CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 00558 SIPDIS E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PREL SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH ¶1. THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT THE MORNING OF APRIL 14 CALLED IN THE DIPLOMATIC CORP TO EXPRESS ITS CONCERN OVER EVENTS IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S CHIEF OF CABINET, HRVOJE SARINIC, DELIVERED LETTERS (WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS) APPEALING TO WORLD LEADERS TO TAKE ACTION TO "END THE AGGRESSION AND DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE." ¶2. BELOW IS THE LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT BUSH. BEGIN TEXT: UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00558 01 OF 02 141320Z PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: 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 UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM AND THEY ARE BEING EXPELLED FROM THEIR HOMES IN ORDER TO ETHNICALLY "PURIFY" THE TERRITORY FOR A GREATER SERBIA. THESE ACTIONS 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 00558 01 OF 02 141320Z 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. HONOURABLE MR. PRESIDENT, THE EFFORTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO POLITICALLY RESOLVE THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 00558 01 OF 02 141320Z CRISIS ON THE TERRITORY OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAVE THUS FAR NOT BORNE FRUIT. ON THE CONTRARY, SERBIA, UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS MONTENEGRO, AND THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR VIOLENCE TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IN ORDER UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 00558 02 OF 02 141320Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 C-01 DODE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 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 /032W -------------- 26F2FD 141321Z /38 O 141317Z APR 92 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0747 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 00558 SIPDIS E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PREL SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TO PREVENT THE CONVENING OF TALKS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF 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. MR. PRESIDENT, IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00558 02 OF 02 141320Z 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, HONOURABLE MR. PRESIDENT, THE EXPRESSION OF MY DEEPEST RESPECT. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA DR. FRANJO TUDJMAN ZAGREB, APRIL 13, 1992 END TEXT. ¶3. BY SEPTEL, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT, WE ARE TRANSMITTING THE LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY, CYRUS VANCE, TO US UN FOR DELIVERY TO MR. VANCE. THE ORIGINAL LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND FORMER SECRETARY VANCE WILL BE POUCHED TO THE DEPARTMENT. EINIK UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00558 02 OF 02 141320Z UNCLASSIFIED NNNN