Commentaire
This telegram conveys State Department directives to the US Mission to the UN in New York, instructing US diplomats that "the international community must give the highest priority to the complete and orderly withdrawal of all UNAMIR personnel as soon as possible". Stating that this withdrawal does not require a UN Security Council resolution, which would likely have drawn international criticism, the Department informed the mission that "we will oppose any effort to maintain a UNAMIR presence in Rwanda". Aware that the UN Security Council was in favor of withdrawal, the interim government, informed by its ambassador to the UN, met in Kigali and decided to carry the program of extermination to the rest of the country.
