PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RESPONDS TO AKASHI ON THE SIX POINTS FROM KNIN NEGOTIATIONS

UNCLASSIFIED ZAGREB 02881 SIPDIS SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// UNCLAS ZAGREB 002881 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR A/S HOLBROOKE USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: SUBJECT: PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RESPONDS TO AKASHI ON THE SIX POINTS FROM KNIN NEGOTIATIONS FOLLOWING IS THE HINA TRANSLATION OF PRESIDENT TUDJMAN'S RESPONSE TO THE SIX POINTS NEGOTIATED IN KNIN BY UNPF YASUSHI AKASHI. BEGIN TEXT: YOUR EXCELLENCY, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FAX WHICH I RECEIVED AT 9:30 PM TODAY ENCLOSING PROPOSALS BY THE REBEL SERB LEADERSHIP IN KNIN, I STATE THE FOLLOWING: ¶1. IT IS SURPRISING THAT YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF UNCRO -- THE UNITED NATIONS' PEACE KEEPING FORCES, WHICH UNDER THAT NAME GOT THE MANDATE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA BY A UN RESOLUTION, WHILE YOU MENTION THE KNIN LEADERSHIP AND RSK; ¶2. WE FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT UNCRO BE DEPLOYED ONLY ALONG THE BORDER TOWARDS THE BIHAC POCKET. OUR DEMAND WAS AND STILL IS THAT UNCRO TAKE OVER THE CONTROL OF THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BORDERS BETWEEN THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02881 311645Z REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA, BUT AT THE SAME TIME BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND SERBIA, THAT IS, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA. THIS REPRESENTS A BURNING ISSUE IN THE LIGHT OF NEW DEPLOYMENT OF YUGOSLAV ARMY TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE DANUBE RIVER; ¶3. IN CONNECTION WITH THE ITEM NUMBER 2, WE REFUSE THAT UN MILITARY OBSERVERS FOR BORDER CONTROL BE DEPLOYED ONLY IN THE AREA OF MT. DINARA. ¶4. REBEL SERB LEADERS AGAIN WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OVER UN AND UNCRO WHICH CAN BE SEEN FROM THEIR PROPOSAL TO LET HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOYS ENTER BIHAC ONLY IF AT THE SAME TIME THEY RECEIVE HUMANITARIAN AID. ¶5. SUCH PROPOSALS ARE NO BASIS FOR A PEACEFUL REINTEGRATION AND DO NOT CONTAIN ANSWERS TO ANY OF THE CONDITIONS I MADE DURING THE TALKS WITH YOU ON SATURDAY, 29 JULY, 1995, WHEN I EXPLICITLY SAID THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CROATIAN REBEL SERBS COULD START UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: A) THE CROATIAN AUTHORITIES SHALL NOT CONDUCT TALKS WITH MILAN MARTIC, WHO WAS PUT BY THE INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IN DEN HAGUE ON THE LIST OF WAR CRIMINALS, AS WELL AS WITH NO OTHER PERSON SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF B) DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS SHALL BE CONDUCTED ON THE OPENING OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS WHICH RUN THROUGH THE OCCUPIED AREAS, ESPECIALLY OF THE ZAGREB-KNIN-SPLIT UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 02881 311645Z RAILWAY C) AT THE SAME TIME, TALKS ON THE IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CROATIAN CONSTITUTION ON THE OCCUPIED AREAS SHALL BEGIN, AS WELL AS THE TALKS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT ON SERB ETHNIC COMMUNITY'S RIGHTS. ¶6. ONLY ON THESE BASES IS IT POSSIBLE TO REACH A PEACEFUL SOLUTION AND START THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CROATIAN AUTHORITIES AND THE CROATIAN REBEL SERBS. END TEXT. GALBRAITH UNCLASSIFIED NNNN