CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 29, 1992

UNCLASSIFIED SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 01869 SIPDIS USEC BRUSSELS USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USVIENNA COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JJOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 01869 SIPDIS USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 29, 1992 SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. THE PRESIDENTS OF CROATIA AND SERBIA WILL MEET IN GENEVA TOMORROW (SEPTEMBER 30) TO DISCUSS BILATERAL ISSUES. THE CROATIAN RED CROSS HAS REGISTERED 26,110 MISSING PERSONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. ULTRA-RIGHTIST LEADER PARAGA MAINTAINS THAT LARGE QUANTITIES OF ARMS FOUND DURING A SEARCH OF HIS PARTY HEADQUARTERS SUNDAY WERE INTENDED FOR CROATIAN DEFENSE FORCE FIGHTERS IN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01869 01 OF 03 291612Z B-H. LEADERS OF THE UNION OF SERBIAN PEOPLE ANNOUNCED THAT SERBS IN SOME PARTS OF HERCEGOVINA ARE COOPERATING WITH CROATS TO PREVENT CRIMES BY SERBIAN EXTREMISTS. SERBIAN PLANES FIRED GROUND-TO-AIR ROCKETS AND DROPPED CRATER BOMBS ON SLAVONSKI BROD YESTERDAY. THE ORTHODOX BISHOP OF BOSNIA TOLD INDEPENDENT BELGRADE RADIO STATION "B" THAT MASSIVE ATROCITIES AGAINST MUSLIMS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN B-H. CROATIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER HAS DECLARED A WAR AGAINST CRIME IN THE UNSETTLED CITY OF OSIJEK. END SUMMARY. TUDJMAN-COSIC MEETING IN GENEVA -------------- ¶2. THE ZAGREB MEDIA LED WITH THE REPORT THAT UN PEACE ENVOY CYRUS VANCE HAD ANNOUNCED IN BELGRADE YESTERDAY THAT A MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN GENEVA SEPTEMBER 30 BETWEEN CROATIAN PRESIDENT TUDJMAN AND "FRY" PRESIDENT COSIC. - CROATIAN RED CROSS ABOUT MISSING PERSONS FROM CROATIA -------------- -------------- ¶3. THE CROATIAN RED CROSS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS REGISTERED 26,110 PERSONS AS MISSING SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. IN SEPTEMBER ALONE, THE CROATIAN ORGANIZATION SENT 97 REQUESTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS ASKING THEM TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING. HSP DENIES PLANS FOR MILITARY COUP UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01869 01 OF 03 291612Z -------------- �A; ¶4. LEADER OF THE EXTREME RIGHT-WING CROATIAN PARTY OF RIGHTS (HSP) DOBROSLAV PARAGA TOLD A SEPTEMBER 28 PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE SEARCH OF HIS PARTY'S HEADQUARTERS BY THE CROATIAN POLICE PROVES THAT UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01869 02 OF 03 291614Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AGRE-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CEA-01 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 CTME-00 C-01 DODE-00 ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 EXME-00 E-01 FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01 JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03 SDEL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-18 TRSE-00 T-01 FMP-01 /102W -------------- 678D5B 291616Z /38 O 291613Z SEP 92 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2209 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USIA WASHDC 2118 USDOC WASHDC AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY MADRID AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01869 02 OF 03 291614Z USEC BRUSSELS USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USVIENNA COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JJOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 01869 SIPDIS USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 29, 1992 CROATIA IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC STATE. PARAGA COMPLAINED THAT -- IN ADDITION TO LARGE QUANTITIES OF ARMS -- THE POLICE ALSO TOOK A FILE LISTING MEMBERS OF THE HOS (CROATIAN DEFENSE FORCES) OPERATING IN B-H. PARAGA DENIED THAT THE EXPLOSIVES UNCOVERED IN THE SEARCH POSED ANY DANGER TO NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS AND DECLARED THE ARMS WERE MEANT FOR THE HOS. PARAGA INSISTED THE POLICE HAD NO RIGHT TO ARREST 16 HSP MEMBERS AND SAID HE TURNED ASIDE OFFERS OF HELP FROM MEMBERS OF THE HV (CROATIAN ARMY) BECAUSE HE DID NOT WISH TO PROMOTE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01869 02 OF 03 291614Z "A MILITARY COUP" WHICH MIGHT HAVE RESULTED. SERB-CROAT COOPERATION IN B-H -------------- ¶5. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF SERBIAN PEOPLE ANNOUNCED THAT -- IN SOME PARTS OF HERCEGOVINA, ESPECIALLY IN THE KONJIC DISTRICT -- ERBS AND CROATS ARE COOPERATING TO PREVENT CRIMES BY SERB EXTREMISTS WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THIS AREA. THE COUNCIL EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO THE HVO (CROATIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL),TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND TO THE CROATIAN PEOPLE FOR THEIR PROTECTION OF INNOCENT CITIZENS FROM ETHNIC CLEANSING. THE COUNCIL ALSO NOTED THAT SOME SERBS HAVE VOLUNTARILY JOINED HVO UNITS. SLAVONSKI BROD ATTACKED BY AIR -------------- ¶6. ON SEPTEMBER 28, SERBIAN PLANES FIRED 12 AIR-TO-GROUND ROCKETS AND EIGHT CRATER BOMBS (250 KG EACH) AT THE CENTER OF SLAVONSKI BROD. THE ATTACK INJURED 11 PERSONS AND DAMAGED MANY RESIDENCES AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. AFTER THE AIR ATTACK, SERBIAN ARTILLERY SHELLED THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS FROM POSITIONS IN BOSNIA. ORTHODOX BISHOP SAYS SERBS KILLED 120,000 B-H MUSLIMS -------------- -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01869 02 OF 03 291614Z ¶7. THE ZAGREB PRESS REPORTED AN INTERVIEW THAT THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX BISHOP IN BOSNIA GAVE TO BELGRADE'S INDEPENDENT TV STUDIO "B" IN WHICH HE ALLEGED HE MURDERS OF 120,000 MUSLIMS IN B-H, THE DESTRUCTION OF 200 MOSQUES, AND THE SERBIAN RAPE AND IMPREGNATION OF 30,000 MUSLIM WOMEN. THE BISHOP UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01869 03 OF 03 291614Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AGRE-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CEA-01 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 CTME-00 C-01 DODE-00 ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 EXME-00 E-01 FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01 JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03 SDEL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-18 TRSE-00 T-01 FMP-01 /102W -------------- 678D69 291614Z /38 O 291613Z SEP 92 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2210 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USIA WASHDC 2119 USDOC WASHDC AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY MADRID AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01869 03 OF 03 291614Z USEC BRUSSELS USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USVIENNA COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JJOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 01869 SIPDIS USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR PREL MOPS PREF ECON HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 29, 1992 SAID THAT THE ORTHODOX CHURCH MUST TAKE A STANCE AGAINST THESE CRIMES. WAR AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME IN OSIJEK -------------- ¶8. CROATIAN MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR IVAN JARNJAK ATTENDED A MEETING OF POLICE LEADERS IN OSIJEK WHERE HE STRESSED THE NEED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE LAWLESSNESS THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUING THE CITY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. A NEW POLICE CHIEF AND DEPUTY WERE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01869 03 OF 03 291614Z NAMED, AND THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF WAS MADE CHIEF OF THE BORDER POLICE AND COORDINATOR WITH UNPROFOR. THE POLICE ARE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PREVENTION OF TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL INCIDENTS. NEITZKE UNCLASSIFIED NNNN