Identifier
Created
Classification
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92ZAGREB395
1992-03-13 14:55:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Zagreb
Cable title:
ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
how-toThis record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 131455Z Mar 92 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO 1538 USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0754 WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0229
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 00395
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
-
SUMMARY
---
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 00395
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
-
SUMMARY
---
1. THE CROATIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE
PROPOSED LAW ON THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA,
NOTING THAT PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF TV AND RADIO
STATIONS WOULD BE PERMITTED IF THE LAW AS DRAFTED
IS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN ASSEMBLY. SLOVENE
DEFENSE MINISTER JANEZ JANSA HAS PRAISED THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE UN FORCES, BUT ALSO CAUTIONED
THAT JNA DEMOBILIZATION WOULD NOT END THE THREAT
OF FUTURE JNA AGGRESSION. LOCAL CROATIAN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z
OFFICIALS FROM AREAS AROUND KNIN HAVE DISCLOSED
DETAILS OF ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF CROATS IN THAT
REGION. THEY CLAIM THAT THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN
FORCED FROM JOBS AND HOMES BY SERB CIVILIAN AND
MILITARY OFFICIALS. LOOKING TOWARD
RECONSTRUCTION, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS
RECEIVED A DELEGATION FROM THE WORLD BANK TO
DISCUSS PRIVATIZATION AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT. END
SUMMARY.
MORE ON THE NEW PRESS LAW
---
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLSSIFIED
PAGE 04 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z
2. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE REPORTED YESTERDAY, THE
NEW DRAFT LAW ON THE PRESS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ASSEMBLY ALLOWS
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE
ASSISTANT TO THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, IGOR
MRDOLJAS, EXPLAINED THAT THE PRIVATE BROADCAST
MEDIA "WILL NOT COMPETE WITH THE STATE OWNED RADIO
AND TV." ACCORDING.TO MRDOLJAS, IT WILL BE A
PARALLEL MODEL BASED ON THE SYSTEM USED IN ITALY.
3. THE PROPOSED NEW LAW ALSO CALLS FOR LARGE
FINANCIAL PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED ON PUBLIC
OFFICIALS FOR NON-DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
TO JOURNALISTS.
-
SLOVENE DEFENSE MINISTER WELCOMES THE ARRIVAL OF
THE UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES
4. DURING A MARCH 13 PRESS CONFERENCE IN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 05 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENE DEFENSE MINISTER JANEZ JANSA
STATED THAT THE ARRIVAL OF UNPROFOR UNITS WILL
INCREASE THE SECURITY OF SLOVENE TERRITORY. THE
SLOVENE OFFICIAL SPECULATED THAT UN FORCES COULD
REMAIN IN YUGOSLAVIA SEVERAL YEARS AND OPINED THAT
THEIR DEPARTURE WILL DEPEND UPON THE OUTCOME OF
THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
UNCLASSIFIED
NN
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 01 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
ACTION EUR-01
INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 CTME-00 C-01 DODE-00
ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 EXME-00 EXIM-06 E-01
FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01
JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01
OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03
SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20
TRSE-00 T-01 /108W
-------------- 1A4346 131456Z /38
O 131455Z MAR 92
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0591
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE
USIA WASHDC 1296
USDOC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMCONSUL MILAN
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMCONSUL MUNICH
AMEMBASSY PARIS
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO 1539
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0755
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0230
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 00395
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
5. JANSA EXPRESSED SKEPTICISM CONCERNING THE
DEMOBILIZATION OF JNA SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS IN THE
OCCUPIED TERRITORY OF CROATIA. HE TOLD
JOURNALISTS THAT THESE DEMOBILIZED UNITS COULD BE
EASILY REACTIVATED, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UN FORCES
LEVE THE TERRITORY. ACCORDING TO THE PRESS
ACCOUNTS, JANSA STATED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR
GETTING THE JNA PERMANENTLY OUT OF B-H IS
RECOGNITION. JANSA EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT A
COMPLETE JNA WITHDRAWAL FROM B-H WOULD HAVE A
SALUTARY EFFECT ON THE SITUATION IN THE KNIN
KRAJINA. JANSA CLAIMED THAT THE SLOVENIAN SIDE
HAD WARNED THE UN AND CARRINGTON THAT JNA
DEMOBILIZATION WILL NOT ALLEVIATE THE THREAT OF
FUTURE JNA AGGRESSION.
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
CROATS THREATENED IN CROATIA
--------------
6. LOCAL CROATIAN OFFICIALS FROM OBROVAC AND
BENKOVAC, TWO PREDOMINANTLY SERBIAN TOWNS NEAR
KNIN, ADDRESSED A LETTER TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE CROATIAN
ASSEMBLY. THEY DESCRIBED CRIMES WHICH HAD
OCCURRED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR TO CROATS
LIVING IN THE REGION. THEY ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO
FORWARD THE DETAILS OF THESE CSES TO THE
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 04 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE LOCAL
OFFICIALS CRITICIZED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
FOR NOT ACCEPTING THEIR INVITATIONS TO VISIT TOWNS
AND VILLAGES UNDER JNA OCCUPATION WHERE CROATS ARE
IN A MINORITY.
7. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIALS' REPORT, IN THE
OBROVAC COMMUNITY, 11 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 10
CITIZENS WERE IMPRISONED AND 4 ARE STILL BEING
HELD IN CUSTODY IN KNIN. ALL CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN
THOSE AND SURROUNDING TOWNS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AS
WELL AS THE HOMES OF 800 FAMILIES. FROM THE
OBROVAC COMMUNITY, OUT OF 3,640 CROATS, 3,430 HAVE
BEEN EXPELLED. ONLY ONE CROATIAN WORKER IS
EMPLOYED IN OBROVAC.
8. IN THE BENKOVAC COMMUNITY THE SITUATION IS
EVEN WORSE. SINCE JULY 1991, 58 PERSONS OF
CROATIAN NATIONALITY HAVE BEEN KILLED OR BEEN
REPORTED MISSING. ALL OF THE HOUSES IN EIGHT
VILLAGES IN THE BENKOVAC COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED. IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY OF THE
BENKOVAC REGION, 10,000 CROATS HAVE BEEN
EXPELLED. LOCAL CROATIAN OFFICIALS ALLEGE THAT
UNCLASSIFIED
NN
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 01 ZAGREB 00395 03 OF 03 131457Z
ACTION EUR-01
INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 CTME-00 C-01 DODE-00
ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 EXME-00 EXIM-06 E-01
FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01
JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01
OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03
SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20
TRSE-00 T-01 /108W
-------------- 1A4375 131457Z /38
O 131455Z MAR 92
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0592
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE
USIA WASHDC 1297
USDOC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMCONSUL MILAN
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMCONSUL MUNICH
AMEMBASSY PARIS
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00395 03 OF 03 131457Z
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO 1540
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0756
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0231
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 00395
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
SERBS FROM KNIN, SIBENIK AND SERBIA HAVE MOVED
INTO MANY OF THE ABANDONED HOUSES. BEFORE THE
WAR, 4,436 WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE BENKOVAC
COMMUNITY, OF WHICH 435 WERE CROATS. TODAY ONLY 7
CROATS ARE STILL WORKING THERE. CROAT LEADERS
CLAIM THAT THE OTHERS WERE DISMISSED FROM THEIR
JOBS AND THUS COMPELLED TO ABANDON THEIR PLACE OF
RESIDENCE.
-
WORLD BANK DELEGATION VISITS ZAGREB
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00395 03 OF 03 131457Z
9. THE CROATIAN DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, ZLATKO MALESA,
RECEIVED ON MARCH 12 A DELEGATION FROM THE WORLD
BANK. THE CROATIAN PRESS OF MARCH 13 REPORTED
THAT THE DELEGATION MEMBERS EXPRESSED GREAT
INTEREST IN THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS AND THE
POSSIBILITIES AND CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN CAPITAL
INVESTMENT. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BANK OFFERED
TO SEND TWO EXPERTS TO CROATIA TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE PREPARATION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
EINIK
UNCLASSIFIED
NN
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
-
SUMMARY
---
1. THE CROATIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE
PROPOSED LAW ON THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA,
NOTING THAT PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF TV AND RADIO
STATIONS WOULD BE PERMITTED IF THE LAW AS DRAFTED
IS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN ASSEMBLY. SLOVENE
DEFENSE MINISTER JANEZ JANSA HAS PRAISED THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE UN FORCES, BUT ALSO CAUTIONED
THAT JNA DEMOBILIZATION WOULD NOT END THE THREAT
OF FUTURE JNA AGGRESSION. LOCAL CROATIAN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z
OFFICIALS FROM AREAS AROUND KNIN HAVE DISCLOSED
DETAILS OF ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF CROATS IN THAT
REGION. THEY CLAIM THAT THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN
FORCED FROM JOBS AND HOMES BY SERB CIVILIAN AND
MILITARY OFFICIALS. LOOKING TOWARD
RECONSTRUCTION, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS
RECEIVED A DELEGATION FROM THE WORLD BANK TO
DISCUSS PRIVATIZATION AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT. END
SUMMARY.
MORE ON THE NEW PRESS LAW
---
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLSSIFIED
PAGE 04 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z
2. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE REPORTED YESTERDAY, THE
NEW DRAFT LAW ON THE PRESS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ASSEMBLY ALLOWS
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE
ASSISTANT TO THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, IGOR
MRDOLJAS, EXPLAINED THAT THE PRIVATE BROADCAST
MEDIA "WILL NOT COMPETE WITH THE STATE OWNED RADIO
AND TV." ACCORDING.TO MRDOLJAS, IT WILL BE A
PARALLEL MODEL BASED ON THE SYSTEM USED IN ITALY.
3. THE PROPOSED NEW LAW ALSO CALLS FOR LARGE
FINANCIAL PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED ON PUBLIC
OFFICIALS FOR NON-DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
TO JOURNALISTS.
-
SLOVENE DEFENSE MINISTER WELCOMES THE ARRIVAL OF
THE UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES
4. DURING A MARCH 13 PRESS CONFERENCE IN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 05 ZAGREB 00395 01 OF 03 131455Z
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENE DEFENSE MINISTER JANEZ JANSA
STATED THAT THE ARRIVAL OF UNPROFOR UNITS WILL
INCREASE THE SECURITY OF SLOVENE TERRITORY. THE
SLOVENE OFFICIAL SPECULATED THAT UN FORCES COULD
REMAIN IN YUGOSLAVIA SEVERAL YEARS AND OPINED THAT
THEIR DEPARTURE WILL DEPEND UPON THE OUTCOME OF
THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
UNCLASSIFIED
NN
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 01 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
ACTION EUR-01
INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 CTME-00 C-01 DODE-00
ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 EXME-00 EXIM-06 E-01
FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01
JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01
OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03
SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20
TRSE-00 T-01 /108W
-------------- 1A4346 131456Z /38
O 131455Z MAR 92
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0591
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE
USIA WASHDC 1296
USDOC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMCONSUL MILAN
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMCONSUL MUNICH
AMEMBASSY PARIS
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO 1539
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0755
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0230
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 00395
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
5. JANSA EXPRESSED SKEPTICISM CONCERNING THE
DEMOBILIZATION OF JNA SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS IN THE
OCCUPIED TERRITORY OF CROATIA. HE TOLD
JOURNALISTS THAT THESE DEMOBILIZED UNITS COULD BE
EASILY REACTIVATED, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UN FORCES
LEVE THE TERRITORY. ACCORDING TO THE PRESS
ACCOUNTS, JANSA STATED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR
GETTING THE JNA PERMANENTLY OUT OF B-H IS
RECOGNITION. JANSA EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT A
COMPLETE JNA WITHDRAWAL FROM B-H WOULD HAVE A
SALUTARY EFFECT ON THE SITUATION IN THE KNIN
KRAJINA. JANSA CLAIMED THAT THE SLOVENIAN SIDE
HAD WARNED THE UN AND CARRINGTON THAT JNA
DEMOBILIZATION WILL NOT ALLEVIATE THE THREAT OF
FUTURE JNA AGGRESSION.
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
CROATS THREATENED IN CROATIA
--------------
6. LOCAL CROATIAN OFFICIALS FROM OBROVAC AND
BENKOVAC, TWO PREDOMINANTLY SERBIAN TOWNS NEAR
KNIN, ADDRESSED A LETTER TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE CROATIAN
ASSEMBLY. THEY DESCRIBED CRIMES WHICH HAD
OCCURRED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR TO CROATS
LIVING IN THE REGION. THEY ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO
FORWARD THE DETAILS OF THESE CSES TO THE
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 04 ZAGREB 00395 02 OF 03 131455Z
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE LOCAL
OFFICIALS CRITICIZED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
FOR NOT ACCEPTING THEIR INVITATIONS TO VISIT TOWNS
AND VILLAGES UNDER JNA OCCUPATION WHERE CROATS ARE
IN A MINORITY.
7. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIALS' REPORT, IN THE
OBROVAC COMMUNITY, 11 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 10
CITIZENS WERE IMPRISONED AND 4 ARE STILL BEING
HELD IN CUSTODY IN KNIN. ALL CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN
THOSE AND SURROUNDING TOWNS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AS
WELL AS THE HOMES OF 800 FAMILIES. FROM THE
OBROVAC COMMUNITY, OUT OF 3,640 CROATS, 3,430 HAVE
BEEN EXPELLED. ONLY ONE CROATIAN WORKER IS
EMPLOYED IN OBROVAC.
8. IN THE BENKOVAC COMMUNITY THE SITUATION IS
EVEN WORSE. SINCE JULY 1991, 58 PERSONS OF
CROATIAN NATIONALITY HAVE BEEN KILLED OR BEEN
REPORTED MISSING. ALL OF THE HOUSES IN EIGHT
VILLAGES IN THE BENKOVAC COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED. IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY OF THE
BENKOVAC REGION, 10,000 CROATS HAVE BEEN
EXPELLED. LOCAL CROATIAN OFFICIALS ALLEGE THAT
UNCLASSIFIED
NN
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 01 ZAGREB 00395 03 OF 03 131457Z
ACTION EUR-01
INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 CTME-00 C-01 DODE-00
ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 EXME-00 EXIM-06 E-01
FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01
JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01
OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 RP-10 SCT-03
SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20
TRSE-00 T-01 /108W
-------------- 1A4375 131457Z /38
O 131455Z MAR 92
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0592
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE
USIA WASHDC 1297
USDOC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LISBON
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMCONSUL MILAN
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMCONSUL MUNICH
AMEMBASSY PARIS
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00395 03 OF 03 131457Z
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO 1540
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0756
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0231
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 00395
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
SUBJECT: ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
SERBS FROM KNIN, SIBENIK AND SERBIA HAVE MOVED
INTO MANY OF THE ABANDONED HOUSES. BEFORE THE
WAR, 4,436 WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE BENKOVAC
COMMUNITY, OF WHICH 435 WERE CROATS. TODAY ONLY 7
CROATS ARE STILL WORKING THERE. CROAT LEADERS
CLAIM THAT THE OTHERS WERE DISMISSED FROM THEIR
JOBS AND THUS COMPELLED TO ABANDON THEIR PLACE OF
RESIDENCE.
-
WORLD BANK DELEGATION VISITS ZAGREB
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00395 03 OF 03 131457Z
9. THE CROATIAN DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, ZLATKO MALESA,
RECEIVED ON MARCH 12 A DELEGATION FROM THE WORLD
BANK. THE CROATIAN PRESS OF MARCH 13 REPORTED
THAT THE DELEGATION MEMBERS EXPRESSED GREAT
INTEREST IN THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS AND THE
POSSIBILITIES AND CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN CAPITAL
INVESTMENT. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BANK OFFERED
TO SEND TWO EXPERTS TO CROATIA TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE PREPARATION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
EINIK
UNCLASSIFIED
NN