CGYOO1: WAR CRIMES COMMISSION REQUEST

C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 02828

SIPDIS


GENEVA FOR USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH

E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PHUM PREL HR BK SR
SUBJECT: CGYOO1: WAR CRIMES COMMISSION REQUEST

REF: GENEVA 10933


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2. IZETBEGOVIC FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR HAJRUDIN SOMUN
HAS PASSED TO US A VIDEOTAPE DEALING WITH THE
SITUATION IN B-H AND REPORTED WAR CRIMES. THE TAPE
INCLUDES ON-SITE DESCRIPTIONS OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED
IN VARIOUS B-H LOCALES. SPEAKERS ARE NON-PROFESSIONAL
LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO APPEAR TO HAVE WITNESSED CERTAIN
OF THE CRIMES. SOME VICTIMS ARE ALSO INTERVIEWED AND
THEIR INJURIES GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYED. MOST OF THE
FOOTAGE IS ON-SCREEN-DATED AS EARLY SUMMER 1992.
WHILE THE TAPE IS NOT WELL EDITED, AND INCLUDES
EXTENSIVE, CLOSE-UP COVERAGE OF MEDICAL OPERATIONS,
LARGE PARTS OF IT MIGHT NONETHELESS BE OF USE TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR THEIR STAFF PERSONALLY
UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TERRAIN AND ATMOSPHERICS OF
WAR-TORN BOSNIA. ITS AMATEUR QUALITY ADDS TO ITS
CREDIBILITY. IT IS ENTIRELY IN SERBO-CROATIAN.
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3. SOMUN SAID WE COULD MAKE ANY APPROPRIATE USE OF
THE TAPE WE WISHED. IF MISSION BELIEVES THAT THIS
TAPE WOULD BE OF USE TO BASSIOUNI OR OTHER COMMISSION
MEMBERS OR STAFF, PLEASE ADVISE AND WE WILL SEND IT
BY "OVERNIGHT" EXPRESS.

NEITZKE



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