Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE43869
2009-04-30 14:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Secretary of State
how-toVZCZCXYZ0002 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHC #3869 1201426 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 301407Z APR 09 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY KINSHASA 9605
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 043869
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV CG
SUBJECT: (C) QUERY ON KABILA'S FAMILY
REF: KINSHASA 000965
Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
(C) US POLICYMAKERS OFTEN MEET WITH DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH
KABILA AND SEEK BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON THE LEADER TO
FACILITATE CONVERSATION AND ENHANCE DISCUSSIONS. WASHINGTON
ANALYSTS ARE SEEKING VERIFICATION OF MEDIA REPORTING THAT
PRESIDENT KABILA DOES, IN FACT HAVE A SECOND CHILD, A SON,
LAURENT-DESIRE KABILA, BORN 18 SEPTEMBER 2008, WITH HIS WIFE
OLIVE. CONFLICTING REPORTS IN THE MEDIA AND A LACK OF FORMAL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM KABILA'S OFFICE AND FAMILY HAVE RAISED
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VERACITY OF THESE REPORTS. ANY
ADDITIONAL INSIGHT POST COULD PROVIDE ON THIS MATTER, AS TIME
AND RESOURCES PERMIT, WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MANY
THANKS, AND REGARDS FROM WASHINGTON.
CLINTON