"Talking Points On Rwanda/Burundi”, April 11, 1994.

The US and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 Evidence of Inaction This document—apparently produced as a briefer for a dinner between Under Secretary Frank Wisner, the third ranking official at the Pentagon, and former Secretary of State Henry... More

The US and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 Evidence of Inaction This document—apparently produced as a briefer for a dinner between Under Secretary Frank Wisner, the third ranking official at the Pentagon, and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger—shows the Pentagon’s candid assessment about events in Rwanda only five days after the shoot down of the Rwandan president’s plane. Pentagon Africa analysts conclude: if the peace process fails, “a massive bloodbath (hundreds of thousands of deaths) will ensue”; the “UN will likely withdraw all forces”; and the US will not get involved “until peace is restored”. That these shocking details are offered as dinner conversation reveals the extent to which Pentagon analysts accepted it as inevitable. Less