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TO AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IMMEDIATE
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SUBJECT: TERW01: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 06:00 EDT.
04/09/94
1. (LOU) EMBASSY KIGALI IS PROCEEDING WITH AN OVERLAND
EVAUCATION TO BURUNDI. THE EMBASSY PLANS TO ORDER
AMERICAN CITIZENS TO GATHER AT THREE CONSOLIDATION
POINTS IN KIGALI. UNAMIR PLANS TO ESCORT THREE CONVOYS
TO THE BORDER APRIL 9, WITH THE FIRST SCHEDULED TO
DEPART IN THE AFTERNOON. UNAMIR HAS GIVEN ASSURANCES
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THAT THE CONVOYS WILL NOT BE FIRED ON. AMBASSADOR
RAWSON HOPES ALL AMERICANS WILL DEPART KIGALI TODAY OR
TOMORROW. THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY STRONGLY PREFERRED AN
OVERLAND EVACUATION, AS IT FEARED AN AIRLIFT WOULD BE
VULNERABLE TO BEING SHOT DOWN AS WAS THE PRESIDENT'S
PLANE. (TASK FORCE/EMBASSY KIGALI TELCON)
2. (LOU) INDIAN, KENYAN, TANZANIAN, WORLD BANK, AND
GERMAN EVACUEES MAY JOIN THE U.S. OVERLAND CONVOY. THE
BELGIANS AND FRENCH APPARENTLY STILL INTEND AN AIRLIFT.
(TASK FORCE/EMBASSY KIGALI AND EMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TELCONS)
3. (LOU) CHARGE LANGE SECURED GOB APPROVAL TO USE
BUJUMBURA AS AN EVACUATION STAGING AREA AFTER MEETING
WITH THE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, THE ACTING PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET APRIL 9, OVERCOMING THE
MILITARY'S SUSPICION OF THE TROOP ARRIVAL. THE
GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS ALSO GIVEN BLANKET CLEARANCE TO
CONDUCT EVACUATION OPERATIONS FROM KENYA. (TASK
FORCE/EMBASSY BUJUMBURA TELCON; KUSLO NAIROBI 090449Z
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4. (LOU) PLANNING FOR THE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE OF
BUJUMBURA PROCEEDS, WITH GROUPS OF 3-4 PEOPLE LEAVING
VIA COMMERCIAL AIR IN THE NEXT WEEK. (TASK
FORCE/EMBASSY BUJUMBURA TELCON)
5. (LOU) NEW RWANDAN PRESIDENT SINDIKUBWABO ISSUED A
COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING HIS INTENTION TO FORM A
"TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT" WITH THREE TASKS: ESTABLISH
ORDER; PURSUE CONTACT WITH THE RPF TO FORM A BROAD-BASED
GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE UN-PRESCRIBED TIME FRAME (SIX
WEEKS); AND DECIDE HOW TO RESOLVE THE QUESTIONS OF
FAMINE AND THE RETURN HOME OF DISPLACED PERSONS. (TASK
FORCE/EMBASSY KIGALI TELCON)
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