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INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE

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SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
PARIS AND LONDON FOR AFRICA WATCHERS, PRM FOR MCKELVEY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PREF SU CD
SUBJECT: JEM RECRUITING IN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS 
 
REF: STATE 43042 
 
¶1.  (SBU) On Friday, April 25 the Ambassador raised reftel 
points with Minister Mahamat Ali Nassour. (Nassour is the 
outgoing Minister of Defense and was formerly Minister of the 
Interior).  Nassour served as the Chair of the Darfur 
Cease-Fire Commission when it was based in Chad and continues 
to be an important interlocutor for Darfur issues. 
 
¶2. (SBU) On Monday, April 28, DCM conveyed the points to 
Deputy Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman.  Outman 
understood the gravity of the situation and volunteered that 
such action could very well prompt a military retribution by 
Sudan. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Post continues to seek a meeting with the Minister 
of the Interior (who has been out of N'Djamena dealing with 
student unrest in Moundou).  We expect a meeting will be 
possible next week. 
 
¶4. (U) Tripoli minimize considered. 
NIGRO