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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 HARARE 003335 
 
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NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR JENDYI FRAZER 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
LONDON FOR GUNEY 
PARIS OR NEARY 

NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/11 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION 
OBSERVATION 
 
 
CLASSIFIED BY POITICAL SECTION CHIEF MATT HARRINGTON.  REASONS: 
.5 (B) AND (D). 
SUMMARY 
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¶1.  (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O 
PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT 
THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE 
INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND 
TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS.  THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SHARE WIH HIM 
THE NINE UN COUNTER-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS IMBABWE HAS NOT 
RATIFIED SO THAT HE COULD FOLLOWUP.  HE SAID THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION WOULD BE ELD IN MARCH OR APRIL, AND CLAIMED THE RULING 
PARTY WAS DOING WHAT IT COUL TO REDUCE POLITICAL VIOLENCE.  THE 
ABUJA AGREEMNT REQUIRES ZIMBABWE TO END NEW LAND INVASIONS ANDTO 
RESTORE LAW AND ORDER, STEPS MNANGAGWA INSISTED ARE IN THE GOZ'S 
INTEREST AND CONSISTENT WITH GZ POLICY.  MNANGAGWA WOULD NOT BE 
DRAWN ON THE QESTION OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS, SAYING 
ONLY THAT HE WAS NO LONGER A CABINET MEMBER AND AS UNFAMILIAR 
WITH GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON THIS ISSUE.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (U) AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION 
CHIEF, PAID ANINITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT 
EMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6.  MNANGAGWA WAS JOIED BY CLERK 
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OF PARLIAMENT AUSTIN ZVOMA AND ELIZABETH DOKA FROM PARLIAMENT'S 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EPARTMENT. 
 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 
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¶3.  (C) THE AMBASADOR RECALLED HIS RECENT POSTING TO LUANDA, 
WHEE HE HAD INTERACTED REGULARLY WITH PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS AND 
FOREIGN MINISTER MIRANDA ON ISSUES RELATD TO THE WAR IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CNGO (DRC).  HE UNDERSTOOD THAT 
MNANGAGWA FOLLOWE CLOSELY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DRC.  YES, 
MNANGAGW REPLIED, HE AND LAURENT KABILA HAD BEEN FRIENDS SINCE 
THE EARLY 1960'S.  HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JOSEH KABILA IS 
DIFFERENT, AS THE SON "REGARDS ME ASHIS FATHER'S FRIEND."  THE 
CURRENT DRC PRESIDENTHAD RECENTLY SENT AN EMISSARY TO HARARE TO 
BRIEFMNANGAGWA ON THE FAILED OPENING SESSION OF THE INTER- 
CONGOLESE DIALOGUE IN ADDIS ABABA AND ON HIS IPENDING VISIT TO 
THE UNITED STATES, AND THE SPEAER ARRANGED FOR HIM TO MEET WITH 
PRESIDENT MUGAB. 
¶4.  (C) MNANGAGWA THOUGHT PRESIDENT KABILA, WOM HE CALLED "THE 
YOUNG MAN," WAS "DOING WELL," AND IS MORE FORTHCOMING THAN HIS 
FATHER.  HE WAS PRTICULARLY PLEASED THAT THE DRC-U.S. 
RELATIONSHI APPEARS TO HAVE IMPROVED UNDER JOSEPH KABILA.  TH 
GOZ IS PRESSING KABILA TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLITICAL AGENDA 
THAT DEMOCRATIZES INSTITUTIONS AND WHICH LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR 
ELECTIONS.  THE GO HAS TOLD KABILA THAT HE LOSES NOTHING BY 
PARTICPATING IN THE INTERNAL DIALOGUE, AND THAT ELECTION MUST BE 
HELD AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS.  THE ABASSADOR STRESSED THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS REACHING AGREEMENT ON A 
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT, AND OF PRESIDENTS KABILA AND KAGAME 
DEVISING A COMMON APPROACH ON DEALING WITH THE EX-FAR AND 
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INTERAHAMWE.  ON THE LATTER ISSUE, MNANGAGWA SUGGESTED THAT ONE 
WAY FORWARD IS TO PRESS RWANDA TO AGREE TO THE INTEGRATION OF THE 
EX-FAR AND INTERAHAMWE BACK INTO RWANDAN SOCIETY.   HE EXPRESSED 
HIS BELIEF THAT THE DRC GROUPS KAGAME SUPPORTS WILL HAVE A FUTURE 
POLITICAL ROLE IN THE DRC, WHICH SHOULD REASSURE THE RWANDAN 
PRESIDENT THAT HIS INTERESTS WILL BE REPRESENTED. 
 
TERRORISM 
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¶5.  (C) THE AMBASSADOR THANKED THE GOZ FOR ITS STATED SUPPORT FOR 
THE UNIVERSAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM, AND ITS GOOD POLICE AND 
INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11.  HE 
URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW UP WITH IMPORTANT PRACTICAL STEPS, 
INCLUDING SIGNING AND RATIFYING THE NINE UN COUNTER-TERRORISM 
CONVENTIONS IT HAS NOT YET SIGNED OR RATIFIED.  MNANGAGWA ASKED 
WHETHER WE HAD BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FOREIGN 
MINISTRY.  TOLD THAT WE HAD, THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SHARE THE 
TEXT OF THE NINE CONVENTIONS WITH HIM, AS HE KNEW WHOM TO TALK TO 
TO GET IT DONE.  MNANGAGWA ADDED A PERSONAL NOTE OF CONDOLENCE, 
 
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AMEMBASSY KINGSTON 
AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 
AMEMBASSY OSLO 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 03 HARARE 003335 
 
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NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
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NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
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SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSS DRC, ELECTION 
OBSERVATION 
 
SAYING THAT, AFTER THE ATTACKS ON THE PENTAGON AND WORLD TRADE 
CENTER, NO NATION FEELS SAFE, AS "THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS CAN 
HAPPEN ANYWHERE."  THE SPEAKER EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT THE 
MILITARY CAMPAIGN WOULD BE CONCLUDED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS A 
PROLONGED EFFORT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN BROAD 
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. 
 
ELECTION AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS 
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¶6.  (C) MNANGAGWA STATED THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WOULD BE 
HELD IN MARCH OR APRIL, AND THAT THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF 
SPECIFIC DATES WOULD LIKELY BE MADE IN FEBRUARY.  (NOTE:  AS WE 
HAVE REPORTED EARLIER, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ELECTION MUST 
BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND MARCH 31, 2002.  END NOTE.)  HE 
ACKNOWLEDGED, HOWEVER THAT CAMPAIGNING HAD ALREADY BEGUN IN 
EARNEST.  HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S BIGGEST CONCERN IS PREVENTING 
INCIDENTS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE SUCH AS THOSE WHICH MARRED THE 
PERIOD PRECEDING THE JUNE 2000 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.  HE 
THOUGHT THE GOZ HAD HAD SOME SUCCESS IN "SCALING DOWN" VIOLENCE IN 
THE FOUR BY-ELECTIONS HELD SINCE THEN.  IN ADDITION, ZANU-PF AND 
THE OPPOSITION MDC ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING AN ELECTORAL CODE OF 
CONDUCT THAT WOULD BE AIMED AT REDUCING VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 
 
¶7.  (C) THE AMBASSADOR RECALLED THAT MNANGAGWA HAD TOLD INCOMING 
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AF/S DIRECTOR SCOTT DELISI IN JUNE AND A SENATE STAFF DELEGATION 
IN AUGUST THAT THE GOZ WOULD WELCOME INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FOR 
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.  THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT THE 
PARTICIPATION OF RESPECTED OBSERVER GROUPS WAS IN THE GOZ'S OWN 
INTEREST, AS ASSESSMENTS BY SUCH GROUPS WOULD BE A CRITICAL FACTOR 
IN SHAPING INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND 
THE FINAL OUTCOME.  HE INFORMED THE SPEAKER OF IFES'S INTEREST IN 
CONDUCTING A PRE-ELECTION VISIT TO ZIMBABWE.  IFES -- A NON- 
PARTISAN NGO KNOWN FOR ITS ELECTION EXPERTISE -- HOPED TO MEET 
WITH GOZ ELECTION AUTHORITIES AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND WOULD 
DECIDE SUBSEQUENTLY WHETHER IT WANTED TO PROCEED WITH AN 
OBSERVATION MISSION.  THE ORGANIZATION HAD PROVIDED ALL OF THE 
RELEVANT DETAILS ABOUT ITSELF AND ITS PROPOSED MISSION TO 
AMBASSADOR MUBAKO IN WASHINGTON.  AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN SAID WE 
WOULD APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT MNANGAGWA MIGHT LEND IN HELPING 
SECURE A POSITIVE GOZ DECISION.  MNANGAGWA SAID HE WAS UNCERTAIN 
WHAT THE CURRENT GOZ POSITION WAS SINCE HE WAS NO LONGER IN 
CABINET AND HAD HEARD CONFLICTING STATEMENTS FROM VARIOUS 
MINISTERS.  HE DECLINED TO BE DRAWN FURTHER ON THIS ISSUE. 
 
ABUJA AGREEMENT 
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¶8.  (C) MNANGAGWA RAISED THE ABUJA AGREEMENT, WHICH HE SAID 
REQUIRED THE GOZ TO END NEW LAND INVASIONS AND RESTORE LAW AND 
ORDER.  BOTH OF THOSE OBLIGATIONS, HE INSISTED, ARE CONSISTENT 
WITH GOZ POLICY.  REGARDING THE FIRST POINT, THE GOZ HAD BEEN 
REQUIRE TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF FARMS THE GOVERNMENT WANTED T 
ACQUIRE BY JULY 31.  IN THE RUSH TO MEET THAT REUIREMENT, THE 
MINISTER OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, AN RESETTLEMENT, SIMPLY GAZETTED 
-- OFFICIALLY LISTED FOR ACQUISITION -- VIRTUALLY EVERY COMMERCIL 
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FARM IN ZIMBABWE.  HE HAS SINCE BEEN TOLD TO WNNOW THAT LIST TO 
ONLY THOSE PROPERTIES GENUINEL NEEDED FOR RESETTLEMENT BY 
DECEMBER 31, AND EIGT GOZ TEAMS -- ONE FOR EACH PROVINCE -- ARE 
CURRETLY CONDUCTING THAT EFFORT ON THE GROUND.  THE AMBSSADOR 
REPLIED THAT IT HAS LONG BEEN THE USG POSTION THAT THE HISTORICAL 
INEQUITIES IN ZIMBABWEA LAND OWNERSHIP MUST BE ADDRESSED, AND THE 
USG WULD SUPPORT A LAND REFORM PROGRAM THAT IS TRANSPARET, FAIR, 
AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE.  THE ABUJ AGREEMENT PROVIDES AN 
ENCOURAGING FRAMEWORK FORGENUINE PROGRESS, AND WE LOOKED FORWARD 
TO ITS IPLEMENTATION. 
 
¶9.  (C) THE SPEAKER ASSERTED THATRESTORING LAW AND ORDER IS IN 
THE GOZ'S OWN INTERST, AND HE CLAIMED WITHOUT ELABORATION THAT "A 
LT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED" TOWARD FULFILLMENT OF THAT ABJA 
REQUIREMENT. 
 
COMMENT 
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¶10.  (C)MNANGAGWA HAS BEEN THE MOST ACCESSIBLE SENIOR POLIICIAN 
 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 03 HARARE 003335 
 
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NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
PARIS FOR NEARY 
NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
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OBSERVATION 
 
IN THE RULING PARTY DURING THE PAST YEAR, A TIME PERIOD COINCIDING 
WITH HIS REPORTED EMERGENCE AS MUGABE'S PREFERRED SUCCESSOR, AND 
HE WAS FRIENDLY AND ENGAGING THIS TIME.  WE TAKE SERIOUSLY HIS 
COMMENT ON THE TIMING OF THE ELECTION GIVEN HIS POSITION AS A KEY 
DECISION-MAKER IN ZANU-PF (HE IS SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION, THE 
PARTY'S NUMBER FOUR POSITION).  HIS UNDERTAKING TO PRESS FOR GOZ 
ACTION ON THE NINE COUNTER-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS WAS ENCOURAGING, 
AND WE WILL STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH HIM ON THIS ISSUE.  WE WERE 
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT HIS DISCUSSION OF THE ABUJA AGREEMENT 
FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON ZIMBABWE'S COMMITMENTS, (MOST OF HIS SENIOR 
GOZ AND PARTY COUNTERPARTS EMPHASIZE THE UK'S OBLIGATIONS), BUT OF 
COURSE PROGRESS ON THE GROUND IS THE ONLY TRUE MEASURE OF THE 
GOVERNMENT'S SERIOUSNESS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING ABUJA. 
 
SULLIVAN 
 
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