CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 12, 1992

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 02362 SIPDIS USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 12, 1992 -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. EX-JNA GENERAL GOES ON TRIAL IN SPLIT FOR WAR CRIMES. CROATIA AND RUSSIA SIGN NATURAL GAS DEAL. FIRST PRISONERS PARDONED UNDER NEW AMNESTY LAW. SERBIAN CAPO MARTIC THREATENS UNPROFOR. KRSKO A-PLANT RESTARTED AFTER MECHANICAL PROBLEM. ZUPANIJA AND SECTOR NORTH VILLAGE SHELLED BY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02362 01 OF 03 121730Z SERBS. GASOLINE PRICES BOOSTED FIFTY PERCENT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. END SUMMARY. -------------- TRIAL OF JNA GENERAL MLADINIC IN SPLIT -------------- ¶2. THE DISTRICT COURT IN SPLIT OPENED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FORMER JNA GENERAL NIKOLA MLADINIC (FROM RIJEKA) AND 17 JNA OFFICERS WHO ARE ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES. MLADINIC IS IN CUSTODY, AND THE OTHER OFFICERS ARE TO BE TRIED IN ABSENTIA. ALL THE OFFICERS ARE ACCUSED OF BLOCKADING CROATIA'S ADRIATIC PORTS AND SHELLING SPLIT, SOLIN, KASTEL, TROGIR, PLOCE, AND THE ADRIATIC ISLANDS. THE ATTACKS CAUSED CASUALTIES AND HEAVY PROPERTY DAMAGE. -------------- CROATIAN/RUSSIAN AGREEMENT FOR NATURAL GAS -------------- ¶3. CROATIA AND RUSSIA HAVE SIGNED A LONG-TERM CONTRACT IN MOSCOW FOR DELIVERY OF RUSSIAN NATURAL GAS TO CROATIA. IN 1993, RUSSIA WILL SEND 900 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF GAS WITH A POSSIBLE INCREASE TO 1.2 BILLION CUBIC METERS BY THE YEAR ¶2010. CROATIAN MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY FRANJO KAJFEZ TOLD THE PRESS THAT THIS CONTRACT SECURES NEEDED SUPPLIES UNTIL NEW DEPOSITS OF NATURAL GAS CAN BE FOUND IN CROATIA. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02362 01 OF 03 121730Z -------------- FIRST CASES UNDER CROATIAN AMNESTY LAW -------------- UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02362 02 OF 03 121730Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 MFLO-03 M-01 NSAE-00 OCS-06 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PC-05 PM-02 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03 SDEL-00 SIL-00 SNP-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 T-01 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /102W -------------- 799198 121731Z /38 O 121531Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0000 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE USIA WASHDC 2364 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 02362 02 OF 03 121730Z USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1028 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 02362 SIPDIS USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 12, 1992 ¶4. THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 11 PRESIDENT TUDJMAN'S DECISION TO PARDON 104 PERSONS UNDER THE NEW AMNESTY LAW. THE BENEFICIARIES INCLUDED CROATIAN SOLDIERS SENTENCED FOR MINOR CRIMINAL ACTS, 38 SERBIAN PEASANTS FROM BUDIMCI SENTENCED FOR WEAPONS VIOLATIONS, AND OTHER CIVILIANS. -------------- MARTIC THREATENS UNPROFOR FORCES UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02362 02 OF 03 121730Z -------------- ¶5. ON NOVEMBER 9, A SERBIAN "KRAJINA" DELEGATION LED BY MILAN MARTIC, RETURNING FROM OKUCANI, HAD TO WAIT ONE HOUR AT THE UNPROFOR CONTROL POINT ON THE SAVA BRIDGE NEAR BOSANSKA GRADISKA. MARTIC ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE FUTURE HE WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH UNPROFOR DELAYS AND, IF HE WERE DELAYED AGAIN, UNPROFOR WOULD "SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES." MARTIC OPPOSES DISARMAMENT OF THE KRAJINA MILITIA BY UNPROFOR AND ORDERED UN FORCES TO WITHDRAW FROM THE CONTROL POINT ON THE BRIDGE NEAR BOSANSKA GRADISKA BY NOVEMBER 13 SO THAT THE "KRAJINA POLICE" CAN TAKE CHARGE. - -------------- --- KRSKO A-PLANT RESTARTED AFTER ONE DAY SHUTDOWN -------------- --- ¶6. THE NUCLEAR PLANT LOCATED IN KRSKO, SLOVENIA, WAS RESTARTED NOVEMBER 11 AT 20 PERCENT CAPACITY AFTER MINOR MECHANICAL TROUBLE HAD CAUSED A SHUTDOWN NOVEMBER 10. THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH FULL GENERATING CAPACITY IN SEVEN TO TEN DAYS. -------------- ZUPANJA SHELLED - 5 WOUNDED -------------- ¶7. ON NOVEMBER 11, SERBIAN FORCES FIRED 70 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02362 02 OF 03 121730Z ARTILLERY ROUNDS ACROSS THE SAVA RLVER INTO ZUPANJA. FIVE PERSONS WERE INJURED AND CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO HOMES. -------------- UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02362 03 OF 03 121730Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 MFLO-03 M-01 NSAE-00 OCS-06 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PC-05 PM-02 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03 SDEL-00 SIL-00 SNP-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 T-01 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /102W -------------- 7991A4 121731Z /38 O 121531Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0000 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE USIA WASHDC 2365 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 02362 03 OF 03 121730Z USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1029 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 02362 SIPDIS USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 12, 1992 SERBIAN ATTACKS IN SECTOR NORTH ON MOSCENICA -------------- ¶8. AFTER A LULL OF MANY WEEKS IN UNPA SECTOR NORTH, SERBIAN PARAMILITARY FORMATIONS NEAR PETRINJA OPENED MACHINE-GUN FIRE ON THE VILLAGE OF MOSCENICA NOVEMBER 10. APPROXIMATELY 3,000 DISPLACED PERSONS HAD RETURNED TO MOSCENICA AND REGULAR BUS LINES FROM SISAK TO MOSCENICA HAVE BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED. THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02362 03 OF 03 121730Z MOSCENICA HAS BEEN OPENED NOT ONLY FOR THE PUPILS OF THIS VILLAGE BUT ALSO FOR DISPLACED STUDENTS FROM THE PETRINJA AREA. -------------- GASOLINE COSTS 50 PERCENT MORE -------------- ¶9. ON NOVEMBER 12, THE GOVERNMENT RAISED THE PRICE OF GASOLINE BY 50 PERCENT. HEATING-OIL PRICES REMAIN UNCHANGED. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS HAVE INCREASED 482.4 PERCENT SINCE DECEMBER 1991. NEITZKE UNCLASSIFIED NNNN