These additional documents, available in both their original French and in translated English, also depict French interactions with and conversations about the Rwandan Habyarimana regime and the French government's perception of Rwanda's growing political and military crisis from 1990 to 1994 in chronological order.
Additional Documents
Date: March 30, 1990
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Presidential Advisor] Claude Arnaud
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: President of Rwanda’s Visit (Monday, April 2)
Date: October 13, 1990
To: French Embassies in Bangui, Kinshasa, and Bujumbura
From: [French Military Attaché] Colonel René Galinié and [French Ambassador to Rwanda] Georges Martres
Source: French Parliamentary Commission
Subject: General Situation on October 13, 1990, Local Time 12 P.M.
Date: October 19, 1990
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Presidential Advisor] Jean Christophe Mitterrand
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Rwanda
Date: November 14, 1990
From: Council of Ministers Notes
Source: Mitterand Archive
Subject: International Situation
Date: December 14, 1990
To: French Foreign Ministry
From: [French Ambassador to Rwanda] Georges Martres
Source: French Parliamentary Commission
Subject: President Habyarimana’s Meeting with General Varret
Date: December 19, 1990
To: French Foreign Ministry
From: [French Ambassador to Rwanda] Georges Martres
Source: French Parliamentary Commission
Subject: Joint Report of the Resident Ambassadors of the E.E.C. in Rwanda
Date: January 2, 1991
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Chief of French Defense Staff] Admiral Jacques Lanxade
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Rwanda—Situation Update
Date: January 30, 1991
To: President Juvénal Habyarimana
From: President François Mitterrand
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: [Situation in Rwanda]
Date: April 22, 1991
To: President Francois Mitterrand
From: [Chief of French Defense Staff] Admiral Jacques Lanxade
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Rwanda Situation Update
Date: August 10, 1991
To: French Foreign Ministry
From: [French Defense Attaché in Kigali] Colonel Bernard Cussac
Source: French Parliamentary Commission
Subject: Circumstances of Detainees at Kigali Prison, Accused of Having Taken up Arms against Rwanda (Inkotayni)
Date: November 20, 1991
To: [Presidential Advisor] Thierry de Beaucé
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General [Jean-Pierre] Huchon
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Rwanda Meeting of the Presidents
Date: January 15, 1993
To: President of the United States, George Bush
From: President François Mitterrand
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: [Funding Humanitarian Aid in Rwanda]
Date: February 13, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Rwanda
Date: February 19, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Presidential Advisor] Dominique Pin and [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Rwanda
Date: February 26, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Presidential Advisor] Dominique Pin
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Mission of Mr. Debarge to Rwanda and Uganda—Talking Points
Date: March 3, 1993
From: Council of Ministers Minutes
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Situation in Rwanda
Date: March 3, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterand Archive
Subject: Rwanda
Date: June 22, 1993
To: French Foreign Ministry
From: French Delegation to the UN
Source: French Parliamentary Commission
Subject: Rwanda Resolution 846
Date: August 4, 1993
From: Restricted Council Meeting
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Situation in Rwanda and Congo
Date: August 28, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [President of the Rwandan Patriotic Front] Colonel Kanyarengwe
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: [Letter of Thanks to the French Government for Role in Arusha]
Date: September 27, 1993
To: President of the United States, Bill Clinton
From: President François Mitterand
Source: Mitterand Archive
Subject: [Letter to President Clinton to Ask for Support in Plea for UN Mission in Rwanda]
Date: October 11, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Interview with President Habyarimana of Rwanda—Monday, October 11, 1993, at 6:30 P.M. Defense Issues
Date: October 11, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Interview with President Habyarimana of Rwanda—Monday, October 11, 1993, at 6:30 P.M. Defense Issue
Date: November 15, 1993
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Your Meeting with [Defense Minister] Léotard on November 15 at 17:00
Date: February 11, 1994
To: President François Mitterrand
From: [Military Advisor to Mitterrand] General Christian Quesnot
Source: Mitterrand Archive
Subject: Note to the Attention of the President of the Republic