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1. (C) SUMMMARY. PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA MET WITH
THB PRESIDENTS OF ALL RWANDA'S NEIGHBORS BETWEEN
FEBRUARY 26 AND MARCH 8. IN EACH MEETING HE
SOLICITED SUPPORT FOR HIS PROPOSALS FOR RESOLVING THE
POLITICAL IMPASSE. HIS TRAVELS ELICITED REPROACH
FROM THE RPF WHO SEE HIM "HIJACKING" THE PEACE
PROCESS. MEANWHILE, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS BEEN
ESSENTIALLY SIDELINED IN MAKING INTERNATIONAL
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' CONTACTS. WHILE HABYARIMANA MAY HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED
BY THE PRESIDENTS OF ZAIRE AND BURUNDI, IT IS LIKELY
THAT HE. HEARD SOME TOUGH TALK IN TANZANIA AND
UGANDA. END SUMMARY.
GREAT LAKES SUMMIT
2. (U) PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA TRAVELLED FEBRUARY 26
TO GBADOLITE IN ZAIRE FOR A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
MOBUT(J AND PRESIDENT NTARYAMIRA, OSTENSIBLY UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE CEPGL, A REGIONAL ORQIRE, RWANDA, AND BURUNDI. PRESS REPORTS
INDICATE THE THREE TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATIONS IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES AND ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
THE CEPGL.
UGANDA
3. (U) THE PRESIDENT PAID A ONE-DAY VISIT MARCH 7
TO KAMPALA WHERE HE MET WITH PRESIDENT MUSEVENI. THE
MINISTER OF DEFENSE, AN MRND ACOLYTE, ACCOMPANIED THE
PRESIDENT. ALTHOUGH MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL
AFFAIRS, LANDOALD NDASINGWA, LEADER OF THE LIBERAL
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PARTY FACTION OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT, WAS TO HAVE
JOINED THE GROUP, RADIO RWANDA REPORTS THAT NDASINGWA
DID NOT GO ON THE TRIP BECAUSE "HE WAS NOT INFORMED
IN TIME."
4. (U) IN THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE THE TWO PRESIDENTS
THANKED THE UNITED NATIONS FOR ITS ROLE IN HELPING TO •
IMPLEMENT THE ARUSHA PEACE ACCORD, ISSUED
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE "NORTHERN CORRIDOR" (RWANDA'S
ACCESS TO THE SEA THROUGH UGANDA) TO BE OPENED AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND CONFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO
RESOLVE ONCE AND FOR ALL THE PROBLEM OF RWANDAN
REFUGEES. THEY AGREED TO CREATE A MIXED TECHNICAL
COMMISSION AIMED AT DEFINING MODALITIES FOR ORDERLY
RETURN OF THE REFUGEES AND RECOMMENDED A REGIONAL
SUMMIT BE HELD TO FIND A GLOBAL SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEM OF REFUGEES IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION,
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE
BLOCKAGE DELAYING THE INSTALLATION OF A TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT WOULD BE LIFTED SOON.
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5. (U) RPF RADIO MUHABURA CRITICIZED THE
PRESIDENT'S VISIT, ACCUSING HIM OF TRYING TO ENLIST
MUSEVENI'S HELP TO PRESSURE THE RPF INTO ACCEPTING
HABYARIMANA'S PROPOSALS FOR ENDING RWANDA'S POLITICAL
IMPASSE. THEY CHARGED HE PLANNED TO TAKE THE SAME
MESSAGE TO TANZANIA. THE RPF REITERATED ITS CLAIM
THAT AGREEMENT IN THE ALL-PARTY MEETING CHAIRED BY
THE PRESIDENT RESULTED FROM INTIMIDATION AND
TERRORISM AND ACCUSED THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
"HENCHMEN" OF DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO TORPEDO
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THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT. THE RPF CHARGED THAT THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES WANT TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO
WHILE THE RPF AND ITS ALLIES WANT CHANGE AND
DEMOCRACY WITH LAWS THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL THE
PEOPLE. THUS, RADIO MUHABURA SAID, THE RPF'S
COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTING THE ARUSHA ACCORD.
TANZANIA
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(U) PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA TRAVELLED MARCH 8 TO
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