CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 21, 1992

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 02783 SIPDIS GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH - USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE - E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM MOPS PREL PREF HR MOPS PREL PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 21, 1992 - -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶1. FORMER FSO SAYS CROATIA WILL HAVE TO USE FORCE TO REGAIN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. 1,115 CHILDREN FROM B-H GO TO LIBYA TO STUDY AS PARLIAMENTARY GROUP VISITS WITH GHADAFFI. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REPORTS 30,000 WOMEN RAPED IN B-H WHILE 50,000 ARE STILL HELD IN PRISON CAMPS. MANJACA PRISON CAMP CLOSED. END SUMMARY -------------- -------------- KENNEY: CROATIA MUST USE FORCE TO RETAKE TERRITORY -------------- -------------- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02783 01 OF 02 211704Z ¶2. IN AN INTERVIEW FOR VECERNJI LIST (DECEMBER 20, 1992) FORMER FSO GEORGE KENNEY SAID THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR CROATIA TO GET BACK THE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OCCUPIED BY SERBS IS THROUGH FORCE. KENNEY SAID HE DID NOT THINK THE SERBS WOULD CONSENT TO BE REINCORPORATED INTO CROATIA OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE LONGER THE SERBS CONTROL THIS TERRITORY THE MORE LIKELY THAT THE SITUATION WILL BECOME PERMANENT. -------------- B-H CHILDREN LEAVE FOR LIBYA AS MESIC VISITS -------------- ¶3. ON DECEMBER 19, 1,115 CHILDREN FROM THE B-H TOWNS OF KAKANJ, ZENICA, AND VARES LEFT FROM SPLIT TO LIBYA. THE CHILDREN, THIRD TO EIGHTH GRADERS REPORTEDLY WENT WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND WILL CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN TRIPOLI. THE CHILDREN, WHO WENT WITH THEIR PARENTS' CONSENT, ARE TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN A TOURIST COMPLEX IN TRIPOLI. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LIBYAN EMBASSY IN SARAJEVO, AMER MUSARATI, SAID THAT ANOTHER . GROUP OF CHILDREN WILL DEPART FOR LIBYA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. - ¶4. IN TRIPOLI, LIBYAN LEADER GHADAFFI RECEIVED A THREE-MAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION LED BY SABOR PRESIDENT STIPE MESIC. GHADAFFI REPORTEDLY EXPRESSED LIBYA'S READINESS TO HELP CROATIA AND UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02783 01 OF 02 211704Z B-H IN ALL AREAS. MESIC REPORTEDLY INVITED THE LIBYAN LEADER TO VISIT CROATIA, AN INVITATION GHADAFFI ACCEPTED. NO DATE WAS SET. -------------- -------------- 30,000 WOMEN RAPED; 50,000 MORE INSIDE CAMPS IN B-H UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 02783 02 OF 02 211706Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 OASY-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 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 /103W -------------- 88C769 211706Z /38 O 211658Z DEC 92 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3136 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 1249 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02783 02 OF 02 211706Z USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USVIENNA COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 02783 SIPDIS GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH - USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE - E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PHUM MOPS PREL PREF HR MOPS PREL PREF HR BK SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 21, 1992 - -------------- SUMMARY -------------- -------------- -------------- ¶5. AT A MEETING OF HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANIZATIONS HELD AT THE ZAGREB MOSQUE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ZENICA CENTER FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF WAR CRIMES SAID THAT THE CENTER HAD INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 350,000 WITNESSES OF RAPE AND VIOLENCE. ACCORDING TO THE CENTER REPRESENTATION, 30,000 WOMEN HAVE BEEN RAPED IN B-H. BUT THAT FIGURE DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LARGE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. A REPRESENTATIVE OF UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02783 02 OF 02 211706Z THE "INDEPENDENT WOMENS GROUP" FROM ZAGREB, NIHADA KADIC, SAID THAT THERE ARE 50,000 WOMEN IN 45 CAMPS IN B-H. THE WHO HAS BEEN ASKED TO COORDINATE THE ASSISTANCE OF THOSE COUNTRIES, SUCH AS GERMANY, WHICH ARE READY TO OPEN CENTERS TO HELP THE VICTIMS. ¶6. MEANWHILE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EC RESOLUTION IN EDINBURGH, A SIX MEMBER DELEGATION FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN, LED BY DAME ANNE WUBERTON, ARRIVED IN ZAGREB ON DECEMBER 20. -------------- -------------- 450 PRISONERS RELEASED FROM MANJACA; 51 FROM BILECA -------------- -------------- ¶7. THE MANJACA PRISON CAMP IN B-H WAS CLOSED AS THE LAST GROUP OF 450 PRISONERS, ALL MEN AGED 19 TO 40, ARRIVED IN THE KARLOVAC TRANSIT CENTER ON DECEMBER 18. 51 PRISONERS WERE ALSO RELEASED FROM THE SERBIAN CAMP IN BILECA. FORTY-ONE OF THE PRISONERS AND 52 MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES WERE HANDED OVER TO UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES IN MONTENEGRO. TEN PRISONERS DECIDED TO REMAIN IN BILECA OR LEAVE BY OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. NEITZKE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02783 02 OF 02 211706Z UNCLASSIFIED NNNN