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The Rwandan Crisis Seen through the Eyes of France

Appendix

These additional documents, available in both their original French and in translated English, also depict French interactions with and conversations about the Rwandan Habyarimana regime and the French government's perception of Rwanda's growing political and military crisis from 1990 to 1994 in chronological order.

Additional Documents

  • Date: March 30, 1990

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Presidential Advisor] Claude Arnaud

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: President of Rwanda’s Visit (Monday, April 2)

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  • Date: October 13, 1990

    To: French Embassies in Bangui, Kinshasa, and Bujumbura 

    From: [French Military Attaché] Colonel René Galinié and [French Ambassador to Rwanda] Georges Martres

    Source: French Parliamentary Commission

    Subject: General Situation on October 13, 1990, Local Time 12 P.M.

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  • Date: October 19, 1990

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Presidential Advisor] Jean Christophe Mitterrand

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda

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  • Date: November 14, 1990

    From: Council of Ministers Notes

    Source: Mitterand Archive

    Subject: International Situation

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  • Date: December 14, 1990

    To: French Foreign Ministry

    From: [French Ambassador to Rwanda] Georges Martres

    Source: French Parliamentary Commission

    Subject: President Habyarimana’s Meeting with General Varret

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  • Date: December 19, 1990

    To: French Foreign Ministry

    From: [French Ambassador to Rwanda] Georges Martres

    Source: French Parliamentary Commission

    Subject: Joint Report of the Resident Ambassadors of the E.E.C. in Rwanda

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  • Date: January 2, 1991

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Chief of French Defense Staff] Admiral Jacques Lanxade

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda—Situation Update

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  • Date: January 30, 1991

    To: President Juvénal Habyarimana

    From: President François Mitterrand

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: [Situation in Rwanda]

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  • Date: April 22, 1991

    To: President Francois Mitterrand

    From: [Chief of French Defense Staff] Admiral Jacques Lanxade

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda Situation Update

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  • Date: August 10, 1991

    To: French Foreign Ministry

    From: [French Defense Attaché in Kigali] Colonel Bernard Cussac

    Source: French Parliamentary Commission

    Subject: Circumstances of Detainees at Kigali Prison, Accused of Having Taken up Arms against Rwanda (Inkotayni)

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  • Date: November 20, 1991

    To: [Presidential Advisor] Thierry de Beaucé

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General [Jean-Pierre] Huchon

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda Meeting of the Presidents

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  • Date: January 15, 1993

    To: President of the United States, George Bush

    From: President François Mitterrand

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: [Funding Humanitarian Aid in Rwanda]

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  • Date: February 13, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda

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  • Date: February 19, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Presidential Advisor] Dominique Pin and [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda

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  • Date: February 26, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Presidential Advisor] Dominique Pin

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Mission of Mr. Debarge to Rwanda and Uganda—Talking Points

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  • Date: March 3, 1993

    From: Council of Ministers Minutes

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Situation in Rwanda

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  • Date: March 3, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterand Archive

    Subject: Rwanda

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  • Date: June 22, 1993

    To: French Foreign Ministry

    From: French Delegation to the UN

    Source: French Parliamentary Commission

    Subject: Rwanda Resolution 846

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  • Date: August 4, 1993

    From: Restricted Council Meeting

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Situation in Rwanda and Congo

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  • Date: August 28, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [President of the Rwandan Patriotic Front] Colonel Kanyarengwe

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: [Letter of Thanks to the French Government for Role in Arusha]

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  • Date: September 27, 1993

    To: President of the United States, Bill Clinton

    From: President François Mitterand

    Source: Mitterand Archive

    Subject: [Letter to President Clinton to Ask for Support in Plea for UN Mission in Rwanda]

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  • Date: October 11, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Interview with President Habyarimana of Rwanda—Monday, October 11, 1993, at 6:30 P.M. Defense Issues

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  • Date: October 11, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Interview with President Habyarimana of Rwanda—Monday, October 11, 1993, at 6:30 P.M. Defense Issue

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  • Date: November 15, 1993

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Your Meeting with [Defense Minister] Léotard on November 15 at 17:00

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  • Date: February 11, 1994

    To: President François Mitterrand

    From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot

    Source: Mitterrand Archive

    Subject: Note to the Attention of the President of the Republic

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