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SUBJECT; PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA RECEIVES DASD IRVIN,
PROMISED INSTALLATION CEREMONIES ABORTED
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2. RWANDAN PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA RECEIVED DEPUTY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (DASD) FOR
HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS PATRICIA IRVIN AFTERNOON 3/24
FOR AN HOUR-LONG VISIT. THE PRESIDENT WARMLY
WELCOMED DASD IRVIN NOTING THAT HER VISIT WAS A SIGN
OF UNITED STATES SYMPATHY FOR RWANDA AND SUPPORT FOR
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 06 FEB 2008 200103014
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ITS NEEDS. HE ASKED HER TO THANK HER GOVERNMENT FOR
ALL ITS HELP IN THE DIFFICULT THREE YEARS OF RWANDA'S
RECENT HISTORY, ESPECIALLY HELP ON DISPLACED PERSONS.
3. DASD IRVIN EXPRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT HER DELIGHT
IN BEING IN RWANDA AT THIS HISTORIC JUNCTURE. SHE
HOPED THAT THE RWANDAN AUTHORITIES WOULD SOON BE ABLE
TO PUT IN PLACE THE TRANSITION GOVERNMENT AND
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SO THAT U.S. PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE
TO RWANDA COULD GO FORWARD. SHE THEN OUTLINED THE
FUNCTIONS OF HER OFFICE AND THE PARTICULAR ROLE IT
PLAYS IN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, PEACEKEEPING AND SUCH
OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS DEMINING. IN OUTLINING HER
ITINERARY TO AFRICA, SHE NOTED THE PARTICULAR
INTEREST WHICH RWANDA HELD DUE TO THE PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES HERE AND THE CHALLENGE OF BRINGING A
BETTER LIFE TO WAR-WEARY RWANDANS.
4. THE PRESIDENT INFORMED DASD IRVIN THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS READY TO SET UP TRANSITIONAL
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INSTITUTIONS. THERE WOULD BE A CEREMONY THE NEXT
DAY, FRIDAY. AMBASSADOR RAWSON QUERIED WHETHER ALL
ISSUES HAD BEEN RESOLVED. THE PRESIDENT TURNED TO
HIS DIRECTOR OF CABINET WHO MENTIONED THE CDR'S
EXCLUSION FROM THE ASSEMBLY. THE AMBASSADOR
REITERATED U.S. STRONG SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION OF ALL
POLITICAL FORCES AND RECOUNTED THE RECENT EFFORTS OF
STATE DEPARTMENT HIGH OFFICIALS TO CONVINCE THE
PATRIOTIC FRONT ON THIS POINT. THE AMBASSADOR THEN
ASKED IF THE PRESIDENT COULD GIVE ASSURANCES THAT
THIS WAS THE ONLY REMAINING ISSUE. THE PRESIDENT
RESPONDED THAT HE HAD NOT YET SEEN ALL THE PARTY
LISTS, BUT HE COULD GIVE ASSURANCE THAT HE WOULD BE
AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING (CND) FOR
INSTALLATION CEREMONIES AT 9:00 AM.
5. COMMENT: TWO HOURS AFTER THIS HEARTENING WORD,
THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTOR OF CABINET SUBMITTED TO THE
PRIME MINISTER A LIST OF DEPUTIES WHICH THE PRESIDENT
WOULD BE SWEARING IN THE NEXT DAY. THIS LIST DIFFERED
IN THREE RESPECTS FROM THE LIST THE PRIME MINISTER
HAD PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED: A DIFFERENT NAME EACH FOR
PDI AND MDR AND THE ADDED NAME OF A CDR DEPUTY.
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6. AMBASSADOR'S LONG TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH
VARIOUS PARTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FAILED TO BRIDGE THIS
NEW IMPASSE. BY 9:00 AM, OFFICIALS GATHERED
EXPECTANTLY AT THE CND, BUT RUMORS WERE RIFE THAT THE
RPF DELEGATION WAS NOT COMING. WHEN PRIME MINISTER
UWILINGIYIMANA ARRIVED SHE HURRIED OBSERVERS, RPF'S
MAZIMHAKA AND KABEMERA AND PRESIDENT'S DIRECTOR OF
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CABINET RUHIGIRA INTO A SIDE ROOM. AFTER RAISING THE
ISSUE OF THE DOUBLE LISTS, THE PRIME MINISTER DREW
RPF AND PRESIDENCY REPRESENTATIVES INTO FOUR HOURS OF
MUTUAL RECRIMINATION OVER EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH THE
TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
7. PARTIES EVENTUALLY EVOLVED A CONSENSUS TO THE
EFFECT THAT CHALLENGES IN ISLAMIC PARTY AND THE MDR
SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE COURTS. PATRIOTIC FRONT
REPRESENTATIVES WERE, HOWEVER, ADAMANT THAT THEY
COULD NOT ACCEPT IMMEDIATE INSTALLATION OF THE CDR IN
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. THE CDR WOULD HAVE TO PROVE
ITS GOOD INTENTIONS. ITS CASE WOULD BE JUDGED BY THE
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SUBJECT; PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA RECEIVES DASD IRVIN,
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. THE PATRIOTIC FRONT DID AGREE TO
MEET WITH CDR UNDER UN AUSPICES AND FURTHER DISCUSS
THE ISSUE AFTERNOON 3/25.
8. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID SHE WOULD ANNOUNCE
ANOTHER INSTALLATION CEREMONY FOR THE NEXT DAY,
SATURDAY, 3/26. WE ARE NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT THAT THE
DIFFERENCES OVER CDR REPRESENTATION IN THE ASSEMBLY
WILL BE BRIDGED BY THAT TIME. END COMMENT. RAWSON
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