US embassy cable - 03HARARE1095

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MEDIA REPORT U. S./UK UNDER FIRE FROM ZANU PF; HARARE

Identifier: 03HARARE1095
Wikileaks: View 03HARARE1095 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2003-06-02 08:52:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
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 HARARE 001095 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/PDPA DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS, AF/S RAYNOR 
NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
PARIS FOR NEARY 
NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, KPAO, KMDR, ZI 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REPORT U. S./UK UNDER FIRE FROM ZANU PF; 
HARARE 
 
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Nathan 
Shamuyarira, has accused the United States and Britain of 
backing week-long mass protests, called by the opposition 
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to pressure Robert 
Mugabe to a negotiating table.  According to an article 
carried on page 2 in the June 2 edition of the government- 
controlled daily "The Herald," under headline "ZANU-PF 
deplores U. S., UK," Shamuyaririra - in a statement issued 
in Harare yesterday - said it was a shock that the U. S. 
and Britain were supporting a demonstration whose intention 
is to engage in a coup d'etat.  "An illegal assembly 
organizing military coup cannot be called peaceful and 
democratic.  It is shocking that the Government of Britain 
and U. S. should support such a demonstration," Shamuyarira 
is quoted as saying. 
 
SULLIVAN 

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