Identifier
Created
Classification
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08HARARE447
2008-05-20 12:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP
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C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 000447
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR S. HILL
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR E. LOKEN AND L. DOBBINS
STATE PASS TO NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/02/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP
REF: HARARE 432
Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reason 1.4 (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 000447
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR S. HILL
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR E. LOKEN AND L. DOBBINS
STATE PASS TO NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/02/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP
REF: HARARE 432
Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reason 1.4 (d)
1. (C) Polecon chief spoke May 20 with Theobald Kazora, the
number two in the Tanzanian embassy in Harare, who
accompanied the Ambassador on his trip May 13 to visit a
"torture camp" and hospitals in rural Mashonaland East.
2. (C) Kazora said he elected to accept the Ambassador's
invitation because of his concern regarding the ongoing
violence. At the time of the trip, the Tanzanian ambassador
was in South Africa conferring about Zimbabwe with other SADC
members, and Kazora did not notify anyone in the embassy that
he was participating.
3. (C) Following the trip, the Tanzanian embassy's Head of
Chancery (administrative head) was summoned to Zimbabwean
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and berated for
participating on the trip with "Zimbabwe's enemy." According
to Kazora, the MFA was under the impression that the
Tanzanian ambassador, Adadi Rajabu, had represented the
Tanzanian embassy. The Head of Chancery, who was unaware
Kazora had participated, told the MFA that Rajabu had been
absent from Zimbabwe on the day in question. Nevertheless,
according to Kazora, the MFA wrote a strongly-worded letter
of protest to the Tanzanian MFA in Dar es Salaam.
4. (C) Kazora said when Rajabu returned to Harare and
learned about the trip, he asked Kazora for details. He was
supportive of Kazora's participation, telling him he had done
"the right thing" in going. Kazora said Rajabu was appalled
by the current violence and wanted to see Mugabe go.
5. (C) Kazora told us he had reported on the trip and on
violence in general to his MFA. He had made it clear in his
reporting that ZANU-PF--and not the MDC--was behind the
violence, and he was confident the Tanzanian MFA and
President Kikwete had a good understanding of the situation.
6. (C) Ambassador McGee is planning to visit another rural
area on May 23 and we invited Kazora to accompany us. He
declined; he said Rajabu wanted the embassy to keep a low
profile in light of the recent acrimony with the Zimbabwean
government.
RAYNOR
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SIPDIS
AF/S FOR S. HILL
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR E. LOKEN AND L. DOBBINS
STATE PASS TO NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/02/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP
REF: HARARE 432
Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reason 1.4 (d)
1. (C) Polecon chief spoke May 20 with Theobald Kazora, the
number two in the Tanzanian embassy in Harare, who
accompanied the Ambassador on his trip May 13 to visit a
"torture camp" and hospitals in rural Mashonaland East.
2. (C) Kazora said he elected to accept the Ambassador's
invitation because of his concern regarding the ongoing
violence. At the time of the trip, the Tanzanian ambassador
was in South Africa conferring about Zimbabwe with other SADC
members, and Kazora did not notify anyone in the embassy that
he was participating.
3. (C) Following the trip, the Tanzanian embassy's Head of
Chancery (administrative head) was summoned to Zimbabwean
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and berated for
participating on the trip with "Zimbabwe's enemy." According
to Kazora, the MFA was under the impression that the
Tanzanian ambassador, Adadi Rajabu, had represented the
Tanzanian embassy. The Head of Chancery, who was unaware
Kazora had participated, told the MFA that Rajabu had been
absent from Zimbabwe on the day in question. Nevertheless,
according to Kazora, the MFA wrote a strongly-worded letter
of protest to the Tanzanian MFA in Dar es Salaam.
4. (C) Kazora said when Rajabu returned to Harare and
learned about the trip, he asked Kazora for details. He was
supportive of Kazora's participation, telling him he had done
"the right thing" in going. Kazora said Rajabu was appalled
by the current violence and wanted to see Mugabe go.
5. (C) Kazora told us he had reported on the trip and on
violence in general to his MFA. He had made it clear in his
reporting that ZANU-PF--and not the MDC--was behind the
violence, and he was confident the Tanzanian MFA and
President Kikwete had a good understanding of the situation.
6. (C) Ambassador McGee is planning to visit another rural
area on May 23 and we invited Kazora to accompany us. He
declined; he said Rajabu wanted the embassy to keep a low
profile in light of the recent acrimony with the Zimbabwean
government.
RAYNOR
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