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...
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
Less
