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ISLAMABAD PLEASE PASS TO DEPSEC TALBOTT
1. (C) RPF COMMANDER KAGAME TOLD DIA COL. PARKER THE
RPF IS ATTACKING SOUTH THROUGH THE DMZ. THEY EXPECT TO
BE IN KIGALI TOMORROW. THE RPF JUSTIFIED THE MOVE
BECAUSE THE CEASEFIRE HAS BEEN VIOLATED, ITS KIGALI
CONTINGENT HAD BEEN ATTACKED, THE RWANDAN ARMY IS
KILLING OFFICIALS AND TUTSIS, AND THE UN IS UNABLE TO
CONTROL THE SITUATION. THE RPF WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH
EXPATRIATE DEPARTURES AND WILL COOPERATE WITH UNAMIR AND
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IN KIGALI. (1415 EDT KAGAME/PARKER
TELCON)
2. (LOU) MAJOR GENERAL NDINDILIYIMANA HAS TAKEN
CONTROL OF THE ARMED FORCES AND IS NEGOTIATING WITH
UNAMIR GENERAL DALLAIRE AND RPF ELEMENTS AT AN
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION. ACCORDING TO THE EMBASSY, THE
MAJOR GENERAL IS "PROFESSIONAL" AND WANTS AN END TO THE
FIGHTING. (EMBASSY TELCON)
3. (LOU) AS OF 1430 EDT, THE SITUATION IN THE SEVENTH
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DAY ADVENTIST MISSION IN MUDENDE HAD IMPROVED. THE
AMERICANS FOLLOWED THE CONSUL'S ADVICE AND GATHERED IN A
CENTRAL LOCATION (TWO NEIGHBORING HOUSES) AND "PAID OFF"
THE MOB, WHICH IS NO LONGER MENACING THEM. (EMBASSY .
TELCON)
4. (LOU) A GROUP OF 24 AMERICANS LIVING OUTSIDE OF
KIGALI ARE ORGANIZING A CONVOY TO TRAVEL OVERLAND TO
BURUNDI SATURDAY. THEY RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM
GENDARMERIE AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES, AND THE EMBASSY
BELIEVES THE ROADS ARE GENERALLY OPEN, ALTHOUGH THERE
ARE SPORADIC ROADBLOCKS. (EMBASSY TELCON)
5. (U) TWO FRENCH MILITARY "COOPERANTS" AND THE WIFE
OF ONE OF THEM WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED BY RPF TROOPS.
THEY HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN PROVIDING REFUGE TO HUTUS IN
THEIR HOME. (EMBASSY TELCON)
6. BUJUMBURA - MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
CHRISTOPHER
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