ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 01036 SIPDIS VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM; ISLAMABAD FOR POL/JPOGUE - DEPT PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD - E.O. 12356:N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992 SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS APPEALED FOR FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION TO HELP STEM THE TIDE OF CONTINUED SERB/JNA AGGRESSION. STATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RAMLJAK DISCUSSED UNPROFOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL NAMBIAR. EC REPRESENTATIVE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01036 01 OF 03 241445Z WOLTMANN TOLD SIBENIK RESIDENTS THAT THE VANCE PLAN AMENDMENTS WILL BE BENEFICIAL. THE MOD HAS PROTESTED RENEWED ATTACKS ON CROATIA, SOME OF WHICH ARE COMING FROM UN-CONTROLLED AREAS. LATEST OFFICIAL CROATIAN CASUALTIES INCLUDE 1,773 CIVILIANS AND 1,389 SOLDIERS KILLED AND 20,127 PERSONS INJURED. TUDJMAN IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE NEW ELECTIONS FOR AUGUST 2. END SUMMARY. GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR FOREIGN MILITARY HELP -------------- ¶2. CROATIA ISSUED ANOTHER PROTEST JUNE 22 AGAINST THE NEW SERB/JNA ATTACKS ON DUBROVNIK WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN THE OLD TOWN. THE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED THE INTENSIFIED SHELLING OF SIBENIK, ZADAR, SLAVONSKI BROD AND THE REGION OF POSAVINA, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUOUS ATTACKS ON SARAJEVO. THE GOVERNMENT MADE AN APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A COLLECTIVE, EFFICIENT "MILITARY INTERVENTION," BECAUSE THE PRESENT MEASURES, CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS HAVE PROVED INADEQUATE. ITS APPEAL WAS MOTIVATED BY THE CONTINUING ACCUMULATION OF "VICTIMS, FAMINE, SHORTAGE OF WATER, ELECTRICITY AND MEDICINES." THE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT STRESSED "THE AGONY OF THE CITIZENS OF DUBROVNIK CAUSED BY THE PROLONGED SIEGE, ISOLATION, AND CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO SHELLING AND SHOOTING." - RAMLJAK MET UN GENERAL NAMBIAR IN ZAGREB -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01036 01 OF 03 241445Z ¶3. ON JUNE 23, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE COMMISSION FOR UNPROFOR, MILAN RAMLJAK, MET IN ZAGREB WITH THE UNPROFOR COMMANDER, GENERAL SATISH NAMBIAR. THEY UNCLASSIFIED NNNN 
 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01036 02 OF 03 241447Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EAP-01 EB-01 E-01 FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03 SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20 T-01 /096W -------------- 4296E0 241447Z /38 O 241446Z JUN 92 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1233 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE USIA WASHDC 1690 USDOC WASHDC AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY KIEV AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01036 02 OF 03 241447Z AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0570 USMISSION GENEVA DEPTTREASURY WASHDC UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 01036 SIPDIS VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM; ISLAMABAD FOR POL/JPOGUE - DEPT PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD - E.O. 12356:N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992 DISCUSSED THE DATE WHEN UNPROFOR WILL TAKE FULL CONTROL OVER SECTORS SOUTH AND NORTH. NAMBIAR TOLD RAMLJAK THAT HIS FORCES PLAN TO TAKE FULL CONTROL ON JUNE 25, BUT HE IS WAITING FINAL APPROVAL FROM NEW YORK. RAMLJAK ANNOUNCED ANOTHER MEETING TO DISCUSS CIVILIAN MATTERS WITH UNPROFOR DIRECTOR, CEDRIC THORNBERRY, WILL TAKE PLACE IN A FEW DAYS. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01036 02 OF 03 241447Z EC REPRESENTATIVE WOLTMANN DISCUSSED "PINK ZONE" -------------- --- ¶4. EC REPRESENTATIVE DIETER WOLTMANN TOLD SIBENIK COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 23 THAT UNPROFOR WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OVER SECTOR SOUTH BY JUNE 25, IF BOTH SIDES -- CROATIAN AND JNA AUTHORITIES -- AGREE WITH AMENDMENTS TO THE VANCE PLAN WORKED OUT BY GENERAL NAMBIAR. THESE AMENDMENTS FORESEE WITHDRAWAL OF CANNONS TO 30 KMS FROM THE COUNTIES' BORDERS (UNDER THE CONTROL OF UNPROFOR),OF TANKS AND OTHER HEAVY ARMAMENT TO 10 KMS, AND FOR INFANTRY TO 5 KMS. THIS "TERRITORY" WOULD REPRESENT A "DEMARCATION LINE" OF UNPROFOR CONTROL. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PLAN DOES NOT UNDERCUT CROATIAN AUTHORITY, ACCORDING TO WOLTMANN. HE ALSO SUGGESTED A CROATIAN "AMNESTY" FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE CONTESTED AREAS NOT INVOLVED IN WAR CRIMES. CROATIAN MOD PROTESTS DUBROVNIK AND "EAST" ATTACKS -------------- -------------- ¶5. THE CROATIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ISSUED A PUBLIC PROTEST JUNE 23, OF VIOLATION OF THE SARAJEVO AGREEMENT BY SERB/JNA FORCES. IT ASKED UNPROFOR AND THE EC TO APPLY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS TO STOP CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THE PROTEST CITED HEAVY CANNON ATTACKS ON SIBENIK, ZUPANJA, SISAK AND SUNJA, AS WELL AS DUBROVNIK. INFANTRY FIRE WAS OPENED ON CROATIAN ARMY POSITIONS NEAR OSIJEK FROM SERB BASES IN SECTOR EAST, AN AREA NOW OSTENSIBLY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01036 02 OF 03 241447Z UNDER THE CONTROL OF UNPROFOR. WAR CASUALTY UPDATE -------------- UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01036 03 OF 03 241447Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EAP-01 EB-01 E-01 FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03 SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20 T-01 /096W -------------- 4296FF 241448Z /38 O 241446Z JUN 92 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1234 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE USIA WASHDC 1691 USDOC WASHDC AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY KIEV AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01036 03 OF 03 241447Z AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0571 USMISSION GENEVA DEPTTREASURY WASHDC UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 01036 SIPDIS VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM; ISLAMABAD FOR POL/JPOGUE - DEPT PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD - E.O. 12356:N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992 ¶6. ZAGREB'S OFFICIAL CASUALTY FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 15, 1990 THROUGH JUNE 23, 1992, INCLUDE: 3,861 KILLED AND 20,127 INJURED. AMONG THE DEAD ARE 1,773 CIVILIANS AND 1,389 MEMBERS OF THE CROATIAN ARMED FORCES. ELECTIONS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01036 03 OF 03 241447Z -------------- ¶7. A CONTACT IN PRESIDENT'S TUDJNMAN'S OFFICE TOLD US THAT TUDJMAN WILL MAKE A TELEVISION ADDRESS THIS EVENING (2000H LT) TO ANNOUNCE ELECTIONS FOR AUGUST 2. EINIK UNCLASSIFIED NNNN