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R 031157Z MAR 09 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8314
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
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RUEHDS/USMISSION USAU ADDIS ABABA

UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000134 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR EEB BRAD BROOKS-RUBIN, AF/S BRIAN WALCH, AF/EPS 
MOHAMMED ZIKRY, AF/E JAMES LIDDLE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL EFIN PHUM EAID ETRD ZI TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA MILDLY POSITIVE ON ZIMBABWE 
 
REF: A. STATE 18601 
     ¶B. STATE 18545 
 
 ¶1. (SBU) MFA Africa Division Deputy Director Zuhura Bandala 
told Poloff Mar. 3 that Tanzania was trying its best to 
ensure that the situation in Zimbabwe was resolved. She 
emphasized the GOT's policy of working through SADC (per AU 
directive) to be supportive as Zimbabwe returned to peace and 
economic normalization.  Bandala cited the medicine Tanzania 
provided to help with Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic as an 
example of direct support.  She expressed satisfaction with 
the initial steps to implement the decisions of the January 
SADC meeting, which she said might not be formally reviewed 
until the next SADC summit in August. She was appreciative of 
the update on the U.S. position on the new government (ref A). 
 
¶2. (SBU) Bandala had not heard previously that illicit 
Zimbabwean diamonds were passing through Tanzania (ref B), 
but promised to look into the matter. 
ANDRE