES ARE
AT HIGH ALERT. JOE ALSO REPORTS THAT THE LOCALS SAY
THEY'RE HEARING MORE GRENADE EXPLOSIONS NOW THAN EVER
BEFORE (EXCEPT DURING ACTUAL FIGHTING, I PRESUME). ALL
IN ALL, JOE (UNDERSTANDABLY) SOUNDED PRETTY CONCERNED.
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7. (U) ARD BRIEFING: JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
I BRIEFED THREE AID CONTRACTORS FROM THE ASSOCIATES IN
RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ARD) LAST WEEK, PRIOR TO THEIR
DEPARTURE FOR RWANDA TO BEGIN WORK ON THE USAID DIG
PROJECT. THE TEAM WAS HEADED BY HARLIN HOBGOOD, WHO IS
APPARENTLY AN OLD USAID HAND, AND INCLUDED PASCAL
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BLACQUE-BELAIR AND A THIRD PERSON WHOSE NAME I DIDN'T
GET. ANYWAY, THEY SEEMED WELL-BRIEFED ALREADY AND
GENERALLY VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
CHRISTOPHER
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