UNCLASSIFIED W6 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION AF-01 INFO LOG-00 ANHR-01 INR-00 OMB-01 SP-00 059W KIGALI 01065 01 OF 03 151839Z RELEASED IN PART 1 4 B 1 4 D OASY-00 DODE-00 COR-01 AID-01 CIAE-00 C-01 H-01 EUR-01 FDRE-01 HA-09 EB-01 DS-00 ADS-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 01C-02 L-03 10-19 SNP-00 RP-10 PRS-01 P-01 PM-02 PA-01 USIE-00 RPE-01 TRSE-00 T-00 SS-00 SR-00 A74C9C 151916Z 45 P 121506Z MAR 93 FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3314 INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE ECJ5-P ETCC PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA CONFIDENTIALSECTION 01 OF 03 KIGALI 01065 CORRECTED COPY - TEXT DEPT FOR AF C DS I CT AND RP DEPT PASS AID AFR EA AND OFDA AFR CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL KIGALI 01065 01 OF 03 151839Z PAGE 02 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PINS PGOV PREL MOPS RW SUBJECT VISIT WITH RPF COMMANDER KAGAME REF KIGALI 1021 1 CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY USDEL DELIVERED MESSAGES FROM RWANDAN PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO RPF ARMY COMMANDER PAUL KAGAME KAGAME STATED THAT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES L DARTS DATE CASE ID 25 OCT 2006 200103014 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED HIS FORCES WILL WITHDRAW TO THEIR FEB 7 POSITIONS BY MAR 17 UNCONDITIONALLY AND WILL COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER COMMITMENTS IN THE DAR ES SALAAM COMMUNIQUE HE SEES THE NEED FOR AN EXPANDED OBSERVER FORCE AND AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO UN ASSISTANCE TO AN EXPANDED OAU FORCE HE SAID THAT HE HAS INVITED AN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED RPF ATROCITIES KAGAME AGREED THAT RPF PROPAGANDA NEEDS TO BE TONED DOWN AND BELIEVES THE ROLE OF THE JPMC NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED HE SEES A GOOD WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE NOW AND A POSITIVE CHANGE IN ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF THE GOR END SUMMARY 3 AF RA POL MIL ADVISOR LTC MARLEY AND ECONOFF MET WITH RPF ARMY COMMANDER MAJ PAUL KAGAME ON MAR 11 THE MEETING WAS HELD IN THE MULINDI TEA PLANTATION APPROX 13 KMS FROM THE GATUNA BORDER CROSSING INTO UGANDA USDEL WAS JOINED ON THE TRIP BY NMOG'S MGEN OPALEYE THE OAU'S JOE FELLI AND APPROXIMATELY 30 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL KIGALI 01065 01 OF 03 151839Z PAGE 03 RWANDAN JOURNALISTS MESSAGES DELIVERED 4 USDEL OPENED THE MEETING BY TRANSMITTING MESSAGES OF GOOD WILL AND GOOD FAITH FROM THE RWANDAN PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER AND DEFENSE MINISTER KAGAME REACTED WITH SOME SKEPTICISM TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE GASANA'S MESSAGE THAT THE RPF SHOULD INFORM THE GOR OF RPF MOVEMENTS BACK TO THEIR FEB 7 POSITIONS SO THAT THE MINISTER CAN ASSURE THAT THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS KAGAME STATED THAT THIS SEEMED TO SHOW THAT THE GOR HAS SOME SERIOUS COMMAND AND CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH ITS FORCES THERE IS A CEASEFIRE IN PLACE THE RPF IS EXPECTED TO WITHDRAW WHY SHOULD THE GOR SHOOT AT RETREATING RPF SOLDIERS KAGAME ASKED THAT WE THANK THE MINISTER FOR HIS OFFER BUT TO TELL HIM THAT HIS FORCES WOULD WITHDRAW WITHOUT THE GOR SEEING THEM 5 USDEL PASSED ON THE DEFENSE MINISTER'S SUGGESTION THAT THE TWO MEN MEET SOON TO DISCUSS THE MEDIUM TERM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAR ES SALAAM COMMUNIQUE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AND TO TRY TO BUILD SOME MUTUAL CONFIDENCE KAGAME STATED THAT HE WOULD MEET ANYONE ANYWHERE SO LONG AS BOTH PARTIES' SECURITY COULD BE ASSURED THE MINISTER HAD SUGGESTED THE POSSIBLITY OF MEETING IN KAMPALA AND KAGAME THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD BE ARRANGED CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL KIGALI 01065 01 OF 03 151839Z PAGE 04 WITHDRAWAL UNCONDITIONAL ALL COMMITMENTS WILL BE RESPECTED 6 IN RESPONSE TO A USDEL REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION KAGAME STATED THAT HIS FORCES WOULD WITHDRAW TO THEIR FEB 7 POSITIONS ON SCHEDULE ALL RPF FORCES WILL BE OUT OF THE BUFFER ZONE BY MAR 17 HE STATED THAT THIS WITHDRAWAL WOULD BE UNCONDITIONAL ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO THE DEPARTURE OF TWO FRENCH COMPANIES FROM RWANDA WHICH IS TO OCCUR BETWEEN MAR 17 AND 25 KAGAME CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A COPY OF THE GOR'S LETTER TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT REQUESTING THE DEPARTURE OF THESE TWO COMPANIES AND STATED THAT THE RPF WILL RESPECT ALL OF THEIR COMMITMENTS MADE IN THE DAR ES SALAAM COMMUNIQUE CONFIDENTIAL NNNN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION AF-01 KIGALI 01065 02 OF 03 121415Z OASY-00 DODE-00 ANHR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CIAE-00 C-01 INR-00 H-01 EUR-01 FDRE-01 HA-09 EB-01 DS-00 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 10-19 PA-01 SR-00 L-03 PM-02 SS-00 ADS-00 PRS-01 TRSE-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 SNP-00 RP-10 P-01 RPE-01 USIE-00 T-00 A66023 121431Z 43 P 121506Z MAR 93 FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3315 INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE ECJ5-P ETCC PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA CONFIDENTIALSECTION 02 OF 03 KIGALI 01065 DEPT FOR AF C DS I CT AND RP DEPT PASS AID AFR EA AND OFDA AFR E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PINS PGOV PREL MOPS RW SUBJECT VISIT WITH RPF COMMANDER KAGAME CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 KIGALI 01065 02 OF 03 121415Z OBSERVER FORCE INADEQUATE - UW ASSISTANCE ACCEPTED 7 KAGAME AGREED WITH USDEL THAT THE CURRENT NMOG OBSERVER FORCE IS INADEQUATE FOR THE JOB OF PATROLLING THE BUFFER ZONE HE STATED THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT IN PRINCIPLE SOME SORT OF UN INVOLVEMENT IN SHORING UP NMOG PROBABLY THROUGH ASSISTANCE WITH RESOURCES THROUGH THE OAU BUT THAT HE FELT THAT THE OAU SHOULD HAVE THE JOB NOT A BLUE HELMETED FORCE HE SAID THAT HE WOULD TRY TO GET A COMMON POSITION ON UN PARTICIPATION FORMULATED WITH THE GOR AND OAU VIA NMOG AND WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE RPF'S DR RUDASINGWA MADE THIS POSITION CLEAR TO THE UN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE USDEL STRESSED THE NEED FOR A STRONG OBSERVER FORCE IN PARTICULAR SO THAT THE FORCE COULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY IN THE BUFFER ZONE TO UNCLASSIFIED OMB-01 SP-00 058W UNCLASSIFIED ENCOURAGE THE RETURN OF THE PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM THE AREA 1 4 B 1 4 D R NOTE AFTER THE MEETING 1 IHE SAID THAT KAGAME HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT A UN FORCE ON THE RWANDA UGANDA BORDER -- THAT WAS FOR THE TWO NATIONS TO DECIDE KAGAME ALSO HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO A FORCE UN OR OTHER TO ASSURE THE SECURITY OF EXPATS IN IIN THE KIGALI HOWEVER HE STATED THAT THAT IT BUFFER ZONE WOULD BE BETTER TO ENHANCE THE QAU'S OBSERVER CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL KIGALI 01065 02 OF 03 121415Z PAGE 03 CAPABILITY INSTEAD END NOTE HUMAN RIGHTS 9 KAGAME RESPONDED TO USDEL'S QUESTION ON ALLEGED RPF ATROCITIES BY STATING THAT HE HAD INVITED AN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FROM BELGIUM TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS BUT THAT AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED NO ABUSES HAD BEEN COMMITTED BY HIS FORCES POST DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP KAGAME CONTACTED HE SAID THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD COME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IT COULD INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE AREAS CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY THE RPF IF IT CAME AFTER MAR 17 THERE WOULD BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE INVESTIGATION WOULD NOT IN FACT COVER KILLINGS DONE BY THE GOR AFTER THE RPF'S WITHDRAWAL KAGAME STATED THAT HIS FORCES HAD KILLED SOME ARMED CIVILIANS INTHE COMBAT AREA AND HAD CAPTURED OTHERS WITH THEIR WEAPONS HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE GOR WAS STILL KILLING PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN GISENYI PREFECTURE WHERE HE CLAIMED THAT A NUMBER OF RWANDANS HAD FLED INTO ZAIRE AND FURTHER ACCUSED THE GOR OF PLANNING TO INFILTRATE AREAS CURRENTLY IN RPF HANDS TO KILL PEOPLE AND BLAME THE DEATHS ON THE RPF PROPAGANDA 10 USDEL SUGGESTED THAT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL KIGALI 01065 02 OF 03 121415Z PAGE 04 TO REIN IN THE RPF'S PROPAGANDISTS GIVEN THAT RECENT COMMUNIQUES HAD BEEN VIRULENT AND IN SOME CASES APPARENTLY INACCURATE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF RPF POSITIONS PARTICULARLY ON THE PARTICIPATION OF THE UN KAGAME AGREED THAT A VERBAL CEASEFIRE COULD BE HELPFUL AS A CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE AND STATED THAT HE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THAT EFFECT JPMC CONFIDENTIAL MINN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION AF-01 KIGALI LOG-00 DS-00 10-19 PA-01 SR-00 AID-01 EB-01 L-03 PM-02 SS-00 INFO 01065 03 OF 03 CIAE-00 EUR-01 ADS-00 PRS-01 TRSE-00 121416Z OASY-00 DODE-00 C-01 H-01 FDRE-01 HA-09 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 01C-02 SNP-00 RP-10 P-01 USIE-00 RPE-01 T-00 A6601A 121430Z 43 P 121506Z MAR 93 FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3316 INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY UNCLASSIFIED ANHR-01 INR-00 OMB-01 SP-00 058W UNCLASSIFIED USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE ECJ5-P ETCC PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA CONFIDENTIALSECTION 03 OF 03 KIGALI 01065 DEPT FOR AF C DS I CT AND RP DEPT PASS AID AFR EA AND OFDA AFR E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PINS PGOV PREL MOPS RW SUBJECT VISIT WITH RPF COMMANDER KAGAME CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 KIGALI 01065 03 OF 03 121416Z AND WITH 11 IN HIS MEETINGS WITH BOTH THE OAU NMOG U6DEL KAGAME MADE THE POINT THAT SOME KIND OF ARBITRATOR IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE CLEAR AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROTOCOLS AND DAR ES SALAAM COMMUNIQUE ESPECIALLY REGARDING CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS HE SAID THAT THE EXISTING JPMC IT HAS NO SHOULD BE THE ORGAN TO DO THE JOB BUT THAT TEETH KAGAME STATED THAT THE JPMC'S ROLE SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND ENHANCED COMMENT 12 KAGAME APPEARED CONFIDENT AND MODERATE HE MADE HIS COMMITMENTS TO ABIDE BY THE DAR ES SALAAM COMMUNIQUE FIRMLY AND WITH CONVICTION ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL OF THE MESSAGES OF GOOD WILL FROM THE PRESIDENT AND GOR HE DID ALLOW THAT THE CLIMATE SEEMED RIPE FOR SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS HE STATED THAT THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUE 0 MARCH 9 IN SUPPORT OF THE DAR COMMUNIQUE WAS POSITIVE AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT INDICATE A CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGE IN ATTITUDES ON THE PART OF THE GOR HIS ONLY MENTION OF FRENCH FORCES IN THE CONFLICT WAS IN REGARD TO HIS FORCES' UNCONDITIONAL WITHDRAWAL TO ITS FEB 7 POSITIONS 13 USDEL OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN THE RPF ON THIS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL KIGALI 01065 03 OF 03 121416Z PAGE 03 VISIT THAT MAY SUPPORT CLAIMS OF RECENT RECRUITMENT THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF YOUNG FIGHTING AGE MALES AMONG THE RPF FORCES WITHOUT EITHER UNIFORMS OR WEAPONS USDEL HAD NEVER BEFORE OBSERVED ANY RPF PERSONNEL WITHOUT THESE BASIC ITEMS THIS COULD INDICATE DETERIORATING DISCIPLINE BUT ALL OTHER OBSERVATIONS POINT TO PROPER DISCIPLINE AND HIGH MORALE MORE LIKELY IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE RPF HAS MORE MEN THEN GUWS AND UNIFORMS AT THIS TIME 1 4 D 14 FLATEN CONFIDENTIAL NNNN UNCLASSIFIED This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu