Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 03:43:41 UT
Subject: M-G: "U.S. Calls for Solution in Zaire"


Three things on Zaire from Today's New York Times that are of interest
in trying to figure out what the U.S.' plots are with regard
to the rebels in Zaire, but no time to download them all in their
entirety.  They should be on the Times web site at nytimes.com.
(CAPITAL emphasis and any notes are is mine.)

The first is a one paragraph summary of Reuters with no accompanying
article that the Times put in its Index of articles on A2:

"U.S. Calls for Solution in Zaire"
The United States renewed a call for a political solution to Zaire's civil 
war, 
but continued to rule out an American Role in a proposed military 
intervention force.  The State Department spokesman, Nicholas Burns, 
said that American officials would continue to discuss a multinational 
force, BUT THAT THE UNITED STATES BELIEVED THE POLITICAL 
COURSE BEING PURSUED AT THE MOMENT WAS THE RIGHT ONE."

Second is an article that appeared on page A5 entitled
"Global Banks Offer a First:  Forgiveness on Some Debt"

"...the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will act 
soon to forgive some of the loans they have made to Uganda...
Uganda was selected as the first beneficiary because it has 
undertaken stringent economic reforms prescribed by the bank 
and the fund, but nonetheless faces long-term financial problems, 
officials said...""The debt relief initiative is extremely important to 
Uganda, and it could not have come at a better time"", Mr. 
Kabonero said." (economic affairs counsel at the Ugandan
Embassy in Washington. [NOTE - It has been widely reported 
that Uganda's been supporting and arming the AFDL Zairian
rebels.  Is this a reward for that?  We know the World Bank and
the IMF are not acting/ever act with good motives.]

The third is a letter to the editor by someone from the Brookings
Institution entitled "In Zaire, Diplomacy Alone Won't Restore
Order".
"...The international community needs to find a way to remove 
Mr. Mobutu.  It also needs to prevent a power vacuum that could 
encourage more violence by internal and outside forces and 
destroy Zaire... [PREVENT a power vacuum or prevent a radical 
order?]  The key to this strategy is a peacekeeping force to
 restore order.  With resolve backed up by the prospect of 
deploying such a force, international and Zairian leaders may 
be able to shunt Mr. Mobutu aside.  The peacekeepers would 
monitor a cease-fire line and promote security before and after 
elections.  They would also train a police force and army that 
included former rebels, providing a model that might be extended
to Rwanda and Burundi. [REMIND YOU OF HAITI?]  The United 
States could just supply airlift and political pressure."

			Angie


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