CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 25, 1992

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 02505 SIPDIS GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; 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 25, 1992 -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. EC MONITORS "CLEAR" CROATIA OF ALLEGATIONS OF NO-FLY BAN VIOLATIONS. SOME PROGRESS ON RESIDENCY PERMITS ISSUED. MUP REPORTS AN INCREASE IN CRIME. OPPOSITION ROUNDTABLE QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT REDISTRICTING PLAN. SERB GUNNERS CONTINUE SHELLING CROATIAN TOWNS. 14 SERBS INDICTED IN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02505 01 OF 03 251545Z DUBROVNIK FOR ANTI-STATE ACTIVITY. END SUMMARY. -------------- ECMM - NO MILITARY FLIGHTS FROM CROATIA -------------- ¶2. AT A NOVEMBER 24 PRESS CONFERENCE EC MONITOR MISSION SPOKESMAN CHRIS POOLE SAID THAT NO MILITARY PLANES HAD TAKEN OFF FROM THE FOUR AIRPORTS UNDER OBSERVATION IN CROATIA. HE CLARIFIED REMARKS REPORTEDLY MADE BY CEDRIC THORNBERRY IN BELGRADE THAT MILITARY PLANES "FROM CROATIA" WERE ALSO FLYING INTO B-H. POOLE SAID THORNBERRY HAD IN FACT BEEN REFERRING TO MILITARY AIRCRAFT TAKEOFFS FROM THE SERBIAN-CONTROLLED AIRPORT IN UDBINA (SECTOR SOUTH) OF CROATIA. -------------- 86,709 RESIDENCY PERMITS GRANTED -------------- ¶3. MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR IVAN JARNJAK TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR SO FAR THIS YEAR HAD RECEIVED 122,825 CITIZENSHIP REQUESTS. 86,709 WERE GRANTED AND 6,810 REJECTED. A STAFF OF 2,000 EMPLOYEES PROCESSES 2,000-2,500 REQUESTS DAILY. JARNJAK ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE HAD BEEN CASES IN SEVERAL TOWNS WHERE RESIDENCE PERMITS HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY PROCESSED. -------------- --- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02505 01 OF 03 251545Z MUP TELLS PARLIAMENT THAT CRIME IS UP IN CROATIA -------------- --- ¶4. THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (MUP) HAS REPORTED TO PARLIAMENT THAT CRIME HAS INCREASED UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02505 02 OF 03 251546Z 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 -------------- 7EC529 251546Z /38 O 251549Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2818 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE USIA WASHDC 2470 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 02505 02 OF 03 251546Z USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1093 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 02505 SIPDIS GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; 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 25, 1992 DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1992. THE MUP HAS ALREADY REGISTERED 19,449 CRIMINAL ACTS, WHICH IS MORE THAN REPORTED IN ALL OF 1991. THE POLICE DETAINED 42,095 SUSPECTS, INCLUDING MANY RECIDIVISTS AND MINORS. THERE HAVE BEEN 2,753 BOMBINGS AND 837 ARSON FIRES, A 70.3 PERCENT INCREASE OVER 1991. THESE CRIMINAL ACTS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED 2,917 HOUSES, 457 CARS, 240 SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, 182 FARMS, AND 78 MONUMENTS. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02505 02 OF 03 251546Z -------------- HNS ROUNDTABLE CRITICIZES ZUPANIJA PLANS -------------- ¶5. THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR THE NEW "ZUPANIJA" AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION WERE CRITICIZED AT A NOVEMBER 24 MULTI-PARTY ROUNDTABLE SPONSORED BY THE CROATIAN NATIONAL PARTY (HNS). HNS LEADER SAVKA DABCEVIC-KUCAR SAID THE LAW WAS HURRIED. SHE CRITICIZED THE RE-DISTRICTING PLANS AS BEING AN EFFORT TOWARD "STATE CENTRALISM." ADDING MORE BUREAUCRATIC LAYERS WILL ALSO MEAN MORE EXPENSE, SHE ARGUED. FORMER COMMUNIST PARTY SDPH (SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CROATIA) LEADER ZDRAVKO TOMAC SAID CROATIA IS OUT OF STEP WITH INTERNATIONAL TRENDS TOWARD MAKING FEWER SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS. HSS (CROATIAN PEASANTS'PATRY) LEADER DRAGO STIPAC CALLED THE PROPOSED ZUPANIJA LAW "TOTAL IMPROVISATION IN AN AWKWARD MOMENT." - -------------- -- SERBS SHELL ZUPANJA, KARLOVAC, AND ZADAR REGION -------------- -- ¶6. ON NOVEMBER 24, SERBIAN ARTILLERY DEPLOYED IN NORTHEASTERN BOSNIA FIRED TEN SHELLS AT THE VILLAGE OF BABINA GREDA IN THE ZUPANJA REGION, DAMAGING MANY HOUSES. NO CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED. ¶7. IN SECTOR NORTH, SERBIAN ARTILLERY STATIONED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02505 02 OF 03 251546Z IN TRZIC OPENED FIRE ON THE CROATIAN VILLAGE OF OZANICI AND FROM THEIR BASE IN KOZINAC ATTACKED THE VILLAGE OF SKOLAC. ONE HOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN IN SAJEVAC. UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02505 03 OF 03 251547Z 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 -------------- 7EC55C 251547Z /38 O 251549Z NOV 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2819 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE USIA WASHDC 2471 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 02505 03 OF 03 251547Z USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1094 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 02505 SIPDIS GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; 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 25, 1992 ¶8. FROM THEIR BASE IN MUSAPSTAN AND CRNO IN THE ZADAR REGION (PINK ZONE OF SECTOR SOUTH),SERBS OPENED FIRE AT THE CROATIAN DEFENSE LINE OF ZADAR CITY. ONE CIVILIAN WAS INJURED. SERBIAN UNITS OPENED FIRE FROM OCCUPIED PODGRADINE AT POSEDARJE. THREE CROATIAN HOUSES WERE ALSO SET ON FIRE IN CRNO. -------------- -------------- 14 SDS SERBS INDICTED IN DUBROVNIK FOR WAR CRIMES UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02505 03 OF 03 251547Z -------------- -------------- ¶9. THE MILITARY DISTRICT COURT IN SPLIT OPENED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST 14 MEMBERS OF THE SERBIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN DUBROVNIK. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR AND HELPING THE YUGOSLAV ARMY AND SERBIAN EXTREMISTS. FIVE OF THE ACCUSED ARE IN CUSTODY IN DUBROVNIK. THE REST REMAIN AT LARGE. NEITZKE UNCLASSIFIED NNNN