US embassy cable - 00KINSHASA8511

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CODEL WOLF VISIT

Identifier: 00KINSHASA8511
Wikileaks: View 00KINSHASA8511 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kinshasa
Created: 2000-12-22 10:00:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: OREP AFIN CG
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS KINSHASA 008511 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OREP, AFIN, CG 
SUBJECT: CODEL WOLF VISIT 
 
 
REF: STATE 241171 
 
 
1. AMBASSADOR SWING AND THE COUNTRY TEAM OF EMBASSY KINSHASA 
REGRET THAT REPRESENTATIVE WOLF AND HIS DELEGATION WILL BE 
UNABLE TO VISIT KINSHASA. HOWEVER, WE ALSO FULLY UNDERSTAND 
THE TIME CONSTRAINTS SUCH A VISIT WOULD ENTAIL. 
 
 
2. EMBASSY POLITICAL CHIEF KENT BROKENSHIRE WILL FLY TO GOMA 
ABOARD A WEEKLY MONUC FLIGHT IN ORDER TO BE ON HAND TO 
ACCOMPANY THE CONGRESIONAL DELEGATION ON ITS VISIT TO THE 
KIVUS. 
 
 
3.  WHILE IN THE KIVUS, EMBASSY KINSHASA URGES THAT TRAVEL 
ARRANGEMENTS FOR CODEL WOLF BE MADE THROUGH PRIVATE OR 
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE 
RWANDAN GOVERNMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO AVOID 
CREATING ANY FALSE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT U.S. POLICY AS REGARDS 
THE CONGO. 
SWING 

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