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was threatened with a complete breakdown of law and order. To prevent uncontrolled destruction and looting, Cohen recommended that EPRDF forces immediately move into Addis Ababa and establish control. Although
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served as mediator. Ostensibly, the conference was supposed to explore ways to set up a transitional government in
Ethiopia, but it was overtaken by events before its formal start. The talks had yet to get under way when Cohen received a message claiming that Lieutenant General
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prevail. He and the government delegation publicly stated that they will boycott the meeting, and thus the London conference continued the next day without the participation of the government delegation.
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