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To: john mcknight who wrote (2260)	8/23/1999 10:03:00 AM
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August 23, 1999 13:26 GMT South Africa's Zuma may be closing in on a deal in Goma Formula for the Congo rebels to sign the Lusaka cease-fire may be in the works, which could open a window of opportunity for the rebirth of the Congo. NCN has preliminary indications that South Africa's Foreign Minister Zuma is working a deal in Goma following a weekend in Kampala and Kigali. Minister Zuma was in Goma for most of yesterday, meeting until late in the evening with the Ilunga-led DR Congo RCD rebels. Meetings reportedly resumed early this morning and continue. Preliminary reports coming from the region indicate that the Ilunga people are willing to accept the signatures on the Lusaka cease-fire agreement by the 28 RCD founders, a proposal already acceptable to RCD faction leader Wamba. The near term sequence of events might be that the "RCD Founders College" would agree to sign the Lusaka agreement in this fashion, then take care of internal organizational matters, including election of a RCD president, and then go to Lusaka and sign the agreement. Preliminary reports indicate that both Uganda and Rwanda favor this arrangement. If these preliminary reports evolve generally as described, a window of opportunity could open in the DR Congo to move ahead with peace and ultimately economic reconstruction. That window might remain open for a few months. It would be during this period that the actions of all belligerents and the international community would be crucial as determinants for the direction the Congo would ultimately take.