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INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY
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SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA
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2. THE RECENT EPISODE OF ETHNICALLY-MOTIVATED VIOLENCE
AGAINST EMPLOYEES OF A USAID-FUNDED CARE PROJECT REQUIRES
AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. MOREOVER, IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY
OBVIOUS THAT IT IS SYMPTOMATIC OF A PATTERN WHEREBY THE
PRESIDENT IS TOLERATING IF NOT ENCOURAGING POLITICAL
VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE ONLY HE CAN
SAVE THE COUNTRY. CERTAINLY THAT IS THE WAY IT IS
INCREASINGLY PERCEIVED AMONG THOSE FOLLOWING RWANDAN
AFFAIRS
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THERE ARE ALREADY STORIES CIRCULATING THAT THE
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PRESIDENT'S FORTHCOMING TRIP ABROAD, INCLUDING TO THE U.S.
NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST, WILL COINCIDE WITH FURTHER (AND
THIS TIME UNCONTROLLABLE) VIOLENCE, PERHAPS FOLLOWED BY A
HARD-LINE MILITARY COUP, ENABLING HIM TO RETURN TO RESTORE
ORDER AND A SEMBLANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RULE.
4. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, AND UNLESS YOU SEE MAJOR
PROBLEMS, YOU SHOULD REQUEST AN IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT WITH
PRESIDENT HABYARIMANA AND EXPRESS OUR CONCERN, DRAWING ON
THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
-- WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT ASSAULT ON
EMPLOYEES OF THE USAID-FUNDED CARE PROJECT IN BYUMBA. IT
IS CLEAR THAT
APPEARS TO HAVE ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED, AND
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES DID NOTHING TO STOP IT.
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-- SUCH VIOLENCE, IF CONTINUED, COULD JEOPARDIZE OUR
ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE WORK IN RWANDA.
-- UNFORTUNATELY, THE EPISODE SEEMS ALL TOO TYPICAL OF
OTHER VIOLENCE WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN MANY OTHER AREAS
OF RWANDA.
-- REALIZING THE STRESS AND STRAIN GENERATED BY THE ARUSHA
NEGOTIATIONS, WE NEVERTHELESS FEEL THAT IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS PRESIDENT TO CONTROL THE VIOLENCE,
PARTICULARLY THAT PART OF IT WHICH IS CARRIED OUT BY THE
MRND YOUTH.
5. YOU SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT
UNDERSTANDS OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF CONTINUED
VIOLENCE DURING HIS ABSENCE ABROAD, DRAWING ON RUMORS OF A
POSSIBLE COUP IF YOU FEEL IT WOULD HELP GET THE POINT
ACROSS. YOU SHOULD SUGGEST THAT IN OUR FRANK VIEW, IT
MIGHT BE BETTER FOR HIM TO POSTPONE HIS VISIT TO A LATER
DATE UNLESS HE IS CERTAIN THAT THE CURRENT ALREADY SERIOUS
LEVEL OF POLITICAL TENSION WILL HAVE SUBSIDED. CHRISTOPHER
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