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| Identifier: | 95GABORONE6513 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 95GABORONE6513 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Gaborone |
| Created: | 1995-12-01 15:12:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL BC NI SF |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
P 011512Z DEC 95 FM AMEMBASSY GABORONE TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8482 INFO AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK AMEMBASSY LILONGWE AMEMBASSY LUSAKA AMEMBASSY MASERU AMEMBASSY LAGOS AMEMBASSY LONDON USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY LUANDA USLO ABUJA AMEMBASSY MAPUTO AMEMBASSY MBABANE AMEMBASSY PRETORIA AMEMBASSY HARARE AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG AMCONSUL DURBAN AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN
C O N F I D E N T I A L GABORONE 006513 DEPT FOR AF/W AND AF/S LONDON FOR YOUNG PRETORIA PLEASE PASS TO AF/S DIRECTOR BLANEY AND CARTER-PERRY E.O. 12958: 11/28/05 TAGS: PREL BC, NI, SF SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA -- NOT SADC -- TO TAKE THE LEAD ON NIGERIA REF: GABORONE 6465 CLASSIFIED BY: HOWARD F. JETER, AMBASSADOR REASON: 1.5(B) 1. CONTRARY TO WHAT PRESIDENT MASIRE'S PRIVATE SECRETARY TOLD US LAST WEEK, LOUIS SELEPENG, PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, CONFIDED TO THE AMBASSADOR 11/30 THAT PRESIDENT MASIRE HAD DECLINED, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, TO CALL A MEETING OF SADC HEADS OF STATE, TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL SOUTHERN AFRICAN STRATEGY ON NIGERIA. 2. SELEPENG SAID THAT BOTSWANA MAINTAINED THAT THE QUESTION OF NIGERIA WAS NOT A SADC ISSUE (I.E., THERE WAS NO DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE UNFORTUNATE DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIA AND SADC AS A CORPORATE REGIONAL BODY), AND PRESIDENT MANDELA HAD AGREED. THEREFORE, IT WAS DECIDED THAT PRESIDENT MANDELA WOULD CALL A MEETING OF REGIONAL LEADERS TO CONSIDER THE NIGERIA QUESTION, AND WOULD DO SO IN HIS CAPACITY AS SOUTH AFRICA'S PRESIDENT BUT NOT IN THE NAME OF SADC. SELEPENG NOTED THAT THE MANDELA-CALLED MEETING WOULD LIKELY TAKE PLACE IN PRETORIA. 3. SELEPENG SAID THAT PRESIDENT MASIRE WAS PREPARED TO ATTEND THE MEETING AT ANY TIME FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM THE GCA MEETING IN HOLLAND. MASIRE RETURNED TO BOTSWANA YESTERDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 4. FOR BLANEY AND CARTER-PERRY: NIGERIA WILL INEVITABLY TURN UP DURING THE VICE PRESIDENT'S BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT MASIRE. THE VP SHOULD BE WELL BRIEFED. JETER
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