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TO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
INFO SECDEF WASHDC 9932
CJCS WASHDC 4354
AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE
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AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
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DAR PLEASE PASS TO A/S SHATTUCK AND AMB. RAWSON YAOUNDE FOR DATT
E.O. 12355: DECL: OADR
TAGS: MARR, PINS, PREL, PHUM, MOPS, PGOV, RW, UNSC
SUBJECT: RWANDA: REQUESTS FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARRY R MELONE
DATE/CASE ID: 02 NOV 2006 200103014
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REF: USUN 1898
1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. USUN SHOULD ADVISE THE UN SECRETARIAT THAT WASHINGTON
IS CONTINUING TO ANALYZE THE ISSUES RAISED IN REFTEL, BUT
THESE ARE OUR PRELIMINARY VIEWS. SHOULD WE DECIDE TO
SUPPORT ANY NEW OPERATION, WE CONTINUE TO FEEL THAT A MORE
LIMITED MISSION FOR A HUMANITARIAN OPERATION, WHETHER UN
OR OAU OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO, MAKES MORE SENSE THAN
THE ONE THE UN APPEARS TO HAVE IN MIND. THE UN SEEMS TO
ENVISION A KIGALI-BASED OPERATION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE
CONTROL OF KIGALI, CONTROL OF COMMUNICATION LINKS OUT OF
KIGALI, AND MOVEMENTS ACROSS BATTLE LINES. IT APPEARS TO
US THAT SUCH AN EXTENSIVE OPERATION IS BEYOND THE LIKELY
CAPABILITY OF SUCH A FORCE TO HANDLE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE
RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE UN PROPOSAL
IN ORDER TO ASSESS MORE FULLY ITS VIABILITY.
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3. IN OUR VIEW, A UN AND/OR AN OAU OPERATION OUT OF
NEIGHBORING AFRICAN COUNTRIES INTO BORDER AREAS TO PROVIDE
FOR THE SECURITY OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS WOULD
BE MORE FEASIBLE. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE DONE
WITH THE ACQUIESCENCE OF BOTH FORCES.
4. ON THE QUESTION OF U.S. ASSISTANCE, WE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO RESPOND IN DETAIL UNTIL A CLEARER CONCEPT OF
OPERATION IS DEVELOPED. WE ARE PREPARED, IN PRINCIPLE, TO
JOIN OTHERS IN SUPPORTING A HUMANITARIAN OPERATION IN
RWANDA. IF IT IS AN ASSESSED UN OPERATION, THE PROCESS OF
REQUESTING U.S. ASSISTANCE IS STRAIGHT FORWARD: THE UN
WOULD REQUEST SERVICES FROM US FOR WHICH WE WOULD BE
REIMBURSED AND WE WOULD PAY OUR SHARE OF ASSESSED COSTS.
IN THIS REGARD, WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER PROVIDING
AIRLIFT AND SOME EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING APC'S. IF THE
MISSION WERE TO BE ORGANIZED BY THE OAU OR OTHERWISE
DEPENDENT UPON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS, THE NEED FOR A
CLEAR AND AGREED CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS WOULD BE EVEN MORE
ESSENTIAL.
CHRISTOPHER
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