Cablegate: Codel Wolf's Visit to Kinshasa and the Kivus
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 008651
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OREP ASEC AFIN CG RW
SUBJECT: CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO KINSHASA AND THE KIVUS
REF: KINSHASA 8578
1. MONUC HAS AGREED TO PUT A UN AIRCRAFT AT THE DISPOSAL OF
CODEL WOLF BEGINNING JANUARY 8 IN KINSHASA. ACCORDING TO THE
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF MONUC, A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CODEL FOR THE TIME THEY ARE IN
THE CONGO (DRC). SPECIFICALLY, THE AIRCRAFT WILL TAKE THE
CONGRESSMAN WOLF AND HIS DELEGATION FROM KINSHASA TO GOMA,
AND ON TO BUKAVU BEFORE RETURNING TO GOMA.
2. EMBASSIES KINSHASA AND KIGALI WOULD THEN COORDINATE TO
ARRANGE FOR CODEL'S WOLF'S TRANSPORTATION TO THE NEARBY
RWANDAN TOWN OF GISENYI FOR ONWARD TRAVEL TO KIGALI,
3. THE MONUC ADMINISTRATOR SAID THAT DUE TO LOGISTICAL
CONSIDERATIONS, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MONUC TO
PROVIDE AN AIRCRAFT SPECIFICALLY FOR CODEL WOLF STARTING FROM
GOMA. HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THE KINSHASA VENUE AS THE MOST
FEASIBLE.
4. IN ADDITION, IN A DECEMBER 29 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
SWING, PRESIDENT KABILA AGREED TO THE AMBASSADOR'S REQUEST TO
MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN WOLF AND HIS PARTY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 8
IN KINSHASA WHERE HE EXPECTS TO BE, AT THIS TIME.
5. CODEL WOLF MAY WISH TO ARRIVE IN KINSHASA AT 2200, SUNDAY,
JANUARY 7, ABOARD SABENA FLIGHT SN 759 FROM BRUSSLES.
SWING