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INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY
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AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY KIGALI PRIORITY
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
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STATE FOR IO/UNP, AF/C AND AF/RA;
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E.0.12356: DECL:6/04/98
TAGS: PREL, MARR, MOPS, OAU, UN, RW, UG
SUBJECT: SC MEMBERS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BORDER FORCE
REF: STATE 167041
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2. USUN POLOFF SOUNDED OUT SEVERAL SECURITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO ELICIT THEIR REACTIONS TO THE RWANDA/UGANDA
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 02 APR 2008 200103014
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BORDER FORCE. THERE IS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM, BUT NO STRONG
OPPOSITION. POLOFF POINTED OUT TO CAPE VERDE, DJIBOUTI,
BRAZIL, PAKISTAN AND UK MISSOFFS THE CONCERNS io PDAS
WARD LAID OUT FOR THE FRENCH (REFTEL). SHE ALSO PASSED
ON INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE BELGIANS THAT THE RPF
HAD THREATENED TO FIRE ON ANY UN HELICOPTER WHICH MIGHT
OVERFLY RWANDAN AIRSPACE.
3. ALL MISSOFFS ADMITTED THEIR GOVERNMENTS HAD NOT
LOOKED AT THE MILITARY ASPECTS IN GREAT DETAIL. SOME
VOICED RELUCTANCE TO INVOLVE THE COUNCIL IN
"MICRO-MANAGING" THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF A MILITARY
OPERATION. THE BRAZILIANS WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE PROPOSED OPERATION, AS THEY HAD
BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE OBSERVERS FOR THE BORDER FORCE.
CAPE VERDE WAS FOLLOWING THE OAU LEAD IN SUPPORTING THE
BORDER FORCE, BUT WOULD TAKE A CLOSER LOOK NOW THAT WE
HAD POINTED OUT THE FLAWS IN THE PLAN. UK MISSOFF
REVEALED THAT LONDON HAD LITTLE INTEREST IN RWANDA, WAS
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE BORDER FORCE, BUT DID NOT
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WANT TO CROSS THE FRENCH. IN LIGHT OF OUR POINTS, HE
BELIEVED LONDON WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH OUR CONCERNS
AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR POSITION IN THE COUNCIL. THE
COUNCIL SHOULD RESUME DISCUSSION OF THE RWANDA
RESOLUTION SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
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