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01HARARE969 2001-03-09 15:55 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Harare
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091555Z Mar 01


                           CONFIDENTIAL     PTQ7097

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ACTION AF-00    

INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    ACQ-00   CIAE-00  USNW-00  DINT-00  DODE-00  
      DOTE-00  SRPP-00  DS-00    EB-00    EUR-00   FAAE-00  FBIE-00  
      VC-00    H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    LAB-01   L-00     
      VCE-00   AC-01    NSAE-00  NSCE-00  OMB-01   OPIC-01  PA-00    
      PM-00    PRS-00   ACE-00   P-00     SP-00    SSO-00   TRSE-00  
      USIE-00  R-00     PMB-00   DSCC-00  DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00  
      SAS-00   SWCI-00    /007W
                  ------------------CFC19B  091557Z /38    
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8387
INFO SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 000969 
 
SIPDIS 
 
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY 
 
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS 
 
NAIROBI FOR TPFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/09/11 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR ZI SA MDC
SUBJECT: MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR 
DEMOCRATIC CHANGE 
 
 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
PAGE 02        HARARE  00969  01 OF 02  091557Z 
REFTEL: HARARE 919 
 
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING FOR 
REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 
 
1.  (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH 
MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN 
TSVANGIRAI ON THE STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL CRISIS 
 
SIPDIS 
AND WHAT CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE THE U.S. COULD PLAY, IF ANY, 
TO HELP RESOLVE THE SITUATION.  THE MDC LEADERSHIP 
CALLED FOR AN EMINENT PERSON TO CONVINCE MUGABE TO ALTER 
HIS BEHAVIOR AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING 
FOREIGN ELECTION MONITORS IN ADVANCE OF THE EARLY 2002 
PRESIDENTIAL POLL.  THE MDC'S MEETING WITH THE RULING 
ANC OF SOUTH AFRICA, ZANU-PF'S INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN, 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DYNAMICS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.  ON 
MARCH 8, BELLAMY MET WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART, WHO 
ARGUED THAT MOST OF THE POLITICAL KILLINGS AND 
INTIMIDATION CAN BE TIED DIRECTLY TO 10 OR 12 ZANU-PF 
LEADERS.  THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD CONDEMN THE 
CULTURE OF IMPUNITY THAT PERMEATES THE COUNTRY AND HOLD 
ACCOUNTABLE THOSE LEADERS WHO BENEFIT FROM IT.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY, ACCOMPANIED BY CHARGE AND POLOFF 
 
SIPDIS 
(NOTETAKER) MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) 
PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI FOR AN HOUR-LONG BREAKFAST 
MEETING AT THE CHARGE'S RESIDENCE.  TSVANGIRAI WAS 
ACCOMPANIED BY MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE AND 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
PAGE 03        HARARE  00969  01 OF 02  091557Z 
MDC DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND GWANDA NORTH MP PAUL 
NYATHI.  THE DISCUSSION WAS VERY OPEN AND CORDIAL. 
 
ANC NOT ENCOURAGING 
------------------- 
 
3.  (C) NCUBE ELUCIDATED ON THE MDC'S RECENT TALKS WITH 
THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) IN SOUTH AFRICA. 
ALL THE MDC LEADERS PRESENT SEEMED DISMAYED WITH THE 
ANC'S POSITION AT THESE MEETINGS.  NCUBE REPORTED THAT 
THE ANC'S MAIN MESSAGE TO THE MDC WAS THAT IT SHOULD 
ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH THE RULING ZIMBABWE AFRICAN 
NATIONAL UNION-PATRIOTIC FRONT (ZANU-PF), AND THAT IT 
COULD NEGOTIATE A RETURN TO THE RULE OF LAW WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE.  TSVANGIRAI REMARKED 
RHETORICALLY "WHY SHOULD WE NEGOTIATE SOMETHING THAT THE 
GOZ SHOULD BE DOING ALREADY?"  HE ADDED THAT THE ANC 
SUGGESTED THAT, IF THE MDC AND GOZ WERE SEEN NEGOTIATING 
A RETURN TO NORMALCY, SOUTH AFRICA COULD THEN PUSH THE 
IFIS AND INTERNATIONAL DONORS TO RESUME LENDING AND AID 
PROGRAMS.  BELLAMY SAID THE ANC POSITION WAS 
INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND UNHELPFUL.  NCUBE BELIEVED THE ANC 
TOOK THIS POSITION BECAUSE IT WANTS TO GET OFF THE HOT 
SEAT SO IT CAN TELL THE WORLD THAT ZIMBABWEANS ARE 
WORKING OUT THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. 
 
ZANU-PF VIOLENCE CONTINUES 
-------------------------- 
 
4.  (C) THE MDC LEADERS WENT ON TO DESCRIBE ZANU-PF'S 
LATEST INTIMIDATION TACTICS.  NCUBE REPORTED THAT THE 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
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PARTY HAS SET UP WAR VETERAN CAMPS THROUGHOUT 
MASHONALAND CENTRAL AND EAST PROVINCES, AND THAT THESE 
WAR VETERANS AND YOUTHS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE 
EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR.  LOCAL 
MDC LEADERS AND YOUTH ARE BEING SINGLED OUT FOR SEVERE 
BEATINGS, NCUBE CLAIMED.  GURUVE AND SHAMVA DISTRICTS 
HAVE BECOME "NO-GO" AREAS FOR THE MDC.  MANY LOCAL MDC 
SUPPORTERS, NOT JUST IN MASHONALAND, ARE NOT ORGANIZING 
FOR THE PARTY OUT OF FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY.  MANY WILL 
NOT EVEN SHOW UP A RALLIES WHERE MDC LEADERS SPEAK.  IN 
RELATION TO THE RECENT DEATH OF WHITE FARMER GLORIA OLDS 
(REFTEL), NYATHI STATED THAT IN BULAWAYO HE OVERHEARD 
VICE-PRESIDENT MSIKA TALKING ABOUT OLDS' DEATH TO A 
COLLEAGUE IN NDEBELE.  MSIKA REPORTEDLY SAID "WE FIXED 
HER" AND "THEY THOUGHT WE WERE JOKING." 
 
ELECTION DYNAMICS 
----------------- 
 
5.  (C) IN REGARD TO THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 
TSVANGIRAI STATED THAT HE NO LONGER BELIEVES MUGABE WILL 
 
SIPDIS 
HOLD AN EARLY ELECTION.  A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IS NOT 
POSSIBLE IN THE MASHONALAND PROVINCES BECAUSE OF THE 
HIGH LEVEL OF INTIMIDATION THEY HAVE SUFFERED SINCE 
 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
                           CONFIDENTIAL     PTQ7098 
 
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ACTION AF-00 
 
INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    ACQ-00   CIAE-00  USNW-00  DINT-00  DODE-00 
      DOTE-00  SRPP-00  DS-00    EB-00    EUR-00   FAAE-00  FBIE-00 
      VC-00    H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    LAB-01   L-00 
      VCE-00   AC-01    NSAE-00  NSCE-00  OMB-01   OPIC-01  PA-00 
      PM-00    PRS-00   ACE-00   P-00     SP-00    SSO-00   TRSE-00 
      USIE-00  R-00     PMB-00   DSCC-00  DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00 
      SAS-00   SWCI-00    /007W 
                  ------------------CFC1A8  091557Z /38 
O 091555Z MAR 01 
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8388 
INFO SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 HARARE 000969 
 
SIPDIS 
 
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY 
 
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS 
 
NAIROBI FOR TPFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/09/11 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR ZI SA MDC
SUBJECT: MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR 
DEMOCRATIC CHANGE 
 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
PAGE 02        HARARE  00969  02 OF 02  091557Z 
EARLY LAST YEAR.  NONETHELESS, THE MDC COULD STILL 
GARNER 40 PERCENT OF THE VOTES THERE, TSVANGIRAI 
BELIEVES.  THE KEY BATTLEGROUND WILL BE ZIMBABWE'S MOST 
POPULOUS PROVINCES, MIDLANDS AND MASVINGO, WHERE A 
CANDIDATE NEEDS TO WIN ONLY 60 PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO 
WIN THE ENTIRE ELECTION, NCUBE OFFERED.  ZANU-PF HAS 
ANTAGONIZED THESE PROVINCES AND OTHERS TO SUCH AN 
EXTENT, THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THEIR CANDIDATE 
WINNING A MAJORITY OF VOTES THERE. 
 
WHAT CAN THE U.S. DO? 
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6.  (C) BELLAMY ASKED THE MDC LEADERS WHAT ROLE THE U.S. 
COULD PLAY IN THESE TRYING TIMES.  NCUBE SUGGESTED A 
VISIT BY ANDREW YOUNG WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE MIGHT 
ENCOURAGE THE PRESIDENT TO MODERATE HIS POLICIES.  THE 
OTHER LEADERS SAID THERE IS REALLY NO INTERNATIONAL 
FIGURE (OTHER THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, THEY QUIPPED, 
AND THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN) WHO COULD INFLUENCE 
MUGABE IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY.  ALL THREE EMPHASIZED THAT 
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST "HAMMER HOME" THE 
MESSAGE THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT A LEGITIMATE CAMPAIGN TOOL, 
AND IT MUST REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IF IT IS TO 
HAVE ANY IMPACT.  NCUBE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF 
HAVING FOREIGN ELECTION MONITORS, AND SUPPORTING AND 
TRAINING A LARGE POOL OF DOMESTIC MONITORS DURING, AND 
WELL BEFORE, THE ELECTION. 
 
ZANU-PF LEADERS MUST BE BROUGHT TO BOOK 
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7.  (C) IN A MARCH 8 MEETING WITH BELLAMY, MDC MP DAVID 
COLTART ARGUED THAT MOST OF THE KILLINGS OF WHITE 
FARMERS, MDC SUPPORTERS, AND GOVERNMENT OPPONENTS CAN BE 
TRACED DIRECTLY TO CONSTITUENCIES AND LOCAL 
ORGANIZATIONS CONTROLLED BY 10 OR 12 ZANU-PF LEADERS, 
MOST NOTABLY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA 
AND MINES AND ENERGY MINISTER SYDNEY SEKERAMAYI.  THE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST CONDEMN THE CULTURE OF 
IMPUNITY THAT PREVAILS IN THE COUNTRY, AND PUT 
POLITICIANS WHO USE VIOLENCE ON NOTICE AND HOLD THEM 
ACCOUNTABLE, HE SAID.  UNLESS THIS MESSAGE IS FORCEFULLY 
CONVEYED TO THE GOZ, THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE THAT THE 
UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE EVEN REMOTELY 
FREE AND FAIR, COLTART INSISTED.  AN ALL-OUT EFFORT MUST 
BE MADE STARTING NOW TO ENSURE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD 
WITH TRANSPARENT PROCESSES AND CAREFUL MONITORING. 
 
IRVING 
 
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