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INFO AMEMBASSY KIGALI PRIORITY
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CONFIDENTIALPARIS 34521
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, MOPS, UN, OAU, FR, RW
SUBJECT: FRENCH MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN RWANDA
CEASEFIRE PROCESS: EXCHANGES WITH THE QUAI
REF: STATE 397185
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2. ON DECEMBER 10, IN THE ABSENCE OF CATHERINE
BOIVINEAU, DIRECTOR FOR EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN THE
QUAI D'ORSAY, WE MADE THE POINTS IN REFTEL ON FRENCH
MILITARY ACTIVITY IN RWANDA TO DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN,
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS. (BOIVINEAU,
WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY IN THE QUAI FOR THE RWANDA
NEGOTIATIONS, WAS IN ERITREA FOR DISCUSSIONS ON OPENING
A GOF EMBASSY FOLLOWING THE 1993 REFERENDUM.)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: CHARLES L DAMS
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(B), 1.4(D)
DECLASSIFY AFTER: 10 DEC 2017
DATE/CASE ID: 01 OCT 2008 200103014
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1.4(B), 1.4(D)
DE VILLEPIN SAID HE WOULD
CONVEY OUR POINTS TO BOIVINEAU WHEN SHE RETURNED ON
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11.
5. ON DECEMBER 11, FOLLOWING HER RETURN, BOIVINEAU WAS
TIED UP THE ENTIRE DAY IN SOMALIA-RELATED MEETINGS. WE
WENT OVER THE SAME GROUND WITH THE NEWLY-ARRIVED DESK
OFFICER, WHO DID NOT REPLY BUT STATED HE WOULD PASS OUR
DEMARCHE TO BOIVINEAU AND TRY TO ASSURE A RESPONSE
BEFORE COB.
6. AFTER THE ABOVE WAS DRAFTED, WE WERE CONTACTED BY
BOIVINEAU WHO ADDED THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
1.4(B), 1.4(D)
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I.4(B), 1.4(D)
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