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€ Laos sees itself as the hub through which the trade and investment will ©
travel, using the bridge and at least three proposed highways from Thailand, .
through Laos, to China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The bridge probably will .
improve Laos’s investment climate and aid the export sector by lowering
prohibitively high transport costs. Nonetheless the government’s refusal to
approve construction of a second bridge-until the impact of the first can be
studied indicates continuing concerns. :
(CONFIDENTIAL) ‘ ‘ _—
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Rwanda: Downward Spiral
: Peacekeepers, ministers killed. A UN spokesman yesterday said Rwandan
E. troops had ki d and killed 11 Belgian troops attached.to the UN, according
to press reports
The social affairs, information, and agriculture
ministers are also believed dead, according to Embassy Kigali. Two other
ministers reportedly were abducted.
The combatants. The army high command asserts a missile fired by Hutu
hard-liners in the presidential guard (PG) downed the aircraft carrying Rwandan
: President Habyarimana, Burundi President Ntaryamira, and the Rwandan army
[ chief of staff, according to Embassy Kigali and DAO Yaoundé.
.. Comment: The PG härd-liners were operationally in a position to take action; we
‘ lack hard evidence on the downing because the PG has sealed.off the crash site.
Notabiy, no one in the Rwandan high command is blaming the Rwandan Patriotic
Front (RPF) for shooting down the plane. . |
Next steps. The high command appears predominant and'is focused on
suppressing the PG and rogue soldiers, according to Embassy Kigali and DAO
Yaoundé. It is attempting to establish a “crisis committee,” including government
ministers, to serve as the basis of an interim government. :
(CONFIDENTIAL) [
Dept of State, RPS/IPS, Margaret P Grafelé, Dir
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Date. #/{2fa1 Exemption #1, 4 (LYS
April 8, 1994
SC-12247-94
Peacekeepers, ministers killed [...]
The combatants. The army high command asserts a missile fired by Hutu
hardliners in the presidential guard (PG) downed the aircraft carrying
President Habyarimana, Burundi President Ntaryamira, and the Rwandan
army chief of staff, according to Embassy Kigali and DAO Yaoundé.
Comment: The PG hardliners were operationally in a position
to take action ; we lack hard evidence on the downing because the PG
has sealed off the site. Notably, no one in the Rwandan high command
is blaming the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) for shooting down the
plane.
Next steps. The high command appears predominant and is
focused on suppressing the PG and rogue soldiers, according to Embassy
Kigali and DAO Yaoundé. It is attempting to establish a ``crisis
committee'' including government ministers, to serve as the basis of
an interim government.
