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From: Tsegai Emmanuel (emmanuelt40@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 2010 - 21:12:51 EST
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ID
09USUNNEWYORK306
SUBJECT
C) ICC’S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIR’S MONEY
DATE
2009-03-24 22:10:00
CLASSIFICATION
CONFIDENTIAL
ORIGIN
USUN New York
TEXT
C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN NEW YORK 000306
EO 12958 DECL: 03/23/2019
TAGS PGOV, PREL, UNSC, PHUM, SU, XW
SUBJECT: (C) ICC’S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIR’S MONEY
AND CALL FOR HIS ARREST; REASSURE CHINA
Classified By: Ambassador Alejandro D. Wolff, for reasons 1.4 b/d
¶1. (C) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told
Ambassadors Rice and Wolff on March 20 that SUDANese President Bashir needed
to be isolated. Ocampo suggested if Bashir’s stash of money were disclosed
(he put the figure at possibly $9 billion), it would change SUDANese public
opinion from him being a “crusader” to that of a thief. Ocampo reported
Lloyd’s Bank in London might be holding or knowledgeable of the whereabouts
of his money. Ocampo suggested simply exposing that Bashir had illegal
accounts would be enough to turn the SUDANese against him, “as with
Pinochet.”
¶2. (C) Ocampo said Bashir invents conflict to create a better negotiating
position, and thought Bashir was using the expulsion of the NGOs to divert
attention away from his arrest warrant. Ocampo suggested the U.S. and the
international community also needed to push for Bashir’s arrest to isolate
him. Ocampo likened Bashir’s situation to “a bleeding shark being surrounded
by other sharks,” with no loyalty, only greed, motivating those competing
for power. By promoting the possibility of Bashir’s arrest, Bashir would be
further marginalized within SUDAN’s ruling elite, Ocampo thought.
¶3. (C) Ocampo suggested it would be beneficial to reassure China that its
access to oil would not be jeopardized. If China believed Bashir was
becoming a destabilizing influence, Ocampo said China might be more open to
his removal as long as his replacement would guarantee support for China’s
economic interests.
Wolff
HEADER
P 242217Z MAR 09
FM USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6167
INFO DARFUR COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM PRIORITY
XTAGS: XTAGPGOV, XTAGPREL, XTAGUNSC, XTAGPHUM, XTAGSU, XTAGXW
09USUNNEWYORK306
ADDED
2010-12-18 21:09:00
STAMP
2010-12-19 14:11:16
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