US embassy cable - 02HARARE581

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MEDIA REACTION DEATH OF SAVIMBI; HARARE

Identifier: 02HARARE581
Wikileaks: View 02HARARE581 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2002-03-06 08:45:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ZI PREL PHUM
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.

060845Z Mar 02

 

                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTO4667

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ACTION AF-00    

INFO  LOG-00   AID-00   CIAE-00  DODE-00  SRPP-00  EB-00    EUR-00   
      UTED-00  VC-00    H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    L-00     
      AC-01    NSAE-00  NSCE-00  OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-00    PM-00    
      PRS-00   ACE-00   P-00     SP-00    SS-00    STR-00   TEST-00  
      TRSE-00  T-00     USIE-00  PMB-00   PRM-00   DRL-02   G-00     
      SAS-00     /007W
                  ------------------70471B  061326Z /48    
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1107
INFO NSC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY LUANDA 
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA 
AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK 
AMEMBASSY GABORONE 
AMEMBASSY LILONGWE 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
UNCLAS HARARE 000581 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AF/PD FOR COX AND ROBERTSON, AF/S FOR KRAFT AND 
SCHLACHTER, AF/RA FOR SWANN, INR/R/MR, NSC FOR JENDAYI 
FRAZER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ZI, PREL, PHUM 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION DEATH OF SAVIMBI; HARARE 
 
 
1.   UNDER HEADLINE "SAVIMBI'S DEATH: A CHANCE FOR 
   PEACE IN ANGOLA," THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE ZIMBABWE 
   MIRROR" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 1 EDITORIAL TO URGING THE 
   GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DEATH OF 
   UNITA LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI BY PUSHING FOR PEACE. 
   EXCERPTS: 
 
2.   ". . .THE DEMISE OF SAVIMBI OFFERS THE PEOPLE OF 
   ANGOLA A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE.  IT IS AN 
   OPPORTUNITY THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS 
   MUST SEIZE WITHOUT ANY DELAY.  THE INTERNATIONAL 
   COMMUNITY, SOUTHERN AFRICA IN PARTICULAR, CAN 
   CONTRIBUTE IN EFFORTS FOR A LASTING PEACE, BUT IT WILL 
   BE UP TO THE ANGOLANS THEMSELVES TO ENSURE THAT PEACE 
   REMAINS FOREVER.  TO THAT END, PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS 
   WILL HAVE TO SHOW MAGNANIMITY TO THOSE OF HIS SURVIVING 
   FOES.  HE HAS ALREADY MADE STATEMENTS TO THAT EFFECT 
   DURING HIS VISITS TO LISBON AND WASHINGTON THIS WEEK. 
   DEEDS MUST FOLLOW HIS WORDS. . . ." 
 
SULLIVAN 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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