CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 00557 SIPDIS USUN PLEASE PASS TO SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY, CYRUS VANCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PREL SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY, CYRUS VANCE ¶1. PER SEPTEL, THERE FOLLOWS THE ENGLISH TEXT OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO CYRUS VANCE, THE SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY. ¶2. BEGIN TEXT: UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00557 01 OF 02 141422Z CYRUS R. VANCE PERSONAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS YOUR EXCELLENCY: THE NUMBER OF CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS AND ESCALATING ATTACKS ON CROATIAN CITIES AND VILLAGES, AS WELL AS EXPULSIONS OF REMAINING CROATIAN AND NON-SERBIAN POPULATIONS FROM THE OCCUPIED AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, IS ASSUMING ALARMING PROPORTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR FEARS ABOUT THE WAR SPREADING TO NEIGHBOURING BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA HAVE BEEN REALIZED. THERE, THE SAME SCENARIO AND THE SAME TERRITORIAL PRETENSIONS ARE BEING INFLICTED UPON THE CROATIAN AND MOSLEM POPULATIONS. HORRIBLE CRIMES ARE BEING PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM AND THEY ARE BEING EXPELLED FROM THEIR HOMES IN ORDER TO ETHNICALLY "PURIFY" THE TERRITORY FOR A GREATER SERBIA. THESE ACTIONS UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS ENDANGER THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES, THE PEACE CONFERENCE ON YUGOSLAVIA, AND STABILITY IN THIS PART OF EUROPE. THE ALREADY-EXISTING 600,000 REFUGEES IN CROATIA HAVE BEEN JOINED IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS BY 65,000 MORE FROM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, AND THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING DAILY. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS DOING ALL POSSIBLE TO ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00557 01 OF 02 141422Z BY THIS SENSELESS WAR, BUT DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED AND THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES WITHIN CROATIA, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO RESOLVE THE HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA WITHOUT YOUR AID. WE APPEAL TO YOU TO USE YOUR PERSONAL INFLUENCE AND THE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION YOUR COUNTRY ENJOYS TO ACTIVATE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNDERTAKE ENERGETIC MEASURES AGAINST SERBIA, MONTENEGRO AND THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY, IN ORDER TO BRING TO A PERMANENT END THE AGGRESSION AND DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR HALTING THE AGGRESSION AGAINST THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATES OF CROATIA AND BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BE APPLIED. MORE CONCRETELY, IT IS NECESSARY TO SPEED UP THE DEPLOYMENT DATE ENVISIONED FOR THE PEACEKEEPING TROOPS AND THE RETREAT OF THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY FROM THE ENTIRE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA; TO LIFT ALL AIR, SEA AND LAND BLOCKADES; AND TO GUARANTEE THE RETURN OF ALL REFUGEES. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONSIDER A PEACE-KEEPING PLAN AND OPERATION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. IT IS ALSO IMPERATIVE TO CONCLUDE THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONALLY DE-RECOGNIZING YUGOSLAVIA. YOUR EXCELLENCY, THE EFFORTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO POLITICALLY RESOLVE THE CRISIS ON THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 00557 01 OF 02 141422Z TERRITORY OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAVE THUS FAR NOT BORNE FRUIT. ON THE CONTRARY, SERBIA, MONTENEGRO, AND THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR VIOLENCE TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE CONVENING OF TALKS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS UNCLASSIFIED NNNN ADP408 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 00557 02 OF 02 141422Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 C-01 DODE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-02 SCT-03 SNP-01 SP-01 SSO-00 SS-01 TRSE-00 T-01 USIE-00 /053W -------------- 26FBBA 141423Z /38 O 141313Z APR 92 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0745 AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 00557 SIPDIS USUN PLEASE PASS TO SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY, CYRUS VANCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PREL SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY, CYRUS VANCE BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS. IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER OTHER MEANS, IN ADDITION TO ALREADY EXISTING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE, IN ORDER TO HALT THE AGGRESSION AND TO GUARANTEE INTERNATIONAL PEACE, AS ENVISIONED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00557 02 OF 02 141422Z YOUR EXCELLENCY, IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND PEACE BETWEEN NATIONS AND PEOPLES, FOR WHICH YOU HAVE INTERCEDED, I APPEAL TO YOU TO DO ALL IN YOUR POWER AND IN THE POWER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HALT THE BARBARIC AGGRESSION AND PREVENT FURTHER DESTRUCTION OF ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE DEATH AND SUFFERING OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS, INNOCENT AND WEAK ELDERLY CITIZENS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. IN THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY UNDERTAKE EFFECTIVE AND DECISIVE MEASURES, PLEASE ACCEPT, YOUR EXCELLENCY, THE EXPRESSION OF MY DEEPEST RESPECT. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA DR. FRANJO TUDJMAN ZAGREB, APRIL 13, 1992 END TEXT. E I NI K UNCLASSIFIED NNNN