ACTION INFO El UNCLASSIFIED RELEASED IN FULL SS-00 LOG-00 AMAD-00 CCO-00 TEDE-00 ------------------37BC3D 00ow 301225Z 38 SAS-00 O 3012102 JUN 04 FM USDEL SECRETARY'S AIRCRAFT TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CAIRO IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE AMAMBASSY ASMARA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY D I JBOUTI IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY KAMPALA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BANGUI IMMEDIATE AMAMBASSY NDJAMENA IMMEDIATE USEU BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE USMISSION USNATO IMMEDIATE USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL IMMEDIATE SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE JOINT STAFF WASHDC IMMEDIATE DIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE CIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE C O N F ID E N T I A L PARTO 00002 E O 12958 DELL 07 01 2009 TAGS OVIP PIER SU SUBJECT POWELL COLIN L PREL SAID PREF U SECRETARY POWELL'S JUNE 29 WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR PGOV 2004 MEETING 1 U CLASSIFIED BY DOUGLAS C GREENE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY S ES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REASON 1 4 D 2 U JUNE 291 3 U PARTICIPANTS 2004 2215 KHARTOUM SUDAN U S THE SECRETARY CHARGE' D'AFFAIRES GERARD GALLUCCI U S EMBASSY KHARTOUM USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW NATSIOS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES L DARIS DATE CASE ID 14 JUN 2011 201100790 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED A S RICHARD BOUCHER PA MICHAEL RANNEBERGER AF SPG SPECIAL ADVISOR VADM JAMES METZGER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN JCS ROBERT BEECROFT EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY D PURNELL DELLY DCM U S EMBASSY KHARTOUM NOTETAKER SUDAN H E OMER HASSAN AL-BASHIR PRESIDENT OF SUDAN DR MUSTAFA OSMAN ISMAIL MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS YAHYA HUSSAIN STATE MINISTER FOR THE PRESIDENCY MGEN BAKRI HASSAN SALIH MINISTER OF DEFENSE MGEN ABDEL-RAHIM M HUSSEIN MINISTER OF INTERIOR IBRAHIM MAHMOUD HAMID MINISTER OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AMBASSADOR KHIDIR HARUM EMBASSY OF SUDAN WASHINGTON D C AMBASSADOR MOHAMED A A EL-KARIB DIRECTOR OF AMERICAS DEPARTMENT SUDAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 4 C SUMMARY ON JUNE 29 SUDANESE PRESIDENT BASHIR TOLD THE SECRETARY THAT RECENT EVENTS IN DARFUR HAD DAMPENED CELEBRATION OF THE RECENT AGREEMENT IN NAIVASHA HOWEVER THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DARFUR WAS STEADILY IMPROVING AND THE SECURITY SITUATION WAS NOW TOTALLY CONTAINED THE SECRETARY SAID PRESIDENT BUSH WAS PLEASED WITH EVENTS IN NAIVASHA BUT DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE IN DARFUR NORMALIZATION CANNOT PROCEED WITHOUT IMMEDIATE STEPS TO STOP JINJAWEED VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS AND ELIMINATE RED TAPE SLOWING DELIVERY OF RELIEF IN DARFUR AS IN U S NAIVASHA THE WANTS TO HELP IT DOES NOT WANT TO BE PUNITIVE BUT UNLESS SUDAN ACTS IMMEDIATELY ON SECURITY AND RELIEF IN DARFUR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO RATCHET UP THE PRESSURE END SUMMARY 5 C PRESIDENT BASHIR SAID RECENT SIGNATURE OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT IN NAIVASHA WOULD BE CELEBRATED AT REVOLUTION DAY ON JUNE 30 HOWEVER THE SHOCK OF RECENT EVENTS IN DARFUR HAD DIMINISHED THE SENSE OF JOY HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD PURSUE PEACE IN DARFUR AS HARD AS IT HAD PURSUED PEACE IN NAIVASHA HOWEVER ALREADY MUCH HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN DARFUR AND THE SITUATION WAS TOTALLY CONTAINED NOW THE MILITIAS WERE NOT OPERATING AND IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ONLY THE REBELS HAD VIOLATED THE CEASEFIRE THEY HAD OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR TARGETED 89 POLICE STATIONS IN DARFUR AND AS A RESULT MILITIA STEPPED IN TO FILL THE SECURITY VACUUM NOW POLICE WERE DEPLOYING TO DARFUR ONCE AGAIN 6 C THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DARFUR WAS STEADILY IMPROVING ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONDITIONS FOR IDPS IN CAMPS WERE BETTER THAN IN THEIR VILLAGES UNCLASSIFIED VILLAGERS FOUND FOOD AND SERVICES IN THESE CAMPS THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE IN THEIR OWN VILLAGES AND THUS THE CAMPS WERE BECOMING TOO ATTRACTIVE C THE SECRETARY SAID PRESIDENT BUSH WAS PLEASED WITH 7 ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS CONGRESSMEN HAD COME TO HIS OFFICE ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND SAID THE U S HAD TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE NORTH-SOUTH CONFLICT IT WAS A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE BUT THE U S HAD ENGAGED THE SECRETARY HIMSELF HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN THE PROCESS REMINDING PRESIDENT BASHIR THAT HE HAD COME TO NAIVASHA AND SAID THIS PROCESS CANNOT FAIL OR WE ALL FAIL THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN PRESIDENT BUSH LOOKS FORWARD TO CONCLUSION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT AND WELCOMING THE PARTIES TO A CEREMONY IN WASHINGTON HE WANTS IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS 8 C BUT THAT CANNOT HAPPEN UNTIL DARFUR IS SECURE AND RELIEF IS FLOWING THE SITUATION IN DARFUR IS NOT CONTAINED THAT IS THE JUDGMENT NOT ONLY OF THE U S BUT UNSYG KOFI ANNAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THE PRESIDENT IS DEEPLY TROUBLED BY PROSPECTS FOR A HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE IN DARFUR TO AVERT CATASTROPHE SECURITY MUST BE RESTORED SO JINJAWEED NO LONGER COMMIT VIOLENCE AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS WE ARE ALSO TELLING THE REBELS THAT SUCH VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE BARRIERS MUST BE ELIMINATED TO DELIVERY OF RELIEF AND VISAS FOR RELIEF WORKERS IT IS IN SUDAN'S INTEREST TO SHOW IT IS MORE CONCERNED THAN WE ARE ABOUT SECURITY AND RELIEF DELIVERY THE U S MUST ALSO SEE FULL COOPERATION WITH AU MONITORING THERE MUST ALSO BE A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT 9 C PRESIDENT BUSH HAS DISCUSSED DARFUR WITH THE EU G-8 AND NATO ALLIES THE SECRETARY SAID HE HAD BEEN IN ALMOST DAILY CONTACT WITH UNSYG KOFI ANNAN WHO IS ALSO DEEPLY CONCERNED THERE MUST BE IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR OR IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION LIKE A UNSC RESOLUTION PRESIDENT BUSH DOES NOT WANT TO DO THIS BUT PEACE MUST NOT ONLY INCLUDE THE SOUTH AMBASSADOR DANFORTH'S SIX POINTS THAT HE SAID WOULD LEAD TO NORMALIZATION WITH THE U S INCLUDED ALL OF SUDAN BUT EVEN IF A NARROW LEGAL INTERPRETATION LIMITED THEM TO THE SOUTH THE U S CONGRESS WOULD NOT ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO MOVE FORWARD ON NORMALIZATION WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF DARFUR THE U S WANTS TO HELP IT DOES NOT WANT TO BE PUNITIVE TO THE $116 MILLION ALREADY COMITTED FOR DARFUR THE CONGRESS HAS JUST ADDED $95 MILLION IN A DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTAL BUT SUDAN MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS DARFUR OR THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL RATCHET UP THE PRESSURE UNCLASSIFIED 10 C PRESIDENT BASHIR SAID SUDAN WAS NOT PERFECT BUT REITERATED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE AT ALL OF ANY ACTS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST CIVILIANS OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS EXCEPTING THE REBELS AT THIS POINT THE COMMENT FOREIGN MINISTER INTERVENED TO POINT OUT MILITIA VIOLENCE WAS CONTINUING IN SOME AREAS HOWEVER SUDAN MUST ELIMINATE ALL OBSTACLES TO HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND WOULD DEAL HEAD ON WITH ANY REMAINING ONES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE MUST BE DONE TO DELIVER RELIEF BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY DARFURIANS ARE ALL SUDANESE CITIZENS C USAID ADMINISTRATOR NATSIOS ECHOED THE SECRETARY 11 THAT THE U S WANTS A FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH AND DOES NOT WANT TO DELIVER BAD NEWS BUT ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO SIX VILLAGES WERE BURNED LAST WEEK 14 YEAR OLD GIRLS WERE WHIPPED AND RAPED GOS SOLDIERS SHOT AT A RELIEF CONVOY LAST WEEK THESE INCIDENTS HAD BEEN CONFIRMED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES ACUTE MALNUTRITION WAS AT A RATE OF 10 GLOBAL PERCENT AND MALNUTRITION WAS AT FAMINE RATE PEOPLE WERE DYING IN CAMPS CHILDREN WERE DYING OF MALARIA MEASLES AND DIARRHEA 12 C THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID INCIDENTS OF RAPE AND OTHER VIOLENCE SHOULD BE REPORTED TO HIM IMMEDIATEY AND THEY WOULD BE INVESTIGATED HE ALSO SAID THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WAS TELLING SUDAN THAT THERE WERE NO EPIDEMICS IN DARFUR BY UN STANDARDS THE HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER SAID THE VACCINATION RATE IN DARFUR WAS BETTER THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BUT THAT MALARIA MIGHT BECOME A PROBLEM DURING THE RAINY SEASON AS IT WOULD ACROSS THE REST OF SUDAN MALNUTRITION RATES WERE HIGHER IN REGIONS OUTSIDE DARFUR 13 C ACCESS HAD IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY IN DARFUR BY UN MEASURES SAID THE FOREIGN MINISTER SUDAN HAD ADOPTED A FAST TRACK SYSTEM FOR RELIEF DELIVERY THAT INCLUDED PRECLEARANCE FOR MAJOR FOOD SHIPMENTS BEFORE THEY EVEN REACHED PORT SUDAN WHILE THERE WERE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SYSTEM AND PROBLEMS MIGHT LINGER FOR SMALLER NGOS MAJOR ACCESS AND DELIVERY ISSUES WERE IMPROVING THE MAIN PROBLEM NOW WAS REBEL ATTACKS ON DELIVERIES AND WORKERS IN NORTH DARFUR THERE HAD BEEN 40 SUCH ATTACKS SUDAN NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS STORAGE CAPACITY AND DELIVERY WOULD BENEFIT IF SANCTIONS WERE LIFTED ON SPARE PARTS FOR SUDAN'S TRAINS 14 C BASHIR ADDED IT WAS HARD TO EXPECT CRIME COULD BE ELIMINATED IN DARFUR COMMENT THE GOS ATTRIBUTES MUCH UNCLASSIFIED Y JINJAWEED VIOLENCE TO ARMED BANDITS DARFUR IS A VAST AREA CRIME HAPPENS IN KHARTOUM TOO IF THERE ARE CRIMES HERE AND THERE IT DOES NOT MEAN THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF SECURITY IT SHOULD NOT LEAD TO CHARACTERIZATION OF DARFUR AS A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER 15 C THE INTERIOR MINISTER THEN LAID OUT THE FIVE MAJOR ELEMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN FOR DARFUR FIRST FULL COMMITMENT TO THE PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF ALL CITIZENS WHICH INCLUDES DISARMING OF MILITIAS SECOND ACCESS TO ALL DARFURIANS IN NEED THIRD A PLAN FOR IDPS TO RETURN VOLUNTARILY TO THEIR VILLAGES FOURTH A FACT-FINDING MISSION TO APPLY PUNITIVE ACTIONS TO CRIMINALS AND COMPENSATION TO THOSE AFFECTED BY CRIMINAL ACTS AND DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE TO ALL AREAS FIFTH THE CONVENING OF A NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO INCLUDE ALL OPPOSITION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SUDAN TO REACH A POLITICAL SOLUTION SUDAN WELCOMES SUPPORT FOR ACHIEVING THESE OBJECTIVES 16 C THE INTERIOR MINISTER ADDED THAT ALREADY SUDAN HAS DEPLOYED POLICE AND MILITARY TO IDP CAMPS TO PROVIDE SECURITY SUDAN IS ALSO WORKING WITH VARIOUS PARTIES TO DEVELOP ITS VOLUNTARY RETURN PLAN FOR IDPS IN EACH OF DARFUR'S THREE STATES AREAS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FORCES ARE ALREADY DEPLOYING TO SECURE THEM TRIBAL LEADERS ARE BEING SHOWN THESE AREAS SO THEY WILL APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF SECURITY AWAITING RETURNING IDPS THE GOVERNMENT WILL THEN SUPPLY THREE MONTHS OF FOOD TO THESE AREAS FOR RETURNEES THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WORKING HARD WITH THE AGRICULTURE MINISTRY TO GIVE RETURNEES SEED FOR PLANTING AND HELP THEM DEVELOP THE MEANS FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION 17 C RETURNING TO A THEME HE HAD RAISED IN HIS OWN MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY SEPTEL THE FOREIGN MINISTER URGED THE U S TO BEGIN WORKING IMMEDIATELY WITH HIS GOVERNMENT ON A JOINT APPROACH TO DARFUR HE SAID FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TAHA WOULD BE FLYING WITH THE SECRETARY TO DARFUR ON JUNE 30 AND COULD DISCUSS SUCH AN APPROACH WITH THE SECRETARY ON THE PLANE THE SECRETARY AGREED THAT HIS TEAM WOULD MEET WITH GOS OFFICIALS TO LAY OUT IN MORE DETAIL THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THE US WANTS THE GOS TO TAKE MINIMIZE CONSIDERED POWELL NNNN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu