Nuevos Wikileaks: JOSEPH KAKA (AKA JOSEPH KABILA) hijo de Kabila recibio entrenamiento miliar en Cuba (1989)

PRESIDENT'S SON STUDYING IN CUBA?
Date: 1998 May 19, 08:52 (Tuesday)	Canonical ID: 98KINSHASA3602_a
Original Classification: CONFIDENTIAL	Current Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Handling Restrictions: -- Not Assigned --	Character Count: 1009
Executive Order: -- Not Assigned --	Locator: TEXT ONLINE
TAGS: CG - Congo (Kinshasa) | CU - Cuba |MASS - Military and Defense Affairs--Military Assistance and Sales | PINR- Political Affairs--Intelligence | PREL- Political Affairs--External Political Relations	Concepts: -- Not Assigned --
Enclosure: -- Not Assigned --	Type: TE
Office Origin: -- N/A or Blank -- Office Action: -- N/A or Blank --	Archive Status: -- Not Assigned --
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa	Markings: -- Not Assigned --
To: Department of State | USINT HAVANA

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CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF DENNIS HANKINS FOR REASON 1.5(B/D). 1. (C) ETIENNE RUSAMIRA (PROTECT), ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO WE HAVE FOUND TO BE A GENERALLY RELIABLE SOURCE WITHIN THE GDROC, TOLD POL COUNS MAY 18 THAT PRESIDENT KABILA'S SON, "COMMANDANT" JOSEPH KAKA (AKA JOSEPH KABILA) DEPARTED KINSHASA DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY TO ATTEND A FIVE-MONTH MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN CUBA. AN UNSPECIFIED ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF CONGOLESE MILITARY (OF KATANGAN BACKGROUND) ALSO REPORTEDLY WENT FOR TRAINING. 2. (C) COMMANDANT JOSEPH HAS BEEN THE ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE CONGOLESE ARMED FORCES. PRESIDENT KABILA HAS SOUGHT MILITARY TRAINING FOR HIS SON IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT, IF ANY, FORMAL MILITARY TRAINING JOSEPH HAS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED. SIMPSON