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FM AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6327
INFO AMEMBASSY KIGALI IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM IMMEDIATE
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SUBJECT: FURTHER FROM BELGIAN MFA ON SITUATION IN RWANDA
REF: A) FEDRICK-JOHNSON TECONS OF 4/7
1.
E399
CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
AS PASSED TO AF/C IN REFCONS, MFA OFFICIAL IN CLAES'
2.
CABINET TOLD POLCOUNS AT 5:45 PM APRIL 7 THAT THE BELGIANS
HAD BEEN OUT OF TELEX TOUCH WITH THEIR EMBASSY IN RWANDA
THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT CRISIS AS THE EMBASSY TELEX PERSON
WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS CAUGHT AT THE AIRPORT. THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(B),1.4(D)
DECLASSIFYAIEMR:7APR2016
DATE/CASE ID: 06 MAY 2011 201005065
UNCLASSIFIED
MFA WAS GETTING SOME INFORMATION BY PHONE, WHICH INCLUDED:
UNCLASSIFIED
--AT LEAST 12 BELGIAN SOLDIERS WERE NOW UNACCOUNTED
FOR. (POLCOUNS SAID AF/C HAD HEARD FROM UN SOURCES THAT
TWO BELGIAN SOLDIERS HAD BEEN KILLED. MFA OFFICIAL SAID
HE COULD NOT/NOT CONFIRM THAT FROM HIS OWN SOURCES OR FROM
THE UN SO FAR.)
--THE BELGIANS NO LONGER CONTROL THE C-130 AT THE
AIRPORT. THEY LEFT IT TO TRY TO GET BACK TO KIGALI AND
THE EMBASSY. THE GROUP TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE MISSION
HAD BEEN STOPPED AT THE FIRST ROADBLOCK ON THE WAY BACK TO
KIGALI.
--A NEW CHIEF
WHOM THE BELGIANS
WHAT AUTHORITY HE
REMAINED LOYAL TO
OF STAFF HAD APPARENTLY BEEN APPOINTED
KNOW AND LIKE. BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW
HAS. THE GENDARMERIE HAS APPARENTLY
THE REGIME.
--MOST WORRISOMELY, THE BELGIANS HAVE HAD SOME REPORTS
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THAT TUTSI FROM THE CAMPS HAVE LEFT THEM AND ENGAGED IN
FIGHTING WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD WHICH COULD INDICATE
THAT THE FIGHTING WOULD SPREAD.
3. AS TO THE STATE OF BELGIAN PLANNING IN THIS EMERGENCY,
THE MFA OFFICIAL SAID THAT DOMINIQUE STRUYE (DIPLOMATIC
ADVISER TO THE PM) HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CLAES IN
BUCHAREST. ANY DECISIONS WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE
PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE MINISTER.
THE MIA OFFICIAL STRESSED THAT THEY HAD AS YET TAKEN
NO/NO DECISION TO START EVACUATION PLANNING.
THE BELGIANS WONDERED IF
THOUGHT WERE BEING GIVEN TO A UNSC MEETING ON THIS
SUBJECT. ORDINARILY, THE COUNTRY WOULD CALL FOR SUCH A
MEETING. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHO WOULD MAKE
SUCH A CALL.
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