P121 MTV3 p121 .To 24 Elo 1557:48 1/3 ZAIREAN ARMY TELLS UN EXPULSIONS OF RWANDANS OVER GENEVA, AUG 24 XREUTER) - SENIOR ZAIREAM MILITARY OFFICIALS TOLD U.M. WORKERS IN BUKAVU AND UVIRA ON THURSDAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO STFP EXPELLING RWANDAN REFUGEES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE U.M. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SAID. FERNANDO DEL MUNDO, A SPOKESMAN AT UNHCR HEADQUARTERS IN GENEVA, TOLD REUTERS: "ZAIREAN MILITARY OFFICIALS INFORMED UNHCR FIELD WORKERS ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING ABOUT A DECISION TAKEN IN KINSHASA TO END THE EXPULSIONS." "THIS MORNING IN UVIRA, A ZAIREAN ARMY COLONEL SAW .-. <120 122>

P121 MTV3 p121 .To 24 Elo 1542:01 2/3 ZAIREAM ARMY TELLS UN EXPULSIONS WF RWANDANS OVER ..- THE HEAD OF OUR OFFICE AND SAID HE HAD RECEIVED ORDERS FROM KINSHASA TO HALT THE FORCED REPATRIATION," SPOKESMAM DEL MUNDO SAID. "IN BUKAVU, A ZAIREAM ARMY COLONEL MADE AN EARLY VISIT AND TOLD US THE EXPULSIONS HAD BEEN STOPPED," HE ADDED. DEL MUNDO SAID: "THE (ZAIREAN) SOLDIERS WERE APPARENTLY IMPLEMENTING A DECISION EVEN BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED." EARLIER, IN GOMA, UNHCR SPOKESMAN CHRIS BOWERS SAID THE AGENCY WAS A+AITING AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT, ADDING THAT THERE .-- <120 122>

P121 MTV3 p121 .To 24 Elo 1551:20 3/3 ZAIREAN ARMY TELLS UN EXPULSIONS WF RWANDANS OVER ... WERE SIGNS THAT THE OPERATION HAD BEEN HALTED. <120 122>