CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8

CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB 01796 SIPDIS AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// AMEMBASSY BELGRADE NATO EU COLLECTIVE SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 SIPDIS STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: SUBJECT: CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 ¶1. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶2. ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH LED A GROUP THROUGH FORMER SECTOR WEST TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, NOVA GRADISKA, AND PAKRAC. AT THE MONUMENT IN JASENOVAC COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP THERE, THE AMBASSADOR LAID A WREATH. THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH LOCAL SERB LEADERS IN PAKRAC WHO SAID THAT THE MAIN ISSUE NOW IS HOW TO OBTAIN GUARANTEES OF THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE SERB POPULATION OF CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01796 01 OF 04 091748Z WESTERN SLAVONIA, SO THAT REMAINING SERBS CAN BE CONVINCED TO STAY. THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY ALSO VISITED A GYMNASIUM IN NOVA GRADISKA WHERE ABOUT 150-200 MOSTLY ELDERLY (AND PRESUMABLY SERB) DETAINEES FROM THE OKUCANI AREA ARE STILL BEING HELD ON SECURITY GROUNDS. AT THE SAME TIME, PREVIOUSLY DISPLACED CROATS ARE APPARENTLY ALREADY RETURNING TO THE TOWN. SOME SHOPS IN OKUCANI APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN LOOTED SINCE THE MAY 5 VISIT BY POLOFF AND DATT. END SUMMARY. ¶3. ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH, POLOFFS, DAO, PAO, AND APPROXIMATELY 30 MEMBERS OF THE ZAGREB PRESS CORPS DROVE THROUGH FORMER SECTOR WEST, TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, NOVA GRADISKA AND PAKRAC. THE FOCUS OF THE TRIP WAS PEACEFUL REINTEGRATION, SPECIFICALLY, GOC TREATMENT OF THE SERB POPULATION AND MILITARY PRISONERS. IT BEGAN WITH A TOUR OF JASENOVAC, A NOW NEARLY DESERTED TOWN WHICH WAS THE LOCATION OF THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP RUN BY THE FASCIST GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA DURING WORLD WAR II. THE AMBASSADOR LAID A WREATH, ACCOMPANIED RY PROMINENT CROATIAN SERB MILORAD PUPOVAC (WHO HAD COME AT THE AMBASSADOR'S INVITATION). -------------- -- LOCAL SERB OFFICIALS IN PAKRAC TELL THEIR STORY -------------- -- ¶4. THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH VELJKO DJAKULA AND OBRAD IVANOVIC, LOCAL SERB LEADERS IN PAKRAC WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY THE CROATS LAST WEEK AND THEN RELEASED. (NOTE: DJAKULA, A SERB MODERATE, WAS ONE OF THE SIGNERS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01796 01 OF 04 091748Z OF THE DARUVAR AGREEMENT IN 1993 WHICH, HAD IT NOT BEEN LOCKED BY KNIN AND BELGRADE, WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT MODEST ECONOMIC COOPERATION RETWEEN ZAGREB AND THE SECTOR WEST SERBS. IVANOVIC WAS THE MAYOR OF SERB-OCCUPIED PAKRAC. DJAKULA SAID HIS MAIN OBJECTIVE AT PRESENT WAS TO OBTAIN GUARANTEES OF THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE SERB POPULATION OF WESTERN SLAVONIA. HE SAID THAT SERBS ARE READY TO PEACEFULLY REINTEGRATE INTO CROATIA IF THE GOC SHOWS THAT IT IS READY TO CARRY OUT THIS GOAL PEACEFULLY. ON THAT POINT, DJAKULA WAS DOUBTFUL, GIVEN EXPERIENCES SO FAR. ¶5. DJAKULA DESCRIBED EVENTS DURING THE HV OFFENSIVE AND ACCUSED THE ARMY OF BREAKING PRIOR AGREEMENTS TO AVOID HOSTILITIES. HE SAID THAT, AFTER ARTILLERY FIRE BEGAN EARLY MAY 1, SERBS IN PAKRAC TOOK WEAPONS FROM THE COLLECTION SITES, BUT WERE ORDERED NOT TO RETURN FIRE. THEY REQUESTED A CEASEFIRE WITH THE HV THROUGH THE UN AND LATER THAT MORNING AGREED TO TURN OVER THEIR SMALL ARMS WITHIN 24 HOURS AND REMAINING HEAVY WEAPONS IN 4 DAYS. REPEATED REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS TO FINALIZE THE WRITTEN GUARANTEES, HOWEVER, WERE DELAYED RY THE CROATS UNTIL AROUND 1400 HOURS WHEN ARTILLERY FIRE ERUPTED FROM ALL SIDES. THE SERBS HAD NO CHOICE RUT TO SURRENDER. THE HV CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ5768 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ5768 PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01796 02 OF 04 091827Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 ARA-01 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 OASY-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FBIE-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-10 LAB-01 L-01 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-01 PM-00 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 SA-01 SNIS-00 NISC-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRME-01 PRMC-01 DRL-09 G-00 /036W -------------- C3CB55 091827Z /38 O 091845Z MAY 95 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5707 INFO CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J21// COM SIXTHFLT//N2// NSC WASHDC AMCONSUL MUNICH JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK USLO SKOPJE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY PRAGUE AMEMBASSY AMMAN AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01796 02 OF 04 091827Z AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// AMEMBASSY BELGRADE NATO EU COLLECTIVE SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 SIPDIS STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: SUBJECT: CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 ARRESTED "ARSK" TROOPS AND TOOK THEM TO HOLDING AREAS. ¶6. SERB LEADERS DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THEIR FIGHTERS WERE TAKEN AND WHERE, OR HOW MANY WERE CASUALTIES. ALLEGATIONS OF MASSACRES WERE GETTING WIDE PLAY AMONG THE SERB POPULATION, ACCORDING TO DJAKULA. IN MANY CASES, SERB FAMILIES DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN ROUNDED UP RY CROATIAN FORCES. DJAKULA CLAIMED GUNFIRE IN THE PAKRAC AREA CONTINUED SPORADICALLY. SERBS WERE SCARED THAT THOSE WHO SURRENDERED WERE BEING SHOT BY CROAT SOLDIERS EXACTING REVENGE. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01796 02 OF 04 091827Z ¶7. DJAKULA CLAIMED TO HAVE HEARD THAT THE UN WAS INVESTIGATING WAR CRIMES IN THE AREA. HE ALSO REPORTED ONE INCIDENT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT IN WHICH A TRUCK SEEKING TO FLEE AT NIGHT FROM ADVANCING CROATIAN FORCES HAD BEEN FIRED UPON AND 7 OF ITS EIGHT OCCUPANTS KILLED. THE AMBASSADOR IN TURN INFORMED HIM OF THE INCIDENT NEAR THE SAVA RIVER BRIDGE WHERE A GROUP OF CIVILIANS HAD BEEN KILLED UNDER AS YET TO BE EXPLAINED CIRCUMSTANCES. DJAKULA HAD APPARENTLY NOT YET HEARD OF THE INCIDENT. HE CITED A SEPARATE CASE WHERE A SMALL NUMBER OF CIVILIANS WERE KILLED BY AN HV PATROL. ¶8. THE AMBASSADOR ASSURED DJAKULA THE USG WOULD DO ITS BEST TO INVESTIGATE BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS. THE AMBASSADOR AND DJAKULA AGREED THAT UNHCR AND ICRC SHOULD BE MONITORING RELEASES. ADDITIONALLY, DJAKULA STATED THAT THERE WERE A FEW PROMINENT LOCAL SERBS IN JAIL IN BJELOVAR: MLADEN KULIC, COLONEL HARAMBASIC, SAVO RADOSEVIC. HE SAID HE HAD HEARD THAT KULIC HAD BEEN BEATEN. (NOTE: EMBASSY WILL MAKE A FOLLOWUP VISIT MAY 9 TO SEE THESE INDIVIDUALS--AS WELL AS OTHER DETAINEES. REFCOORD WILL ALSO BE CHECKING WITH UNHCR AND ICRC TO SEE WHETHER THEY ARE MONITORING THE STATUS OF RELEASED PRISONERS.) ¶9. INFLUENTIAL CROATIAN SERB LEADER MILORAD PUPOVAC ALSO ATTENDED THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DJAKULA. PUPOVAC SAID THAT A NUMBER OF ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ZAGREB TO BUILD CONFIDENCE WITH ITS SERB COMMUNITY. --DETAINEES, WHETHER CIVILIAN OR MILITARY, MUST BE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01796 02 OF 04 091827Z RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES. --THE HV MUST WITHDRAW AND BE REPLACED BY AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE. --THE DISCUSSION ON HOW TO GUARANTEE SERB RIGHTS MUST BE STARTED NOW. --SERBS MUST BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH CROATIAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND WHAT IT OFFERS THEM. --SERBS IN FORMER SECTOR WEST NEED TO FORGE STRONG TIES TO SERBS IN THE REST OF CROATIA. --THE GOC MUST SHOW THAT IT RESPECTS ITS OWN LAWS AND APPLIES THEM FAIRLY TO THE SERB COMMUNITY. ¶10. THE AMBASSADOR ASKED WHAT KIND OF GUARANTEES SERBS WOULD NEED TO CONVINCE THEM TO STAY IN CROATIA. DJAKULA SUGGESTED A CONTINUING INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND EVENTUALLY SOME KIND OF AUTONOMY UNDER A POLITICAL SOLUTION. SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA WOULD CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON UNHCR AND ECMM AS GUARANTORS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD DJAKULA THAT THE U.S. SUPPORTS A CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ5769 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ5769 PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01796 03 OF 04 091827Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 ARA-01 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 OASY-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FBIE-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-10 LAB-01 L-01 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-01 PM-00 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 SA-01 SNIS-00 NISC-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRME-01 PRMC-01 DRL-09 G-00 /036W -------------- C3CB5B 091828Z /38 O 091845Z MAY 95 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5708 INFO CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J21// COM SIXTHFLT//N2// NSC WASHDC AMCONSUL MUNICH JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK USLO SKOPJE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY PRAGUE AMEMBASSY AMMAN AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01796 03 OF 04 091827Z AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// AMEMBASSY BELGRADE NATO EU COLLECTIVE SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 SIPDIS STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: SUBJECT: CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 CONTINUED UNCRO PRESENCE IN THE SECTOR ALONGSIDE CIVIL CROATIAN AUTHORITIES. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE SECTOR SHOULD BE DEMILITARIZED ONCE SECURITY HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED. DATT NOTED THAT THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY WAS FORCED TO DETOUR BETWEEN NOVSKA AND OKUCANI BECAUSE OF A FIREFIGHT AND ASKED IF DJAKULA KNEW OF ANY SERB UNITS STILL OPERATING IN THE AREA, BECAUSE THAT WOULD PROVIDE A PRETEXT FOR A CONTINUED HV PRESENCE. DJAKULA KNEW OF NO ORGANIZED RESISTANCE AND SUGGESTED THERE WERE STILL INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AFRAID TO SURRENDER. ¶11. THE AMBASSADOR ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN DISPLACED CROATS RETURNED TO CLAIM THEIR LAND AND HOW CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01796 03 OF 04 091827Z DJAKULA THOUGHT THE URGE TO TAKE REVENGE COULD BE STEMMED. DJAKULA BELIEVED THAT FEAR AND SELF-INTEREST WOULD BALANCE EACH OTHER AND BRING PEACE. SERBS WHO WILLINGLY RETURNED TO THE AREA WOULD NOT COME BACK TO MAKE TROUBLE, BUT BY NECESSITY WOULD BE COMMITTED TO SOLVING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, DJAKULA SAID HE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO TELL PEOPLE TO RETURN OR STAY BECAUSE HE WOULD BE BLAMED IF ANYBODY WAS MISTREATED. HE COULD NOT TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADING THE COMMUNITY INTO THE UNKNOWN BECAUSE EVERY WRONG STEP WOULD BE USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES BY KNIN, PALE, AND ZAGREB. SERBS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES INDIVIDUALLY. ULTIMATELY, MOST PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO REMAIN, BUT THE SERBS NEEDED A COOLING OFF PERIOD. WHAT DJAKULA TERMED "PRESSURE" BY THE GOC ON PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION IMMEDIATELY ON WHETHER THEY WERE STAYING OR GOING WAS EXCESSIVE. (NOTE: ACCORDING TO DJAKULA, 95 PERCENT OF THE SERBS IN THE PAKRAC AREA HAVE STAYED IN THEIR HOMES.) ONLY WHEN GUARANTEES THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WOULD BE PROTECTED WERE DEMONSTRATED WOULD HE MAKE A DECISION ABOUT TAKING HIS OWN CROATIAN CITIZENSHIP PAPERS. -------------- ELDERLY DETAINEES STILL HELD -------------- ¶12. THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY VISITED A GYMNASIUM IN NOVA GRADISKA WHICH IS SERVING TO HOLD ABOUT 150-200 MOSTLY ELDERLY DETAINEES FROM THE OKUCANI AREA. UNLIKE THE POPULATION OF PAKRAC, PEOPLE IN OKUCANI WERE ROUNDED UP CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01796 03 OF 04 091827Z AND TAKEN TO DETENTION CENTERS. POLOFF TALKED TO A FEW OF THE DETAINEES WHO SAID THEY HAD BEEN WELL TREATED BY POLICE AND RECEIVED GOOD FOOD AND MEDICAL CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. WHILE WE WERE AT THE SITE, RELIEF WORKERS WERE BRINGING IN FRESH BREAD. THESE DETAINEES WERE, HOWEVER, BORED AND WANTED TO GO HOME; THEY HAD NO IDEA WHEN THE POLICE WOULD LET THEM LEAVE. AT LEAST A FEW WERE UNCERTAIN WHETHER THEY WOULD ACCEPT THE GOC OFFER TO REMAIN IN CROATIA OR LEAVE FOR BOSNIAN SERB TERRITORY. IN CONTRAST TO THE ELDERLY SERBS STILL BEING DETAINED, FORMERLY DISPLACED CROATS REPORTEDLY ARE ALREADY BEING RETURNED TO OKUCANI TO REPAIR AND REOPEN BUSINESSES. -------------- LOOTING IN OKUCANI -------------- ¶13. WHEN POLOFF AND DATT VISITED OKUCANI ON MAY 5, THEY NOTED SOME INSTANCES OF LOOTING. BY MAY 8, HOWEVER, SHOPS THAT EARLIER HAD BEEN LARGELY UNTOUCHED APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN LOOTED. THEY HAD HAD THEIR WINDOWS BROKEN OUT IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH SHELLFIRE, SHELVES WERE STRIPPED, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL LITTERED THE FLOORS. CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ5770 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ5770 PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01796 04 OF 04 091828Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 ARA-01 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 OASY-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FBIE-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-10 LAB-01 L-01 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 PA-01 PM-00 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 SA-01 SNIS-00 NISC-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRME-01 PRMC-01 DRL-09 G-00 /036W -------------- C3CB5F 091828Z /38 O 091845Z MAY 95 FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5709 INFO CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN// HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J21// COM SIXTHFLT//N2// NSC WASHDC AMCONSUL MUNICH JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK USLO SKOPJE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY PRAGUE AMEMBASSY AMMAN AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01796 04 OF 04 091828Z AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// AMEMBASSY BELGRADE NATO EU COLLECTIVE SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 04 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 SIPDIS STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: SUBJECT: CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 DESPITE THE LOOTING, ONE OLD WOMAN THE AMBASSADOR TALKED WITH TRIED TO SPREAD THE BLAME. SHE SAID THAT AFTER THE INITIAL ARTILLERY FIRE, RESIDENTS TOOK EVERYTHING THEY COULD. WHEN ASKED IF HV TROOPS LOOTED ANY OF THE STORES, SHE REPLIED THAT EVERYONE DID. -------------- COMMENT -------------- ¶14. THIS VISIT BROUGHT TO LIGHT SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE EARLY CROATIAN SENSITIVITY IN HANDLING DETAINEES MAY BE ERODING. THE REFUSAL TO LET OLD MEN AND WOMEN BACK TO CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01796 04 OF 04 091828Z THEIR HOMES AFTER BEING HELD ALMOST A WEEK IS INEXCUSABLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT CROATS ARE RETURNING FROM OUTSIDE THE SECTOR TO OPEN BUSINESSES. MOREOVER, THE FRESH LOOTING IN OKUCANI, IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS LITTLE OR NO RESIDENT CIVILIAN POPULATION REMAINING, SUGGESTS AT THE VERY LEAST A DEGREE OF LAXNESS, PERHAPS EVEN ACQUIESCENCE, ON THE PART OF SOME CIVIL AND MILITARY POLICE. GALBRAITH CONFIDENTIAL NNNN