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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PGOV, RW
SUBJECT: FURTHER EFFORTS TO BREAK THE IMPASSE
REF: KIGALI 0843
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2. I MET LATE MORNING 2/28 WITH TANZANIAN
FACILITATOR AMBASSADOR TAMBWE, OAU REPRESENTATIVE JOE
FELLI AND UN POLITICAL OFFICER MAMADOU KANE TO
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 01 NOV 2007 200103014
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DISCUSS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FORMING TRANSITION
INSTITUTIONS. TAMBWE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO
ARRANGE A MEETING WITH RPF AND WAS TO HAVE SEEN THEM
THAT MORNING, BUT FOUND THAT RPF LEADERSHIP HAD ALL
GONE TO MULINDI, REPORTEDLY WITH CHICKEN IN POT
(I.E., THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS). A REPORT FROM HIS
OFFICERS WHO WENT TO RPF HEADQUARTERS, HOWEVER,
SUGGESTED THAT RPF LEADERS INTENDED TO RETURN BY
TUESDAY PM. UN COUNSELOR SAID THE SECRETARY
GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE (SGSR) BOOH BOOH WAS
ATTEMPTING TO REACH RPF IN MULINDI AND WOULD TRAVEL
TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP THERE AS SOON AS HE WAS GIVEN A
RENDEZVOUS.
3. WE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUE
WHICH HAS OUTLINED THE TERMS FOR INSTALLATION OF A
TRANSITION GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(REFTEL). I NOTED THAT ITS PACKAGE, HAVING BEEN
ANNOUNCED BY THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET DIRECTOR AS A
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COMMUNIQUE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, MADE IT LOOK
LIKE A PRESIDENTIAL DICTATE RATHER THAN A CONCLUSION
OF AN ALL-PARTY MEETING. I THOUGHT RPF WOULD BE
PARTICULARLY RESISTANT TO THE DIVISION OF PL DEPUTIES
AND TO THE ALLOCATION OF ONLY ONE MINISTERIAL SEAT TO
LANDO'S PL FACTION. OF PARTICULAR CONSEQUENCE WAS
WHO WOULD GET THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE. THE UN
COUNSELOR AND I BOTH NOTED THE POSSIBILITY THAT RPF
MIGHT TAKE THE COMMUNIQUE AS AN AGREEMENT CONSTRAINED
BY LAST WEEK'S TERRORISM; THEY MIGHT PUT ON A SHOW OF
FORCE THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO DRAW PARTIES BACK INTO
THEIR ORBIT. THE CRITICAL THING WAS TO CONVINCE RPF
THAT THE ELEMENTS IN THE COMMUNIQUE WERE NOT TOO FAR
FROM WHAT THEY WOULD FIND ACCEPTABLE; THE COMMUNIQUE
COULD SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON
THE GOVERNMENT.
4. AMBASSADOR TAMBWE AGREED TO TRY TO REACH RPF WITH
THE MESSAGE URGING THEM NOT TO TAKE PRECIPITATED
ACTION ON THE COMMUNIQUE, BUT TO LOOK AT IT AS A
NEGOTIATING INSTRUMENT. UN COUNSELOR SAID HE WOULD
RAISE THIS SAME CONCERN WITH SGSR BOOH BOOH. I URGED
THAT SHOULD EITHER HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH RPF,
THEY SHOULD POINT TO POSSIBLE AREAS OF COMPROMISE,
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PERHAPS A NEUTRAL CHOICE FOR MINISTER OF JUSTICE BY
PL LEADERSHIP, OR A DIFFERENT FORMULATION OF PL
DEPUTIES' LIST, WITH PL MUGENZI CHOOSING NAMES HE
CONSIDERS RELIABLE FROM THE LANDO LIST.
5. COMMENT: IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW RPF WILL REACT TO
THIS MOST RECENT PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE. RPF
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MAZIMPAKA PROMISED TO GET BACK TO ME AFTER HE HEARD
THE RESULT OF YESTERDAY'S MEETING, BUT HAS INSTEAD
GONE OFF FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH GENERAL KAGAME AND
OTHERS IN MULINDI. HOPEFULLY, FACILITATOR TAMBWE AND
SGSR BOOH BOOH WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO RPF
LEADERSHIP AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE THE
DIALOGUE RATHER THAN TAKE PRECIPITATED ACTION IN
RESPONSE TO THIS VIGOROUS PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNIQUE.
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