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The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 The Assassination of the Presidents and the Beginning of the "Apocalypse" "Burundi/Rwanda: Presidents Killed", Excerpt from U.S. Department of State, Bureau of...   [More]

The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994

The Assassination of the Presidents and the Beginning of the "Apocalypse"

"Burundi/Rwanda: Presidents Killed", Excerpt from U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Secretary's Morning Summary, April 7, 1994 (Freedom of Information Act release; previously published here in "Information, Intelligence and the U.S. Response")

The Secretary's Morning Summary is just that--a summary report of important intelligence items produced for morning delivery to the Secretary of State, which is also distributed to senior officials of the State Department and other departments and agencies. This Summary item reports the shoot-down of the plane, offering as potential culprits "hard-line Hutu soldiers, the former rebels of the Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), or someone else seeking to fan Hutu-Tutsi tensions." Noting the political and historical connections between Rwanda and Burundi, State analysts indicate "The incident may also spark an upsurge in violence in Burundi."
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"Rwanda-Burundi: Presidential Deaths Likely to Renew Fighting", Excerpt from Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Daily, 7 April 1994 (Freedom of Information Act release; previously published here in...   [More]

"Rwanda-Burundi: Presidential Deaths Likely to Renew Fighting", Excerpt from Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Daily, 7 April 1994 (Freedom of Information Act release; previously published here in "Information, Intelligence and the U.S. Response")

CIA produced the highly-sensitive National Intelligence Daily six days of the week for top policymakers at the White House, State and Defense departments and other agencies. (Note 3) On April 7th, CIA analysts predicted the shoot-down of the plane would cause "Hutus in Rwanda" to "seek revenge on Tutsis" and predicted that "the civil war may resume and could spill over to Burundi".
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The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 The Assassination of the Presidents and the Beginning of the "Apocalypse" U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, "SPOT Intelligence Report as...   [More]

The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994

The Assassination of the Presidents and the Beginning of the "Apocalypse"

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, "SPOT Intelligence Report as of 08:45 EDT April 7, 1994: Rwanda/Burundi: Turmoil in Rwanda", April 7, 1994 (Freedom of Information Act release)

The State Department's intelligence arm, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, produced intelligence appraisals beginning shortly after reports of the shoot-down of the plane in Rwanda. SPOT reports are intelligence reports written 'on-the-spot' intended to 'flag' severe problems for senior Department of State officials. This report from the morning after the shoot-down relays information provided by U.S. Ambassador David Rawson in Rwanda. Rawson-who had already met with Col. Theoneste Bagosora, the genocide's mastermind, Gen. Augustin Ndindiliyimana, the head of the National Police, and Ephrem Rwabalinda, the army's liaison to UNAMIR that morning-reports that "rogue Hutu elements of the military-possibly the elite presidential guard" shot down the plane, although another report blames the RPF, which "denied responsibility." "Military elements" are also identified as killing the opposition Hutu Prime Minister and "the killing of several other Rwandan cabinet officials including the senior ranking Tutsi." At this point, "the fighting appears to be limited to the capital". Explaining the violence, the analysis concludes "Ultra conservative Hutus had been opposed to the peace settlement agreed to by the Hutu Rwandan government and the rebel Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)."
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