1. ARREST OF SENIOR DROC SECURITY OFFICERS FOR QUESTIONING IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT LAURENT-DESIRE KABILA; 2. GROWING TENSIONS AND COMPETITION BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND ANGOLA FOR INFLUENCE OVER DROC POLICY

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• Publication Date: March 3, 2001

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COUNTRY: CONGO(K)/ZIMBABWE/ANGOLA
SUBJ: 1. ARREST OF SENIOR DROC SECURITY OFFICERS FOR QUESTIONING
IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT
LAURENT-DESIRE KABILA;
2. GROWING TENSIONS AND COMPETITION BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND
ANGOLA FOR INFLUENCE OVER DROC POLICY
DOI:
SOURCE:
SUMMARY: NONE
TEXT: 1. A
NUMBER OF SENIOR DROC SECURITY OFFICIALS WERE ARRESTED ON 27 AND 28
FEBRUARY 2001 ON ORDERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
(DROC) MIXED COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER
DROC PRESIDENT LAURENT-DESIRE KABILA. THESE ARRESTS TOOK PLACE IN
THE SAME FRAMEWORK AS THE EARLIER ARRESTS OF COLONEL EDDY ((KAPEND)),
WHO WAS THE MILITARY AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AND OF
GENERAL ((YAV)) NAWEJ, COMMANDER THE "FORCES D'INTERVENTION DE
SECURITE" (FIS) IN KINSHASA. COMMENT:
(b)(3)
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
(b)(1)
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THE DROC COMMISSION OF
INQUIRY IS LED BY A ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, AND
ALSO INCLUDES NAMIBIAN AND ANGOLAN REPRESENTATIVES IN ADDITION TO
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THOSE FROM THE DROC GOVERNMENT.)
2. THE ARRESTED DROC SECURITY OFFICIALS WERE BEING DETAINED
BECAUSE OF INDICATIONS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S
CLOSE PROTECTION BODYGUARD HAD BEEN DETAINED BY THE ANR IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE ASSASSINATION, AND WERE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE DEMIAP'S
"GLM" PRISON IN KINSHASA, BUT HAVE NOW DISAPPEARED. COMMENT: (b)(1)
IT IS POSSIBLE THESE BODYGUARDS WERE EXECUTED.) IN ADDITION TO BEING (b)(3)
QUESTIONED ON THIS ISSUE, THE ARRESTED SECURITY OFFICIALS WILL BE
ASKED ABOUT THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE ASSASSINATION AND THE ACTIONS
OF YAV AND KAPEND IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE PRESIDENT'S
DEATH. THE ARRESTED DROC SECURITY OFFICIALS INCLUDE NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (ANR) CHIEF GEORGES MANGASSA ((LETA)); DROC RAPID
INTERVENTION POLICE (PIR) SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMANDER CHALWE
NGWASHI ((RAUS)); PRIVATE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY TO FORMER PRESIDENT
LAURENT KABILA, MS. NELLIE ((NTITIE)); MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (DEMIAP)
EXTERNAL DEPARTMENT CHIEF COLONEL DAMAS ((KABULO)); AND DEMIAP
INTERNAL DEPARTMENT CHIEF COLONEL (FNU) ((MULIMBI)).
COMMENT:
THE ANR'S INTERNAL
DEPARTMENT CHIEF, JULIO ((LIMA)), HAS ALSO ARRESTED; HE AND ANR CHIEF
LETA ARE BEING HELD AT KINSHASA'S MAKALA PRISON.)
3. AMONG OTHER LINES OF INVESTIGATION, THE DROC COMMISSION
SUSPECTS THAT LOCAL LEBANESE BUSINESSMEN MAY HAVE INSTIGATED THE
ASSASSINATION OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOUND INDICATIONS OF (b)(1)
PAYMENTS BY LEBANESE MERCHANTS TO SOME INDIVIDUALS (NFI) BELIEVED TO (b)(3)
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ASSASSINATION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL THE
INVESTIGATION THROUGH ITS REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COMMISSION.
ZIMBABWE HAS ENCOURAGED(b)(1)
A CONCLUSION THAT WESTERN COUNTRIES (NFI) WERE INVOLVED IN THE FORMER(b)(3)
PRESIDENT'S DEATH. THE INSTRUCTIONS TO BLAME WESTERNERS WERE
PURPORTEDLY SENT FROM HARARE TO THE ZIMBABWEAN HEAD OF THE DROC
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. COMMENT: ALTHOUGH NOT SPECIFIED, THE (b)(1)
WESTERN COUNTRIES APPARENTLY INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, (b)(3)
AND/OR FRANCE.)
4. ZIMBABWEAN EFFORTS TO STEER THE COMMISSION AND ITS
CONCLUSIONS HAVE FURTHER HEIGHTENED A GROWING UNDERCURRENT OF TENSION
BETWEEN THE ANGOLAN AND ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENTS. THE ARREST OF
KAPEND, WHO WAS CLOSE TO THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT, AND ARRESTS OF OTHER
ANGOLAN-TRAINED KATANGAN "TIGER" OFFICERS SERVING IN THE FAC HAVE
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ANGERED ANGOLAN OFFICIALS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ANGOLANS ARE ALSO
UPSET WITH WHAT THEY SEE AS AN ATTEMPT BY ZIMBABWE TO GAIN
PREPONDERANT INFLUENCE OVER THE NEW DROC GOVERNMENT OF JOSEPH
((KABILA)) AND OVER THE DIRECTION OF DROC POLICY. THIS HAS LED TO
INCREASING MISTRUST BETWEEN ZIMBABWEAN AND ANGOLAN REPRESENTATIVES ON
UND IN KINSHASA. (b)(1)
FTHEG7A KIND OF CAT-AND-DOG FIGHT THAT HAS SO FAR BEING TAKING (b)(3)
PLACE OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW.
5. COMMENT: THERE IS A GROWING RISK THAT THE (b)(1)
COMPETITION BETWEEN ANGOLA AND ZIMBABWE COULD LEAD TO AN EVENTUAL (b)(3)
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THEIR FORCES IN THE KINSHASA AREA ALONG LINES
SIMILAR TO THE ARMED CLASHES BETWEEN RWANDAN AND UGANDAN FORCES OVER
THE DROC CITY OF KISANGANI LAST YEAR. THERE ARE STORIES CIRCULATING
IN OPPOSITION POLITICAL CIRCLES IN KINSHASA THAT PRESIDENT JOSEPH
KABILA IS TAKING MUCH OF HIS POLITICAL ADVICE FROM ZIMBABWEAN
PRESIDENT ROBERT ((MUGABE)), AND SUPPOSEDLY TALKS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY
BY TELEPHONE WITH MUGABE.)
5. COMMENT: ALTHOUGH ACTUAL CLASHES BETWEEN (b)(1)
ANGOLAN AND ZIMBABWEAN FORCES IN KINSHASA ARE UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME, (b)(3)
THERE HAVE INDEED BEEN INDICATIONS OF GROWING TENSION BETWEEN ANGOLAN
AND ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIALS IN KINSHASA OVER WHAT ARE PERCEIVED TO BE
ZIMBABWEAN EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE JOSEPH KABILA AND TO CONTROL THE
DIRECTION OF DROC POLICY.
(b)(1)
AN UNDERCURRENT OF SUSPICION (b)(3)
BETWEEN THE ANGOLANS AND ZIMBABWEANS (b)(1)
VIEWING EACH OTHERS' ACTIVITIES VIS-A-VIS THE DROC WITH INCREASING (b)(3)
DISTRUST.)
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
POC: COMMENTS, EVALUATIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS WELCOME.
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