CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 8, 1992

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 02621 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 BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 8, 1992 -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. CROATIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR MORE ACTION. TAX EVADERS TO BE THE TARGET OF ZAGREB'S NEW FINANCIAL POLICE. SERBIAN LEADER IN CROATIA CALLS FOR TOUGHER UN MANDATE. OSIJEK CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN RETALIATES AGAINST CRITICAL NEWS STORY. B-H PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC CONTINUES TALKS WITH CROATIAN LEADERS IN MOSTAR. END SUMMARY. -------------- -- CROATIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CALLS FOR MORE ACTION UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02621 01 OF 02 081630Z -------------- -- ¶2. THE CROATIAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 10 -- THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- THAT IT WANTS TO DEVELOP NON-POLITICAL CRITERIA FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO ORGANIZE AN ACTIVE LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THE COMMITTEE PLANS TO MAINTAIN A POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT STANCE AND TO DIRECT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION OF CROATS LIVING IN SERBIAN-OCCUPIED PARTS OF CROATIA. -------------- ZAGREB PLANS "FINANCIAL POLICE" FOR 1993 -------------- ¶3. THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT CROATIA WILL ESTABLISH ITS OWN SYSTEM OF "FINANCIAL POLICE" STARTING IN 1993. THESE OFFICIALS WILL BE A PART OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY AND WILL CONCENTRATE ON TAX EVASION PROBLEMS. THE INSPECTORS WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ACTION "ON THE SPOT" AND CAN ASSESS PENALTIES OR CLOSE DOWN A BUSINESS. SUCH PENALTIES OR CLOSURES CAN BE APPEALED TO THE FINANCE MINISTRY OR TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT. - -------------- DJUKIC CALLS FOR NEW MANDATE AND SERB VOTING -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02621 01 OF 02 081630Z ¶4. SERBIAN NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENT MILAN DJUKIC HAS ASKED THE UN TO EXPAND UNPROFOR'S MANDATE SO THAT THE PEACEKEEPERS CAN DISARM MILITARY FORMATIONS IN THE SO-CALLED "SERBIAN REPUBLIC OF KRAJINA." DUKIC ALSO CALLED ON EVERYONE IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNCLASSIFIED �A; NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02621 02 OF 02 081631Z 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-01 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 USIE-00 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /100W -------------- 83733B 081632Z /38 P 081624Z DEC 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2985 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 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 USEC BRUSSELS WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1192 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02621 02 OF 02 081631Z USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USVIENNA COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 02621 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 BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 8, 1992 UPCOMING ELECTIONS FOR THE SECOND HOUSE OF THE PARLIAMENT. DUKIC SAID SUCH STEPS, AND THE FAIR APPLICATION OF CROATIA'S LAWS AND CONSTITUTION TO THE SERBIAN MINORITY, WOULD HELP PREVENT THE OUTBREAK OF ANOTHER WAR IN THESE REGIONS. -------------- GLAVAS BANS SLOBODNA DALMACIJA JOURNALIST -------------- ¶5. SHOWING HIS PIQUE OVER A CRITICAL "SLOBODNA DALMACIJA" ARTICLE, OSIJEK CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN BRANIMIR GLAVAS REVOKED THE ACCREDITATION OF ITS CORRESPONDENT BEFORE A MEETING OF SPLIT AND OSIJEK GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON DECEMBER 7. THE "OFFENDING" UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02621 02 OF 02 081631Z JOURNALIST, DRAGO HEDL, HAD WRITTEN DECEMBER 5 THAT "IT WOULD SUIT GLAVAS BETTER TO HAVE 20 OF HIS PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS THAN TO HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN ABOUT UNSOLVED CASES OF MURDER, MAFIA, AND CRIMES IN OSIJEK." -------------- -- IZETBEGOVIC IN MOSTAR CONSULTS CROATIAN LEADERS -------------- -- ¶6. PRESIDENT OF B-H ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC CONTINUED HIS EFFORTS TO WOO CROATIAN LEADERS, MEETING WITH OTHER OFFICIALS FROM THE HERCEG-BOSNA CROATIAN UNION IN MOSTAR. TWO DAYS EARLIER, IZETBEGOVIC HAD BEEN IN SPLIT WHERE HE MET WITH PRESIDENT OF THE CROATIAN UNION HERCEG-BOSNA MATE BOBAN. NEITHER PARTY WAS WILLING TO SAY MUCH, ALTHOUGH BOBAN CHARACTERIZED THE TALKS AS THOSE "BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS," HELD IN A BETTER ATMOSPHERE THAN EVER BEFORE. NEITZKE UNCLASSIFIED NNNN