BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON

S E C R E T ZAGREB 001576 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/03/2014 TAGS: PINR KAWC PREL UK HR SUBJECT: BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON GOTOVINA ¶1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matters, a UK embassy contact told RAO September 3. ¶3. (S) The HMG envoy will request that the GOC: 1) state clearly that it intends to arrest Gotovina; 2) reform the police station in Zadar, which has been plagued with corruption; 3) commit to the prosecution of Zeljko Bagic (former national security advisor to the President) and Franjo Turek (head of the counter-intelligence agency POA) for covering up intercepted telephone conversations between Gotovina,s associates and government officials; and 4) commit to reform of the intelligence agency OA and the removal of its head Damir Loncaric. FRANK NNNN