CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 ZAGREB 02405 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR USDEL ICFY -- JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS - FOR RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA, MILITARY INTER - VENTION IN B-H; AND THE ARREST OF KARADJIC -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. ON COMPLETION OF THEIR VISIT TO MACEDONIA AND CROATIA NOVEMBER 15, A HELSINKI COMMISSION DELEGATION COMPRISED OF SEN. DENNIS DECONCINI AND REP. FRANK MCCLOSKEY ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING FOR: IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA; INCLUSION OF MACEDONIA IN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02405 01 OF 05 161626Z CSCE, THE UN, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MORE INTENSIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN SKOPJE AND ATHENS; AND AN INTER-ETHNIC MACEDONIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. THEY URGED EUROPE AND THE U.S. TO ASSUME THEIR SHARE OF THE BOSNIAN REFUGEE BURDEN. THEY CALLED FOR "MORE DIRECT INTERVENTION, INCLUDING MILITARY INTERVENTION, IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES," TERMING IT A "POLITICAL NECESSITY AND MORAL OBLIGATION." AND THEY URGED THE IMMEDIATE ARREST OF RADOVAN KARADJIC AND HIS ASSOCIATES AS A START TOWARD BRINGING TO JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR CRIMES AND GENOCIDE. END SUMMARY. ¶2. BEGIN TEXT OF STATEMENT: COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 STATEMENT OF THE HELSINKI COMMISSION DELEGATION TO MACEDONIA AND CROATIA ZAGREB, NOVEMBER 15, 1992 - ON NOVEMBER 13-14, 1992, A DELEGATION OF THE COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE -- THE HELSINKI COMMISSION-- VISITED THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, AND ON NOVEMBER 15, THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA. THIS DELEGATION WAS LED BY SENATOR DENNIS DECONCINI (DEMOCRAT - ARIZONA) AND INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVE FRANK MCCLOSKEY (DEMOCRAT-INDIANA). AT THE END OF THEIR VISIT, SENATOR DECONCINI AND REPRESENTATIVE MCCLOSKEY MADE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02405 01 OF 05 161626Z THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: "THIS DELEGATION OF THE HELSINKI COMMISSION CAME TO MACEDONIA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER THE PROSPECTS FOR THIS UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02405 02 OF 05 161628Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 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 PA-02 PC-05 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SDEL-00 SIL-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /094W -------------- 7AD9B1 161628Z /38 O 161629Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2705 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY MADRID AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USVIENNA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02405 02 OF 05 161628Z USIA WASHDC 2395 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1042 UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 05 ZAGREB 02405 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR USDEL ICFY -- JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS - FOR RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA, MILITARY INTER - VENTION IN B-H; AND THE ARREST OF KARADJIC COUNTRY, A CONCERN THE UNITED STATES SHARES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE CSCE. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR SHORT VISIT, WE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER OF MACEDONIA, OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ALBANIAN COMMUNITY AND OTHERS. THE DELEGATION ALSO VISITED A CAMP FOR REFUGEES, FLEEING THE HORRIBLE CONFLICT AND ETHNIC CLEANSING IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. WE DISCUSSED ISSUES RELATED TO MACEDONIA WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02405 02 OF 05 161628Z GREEK DEPUTY MINISTER, IN THESSALONIKI, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER THE VISIT. WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH U.S. DIPLOMATS IN MACEDONIA, AS WELL AS THE HEAD OF THE CSCE SPILLOVER MISSION THERE. "WE LEFT MACEDONIA CONVINCED THAT INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THAT COUNTRY WOULD BE THE RIGUT THING TO DO, AND THAT IT SHOULD BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ALSO MORE FORCEFULLY PRESS FOR MACEDONIAN INCLUSION IN THE CSCE, THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE WILL RECOMMEND THIS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT UPON OUR RETURN TO WASHINGTON. "WE BELIEVE THAT MACEDONIA DESERVES THE RECOGNITION IT HAS REQUESTED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. FIRST, IT WOULD HELP UNLOCK THE ECONOMIC STRANGLEHOLD ITS INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION HAS PLACED ON MACEDONIA. WE WERE DEEPLY DISTURBED, AS WE SAW MACEDONIA'S FIRST SNOW OF THE WINTER, BY THE INCREDIBLE SHORTAGE OF FUEL FOR HEATING, TRANSPORTATION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. SECOND, RECOGNITION SEEMS TO BE A NECESSARY FIRST STEP FOR THE COUNTRY TO MOVE FORWARD IN BUILDING DEMOCRACY AND A MARKET-BASED ECONOMY. THIRD, IT WOULD DISCOURAGE THE EXPANSION OF THE YUGOSLAV CONFLICT INTO MACEDONIA THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND RESPECT WHICH RECOGNITION IMPLIES, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION IT WOULD PROMOTE. FINALLY, WE BELIEVE THAT MACEDONIA IS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02405 02 OF 05 161628Z PREPARED TO PLAY A RESPONSIBLE ROLE INTERNATIONALLY, AND WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02405 03 OF 05 161629Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 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 PA-02 PC-05 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SDEL-00 SIL-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /094W -------------- 7AD9F4 161629Z /38 O 161629Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2706 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY MADRID AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USVIENNA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02405 03 OF 05 161629Z USIA WASHDC 2396 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1043 UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 05 ZAGREB 02405 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR USDEL ICFY -- JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS - FOR RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA, MILITARY INTER - VENTION IN B-H; AND THE ARREST OF KARADJIC "THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING MACEDONIA. INDEED, SOME ASPECTS OF MACEDONIAN SOCIETY HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THE DANGEROUS, EXTREME NATIONALISM THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY ALL TOO COMMON IN THE REGION. THIS NATIONALISM ENCOURAGES DIVISION AND TENSION WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S SMALL BUT DIVERSE POPULATION. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HEARD REPORTS THAT THE RIGHTS OF THOSE BELONGING TO MACEDONIA'S LARGE ETHNIC ALBANIAN POPULATION ARE FREQUENTLY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02405 03 OF 05 161629Z VIOLATED, AND THAT THEY ARE GIVEN ONLY A NOMINAL ROLE IN THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, MAKING THEM FEEL EXCLUDED FROM DECISIONS AFFECTING THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE. SIMILARLY, THIS NATIONALISM ENCOURAGES AN INACCURATE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WRONGLY AND NEEDLESSLY PLAYS ON THE SENSITIVITIES OF MACEDONIA'S NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY GREECE. THE NEW MACEDONIAN FLAG IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS. WE DO NOT BELIEVE MOST MACEDONIANS HAVE FALLEN PREY TO THIS VIRULENT NATIONALISM, BUT GREATER EFFORTS MUST BE TAKEN TO COUNTER THIS TREND IN A DEMOCRATIC WAY AND TO MAKE ALL THOSE LIVING IN MACEDONIA FEEL THAT THEY ARE CITIZENS WITH EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES. ALL LOSE IF MACEDONIA'S ETHNIC GROUPS CHOOSE TO FIGHT NATIONALISM WITH NATIONALISM. EVEN DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, REASON MUST BE ALLOWED TO PREVAIL. "MOREOVER, GREECE IS A CLOSE FRIEND AND ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH A LEGITIMATE AND UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERN FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS REGION, A POINT WE EMPHASIZED IN OUR TALKS WITH GREEK OFFICIALS. WE ENCOURAGE A MORE DIRECT AND INTENSIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN SKOPJE AND ATHENS, INCLUDING THROUGH CHANNELS OFFERED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD TO A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. BOTH SIDES NEED TO TALK AND COMPROMISE. "THE INCLUSION OF MACEDONIA IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, AND THE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF MACEDONIA IN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT COULD IMPROVE THE SITUATION IN MACEDONIA SUBSTANTIALLY. WE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02405 03 OF 05 161629Z STRONGLY SUPPORT U.S. PROGRAMS IN MACEDONIA DESIGNED TO PROMOTE FREE MEDIA, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, THE RULE OF LAW AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR COUNTRY AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN THE MEANTIME, WE UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02405 04 OF 05 161630Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 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 PA-02 PC-05 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SDEL-00 SIL-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /094W -------------- 7ADA15 161630Z /38 O 161629Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2707 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY MADRID AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USVIENNA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02405 04 OF 05 161630Z USIA WASHDC 2397 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1044 UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 05 ZAGREB 02405 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR USDEL ICFY -- JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS - FOR RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA, MILITARY INTER - VENTION IN B-H; AND THE ARREST OF KARADJIC ENCOURAGE MACEDONIA'S POLITICAL LEADERS TO FORM A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WHICH WOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS AND HAVE THE INDEPENDENCE AND AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE REPORTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY. "WE ALSO URGE THAT MUCH GREATER ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO THE WORSENING REFUGEE SITUATION IN MACEDONIA. THE CAMP WHICH WE VISITED, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS CROWDED, AND UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02405 04 OF 05 161630Z WITHOUT HEAT OR ELECTRICITY. HAVING ARRIVED DURING SUMMER MONTHS, THESE REFUGEES ALSO NEED PROPER CLOTHES AND FOOTWEAR TO GET THEM THROUGH THE WINTER. "OUR VISIT TO CROATIA ON NOVEMBER 15 GAVE US A FIRST-HAND VIEW OF THE SITUATION FOR REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS THERE. IN THE CITY OF KARLOVAC, WE MET WITH FORMER INTERNEES AT SERBIAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA WHO REPORTED THE MOST HORRIBLE ATROCITIES, INCLUDING THE TORTURE AND RANDOM KILLING OF PRISONERS. THESE PEOPLE, HOWEVER, EXPRESSED MORE CONCERN FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND THAN THEY DID FOR THEIR OWN FUTURES AS REFUGEES. WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CROATIA AND OTHER SENIOR CROATIAN OFFICIALS, WITH WHOM WE DISCUSSED THE CONFLICT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, THE RESULTING REFUGEE CRISIS, THE STATUS OF THE UN PROTECTED AREAS IN CROATIA, AND DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF A FREE MEDIA. OUR DELEGATION WAS ALSO PLEASED TO BE HERE AT THE OPENING OF THE U.S. ARMY'S 212TH MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL (MASH) UNIT AT PLESO AIRPORT IN ZAGREB, WHICH WILL BE USED BY THE UNPROFOR. "WE APPLAUD THOSE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WILL OPERATE THE MASH HOSPITAL, AND PRAISE AS WELL THE MANY FOREIGN CIVILIANS WE MET IN CROATIA WHO ARE WORKING TO ASSIST THE REFUGEES, A TRULY OVERWHELMING TASK. THE REFUGEES TOLD US THAT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS, HAD BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THEIR RELEASE, AND THAT THE UN HIGH UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02405 04 OF 05 161630Z COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES HAD GREATLY FACILITATED THEIR TRANSIT IN CROATIA. "WE COMMEND THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02405 05 OF 05 161632Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 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 PA-02 PC-05 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SDEL-00 SIL-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /094W -------------- 7ADA3A 161632Z /38 O 161629Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2708 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY MADRID AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO USMISSION USVIENNA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02405 05 OF 05 161632Z USIA WASHDC 2398 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// CTF SIXZERO//N2// CTF SIXONE//N2// CTF SIXTWO//N2// CTF SIXSEVEN//JOCC// FOSIF ROTA SP USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1045 UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 05 ZAGREB 02405 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR USDEL ICFY -- JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DEL CALLS - FOR RECOGNITION OF MACEDONIA, MILITARY INTER - VENTION IN B-H; AND THE ARREST OF KARADJIC HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE REFUGEES FLEEING BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BY THE THOUSANDS. WE RECOGNIZE THE STRAIN THIS PLACES ON THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT AND FEEL STRONGLY THAT OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED STATES MUST ASSUME THEIR SHARE OF THE REFUGEE BURDEN. "IN THE END, INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN IN THE BALKANS AS LONG AS SERBIAN AGGRESSION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02405 05 OF 05 161632Z REPRESSION IN KOSOVO GO UNCHECKED AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATROCITIES GO UNPUNISHED. IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN MACEDONIA AND CROATIA, UPON OUR RETURN TO WASHINGTON, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH NEW VIGOR OUR EFFORTS IN THE CONGRESS TO ENCOURAGE AN END TO THESE TRAGIC DEVELOPMENTS AND TO EASE THE PLIGHT OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS LEFT IN THEIR WAKE. "WE VIEW MORE DIRECT INTERVENTION, INCLUDING MILITARY INTERVENTION, IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, TO BE A POLITICAL NECESSITY AND MORAL OBLIGATION. WE HAVE ALREADY PRESSED FOR GREATER ACTION, INCLUDING THE LIMITED USE OF FORCE IF NECESSARY, TO BRING THIS WAR TO AN END, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UPON OUR RETURN. WE WILL ALSO PRESS FOR REAL ACTION TO BRING THOSE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR CRIMES AND GENOCIDE TO JUSTICE THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL. THEIR ACTIONS CANNOT GO UNPUNISHED. AS A START, WE CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE ARREST OF THE BOSNIAN SERB LEADER RADOVAN KARADJIC AND HIS ASSOCIATES. WE MUST FINALLY ADDRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA THAT COULD SPREAD WAR THROUGHOUT THE REGION - UNCHECKED SERBIAN AGGRESSION - IN THE MOST DIRECT WAY." END TEXT OF STATEMENT. NEITZKE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02405 05 OF 05 161632Z UNCLASSIFIED NNNN