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95ZAGREB3545
1995-09-13 15:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Zagreb
Cable title:
NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 003545
SIPDIS
BELGRADE FOR AMB. HOLBROOKE
E.O. 12356:DECL:9/13/10
TAGS: PREF MOPS BS HR
SUBJECT: NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA
OF OPERATIONS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 003545
SIPDIS
BELGRADE FOR AMB. HOLBROOKE
E.O. 12356:DECL:9/13/10
TAGS: PREF MOPS BS HR
SUBJECT: NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA
OF OPERATIONS
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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1. (C) - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. UNCRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS UK COL.
WILLIAMS PULLED DCM ASIDE SEPTEMBER 13 AT A BRIEFING FOR
THE NEW UN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CELL, SET UP IN RESPONSE
TO THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS IN CROATIA AND
BOSNIA. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT HV AND HVO GAINS OF
THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE CREATED A LARGE AREA IN WESTERN
BOSNIA THAT IS EFFECTIVELY DEVOID OF UN OBSERVER
PRESENCE, AND WHICH MAY BECOME THE SOURCE OF NEW LARGE
NUMBERS OF REFUGEES.
3. THE FRONT, ACCORDING TO GOC CLAIMS, NOW RUNS ALONG A
LINE FROM TITOV DRVAR EAST INCLUDING SIPOVO NEARLY TO
JAJCE. BOSNIAN SERB LEADER KARADZIC CONFIRMED ON
TELEVISION SEPTEMBER 12 THAT SIPOVO WAS OCCUPIED.
ACCORDING TO WILLIAMS, UNCRO OBSERVERS ARE NOT ALLOWED
NORTH OF THE LIVNO-PROZOR ROAD FROM THE SOUTH, AND ARE
DENIED ACCESS TO BOSNIA FROM THEIR FOUR OBSERVATION POSTS
LOCATED IN FORMER SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH OF CROATIA.
UNPROFOR FORCES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS FROM THE EAST.
4. THIS MEANS THERE ARE NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN A
LARGE SWATH OF TERRITORY. WILLIAMS ESTIMATED THAT 20,000
NEW REFUGEES MAY SHORTLY EMERGE FROM JAJCE AND SAID THAT
PAST CROATIAN ACTIONS IN SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH CAUSE
FEARS THAT HOSTILE ACTS AGAINST CIVILIANS WILL TAKE PLACE
IN THE NEWLY 'REINTEGRATED' AREAS OF BOSNIA AS WELL.
WILLIAMS SPECULATED THAT THE CROATS MAY CONTINUE TOWARDS
BANJA LUKA AND CAUSE A ROUT OF SERBS IN WESTERN BOSNIA.
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5. SERBS REMAINING IN CROATIA CONTINUE TO HAVE SERIOUS
HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS IN SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH. THE UN
PROVIDED A FULL SUMMARY LISTING INCIDENTS OF KILLINGS AND
HOUSE BURNINGS IN THE KRAJINA REGION TO ZAGREB DIPLOMATS
SEPTEMBER 13 (EMBASSY WILL FAX TO EUR/SCE). NEARLY 800
SERBS REMAIN CONFINEO IN THE UN HEADQUARTERS COMPOUND IN
KNIN, AS A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THEIR LEAVING
FOR SERBIA (MINUS SEVERAL -- FIRST 65, NOW 32 -- OF THEIR
NUMBER CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES) RAN INTO SNAGS FROM
CROATIAN AUTHORITIES.
6. COMMENT; THE UN NEEDS TO BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE
NEWLY-TAKEN AREAS SOONEST TO DOCUMENT WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO THE CIVILIAN POPULATION THERE.
GALBRAITH
CONFIDENTIAL
NNNN
SIPDIS
BELGRADE FOR AMB. HOLBROOKE
E.O. 12356:DECL:9/13/10
TAGS: PREF MOPS BS HR
SUBJECT: NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA
OF OPERATIONS
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 ZAGREB 03545 131559Z
1. (C) - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. UNCRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS UK COL.
WILLIAMS PULLED DCM ASIDE SEPTEMBER 13 AT A BRIEFING FOR
THE NEW UN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CELL, SET UP IN RESPONSE
TO THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS IN CROATIA AND
BOSNIA. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT HV AND HVO GAINS OF
THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE CREATED A LARGE AREA IN WESTERN
BOSNIA THAT IS EFFECTIVELY DEVOID OF UN OBSERVER
PRESENCE, AND WHICH MAY BECOME THE SOURCE OF NEW LARGE
NUMBERS OF REFUGEES.
3. THE FRONT, ACCORDING TO GOC CLAIMS, NOW RUNS ALONG A
LINE FROM TITOV DRVAR EAST INCLUDING SIPOVO NEARLY TO
JAJCE. BOSNIAN SERB LEADER KARADZIC CONFIRMED ON
TELEVISION SEPTEMBER 12 THAT SIPOVO WAS OCCUPIED.
ACCORDING TO WILLIAMS, UNCRO OBSERVERS ARE NOT ALLOWED
NORTH OF THE LIVNO-PROZOR ROAD FROM THE SOUTH, AND ARE
DENIED ACCESS TO BOSNIA FROM THEIR FOUR OBSERVATION POSTS
LOCATED IN FORMER SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH OF CROATIA.
UNPROFOR FORCES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS FROM THE EAST.
4. THIS MEANS THERE ARE NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN A
LARGE SWATH OF TERRITORY. WILLIAMS ESTIMATED THAT 20,000
NEW REFUGEES MAY SHORTLY EMERGE FROM JAJCE AND SAID THAT
PAST CROATIAN ACTIONS IN SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH CAUSE
FEARS THAT HOSTILE ACTS AGAINST CIVILIANS WILL TAKE PLACE
IN THE NEWLY 'REINTEGRATED' AREAS OF BOSNIA AS WELL.
WILLIAMS SPECULATED THAT THE CROATS MAY CONTINUE TOWARDS
BANJA LUKA AND CAUSE A ROUT OF SERBS IN WESTERN BOSNIA.
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PAGE 03 ZAGREB 03545 131559Z
5. SERBS REMAINING IN CROATIA CONTINUE TO HAVE SERIOUS
HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS IN SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH. THE UN
PROVIDED A FULL SUMMARY LISTING INCIDENTS OF KILLINGS AND
HOUSE BURNINGS IN THE KRAJINA REGION TO ZAGREB DIPLOMATS
SEPTEMBER 13 (EMBASSY WILL FAX TO EUR/SCE). NEARLY 800
SERBS REMAIN CONFINEO IN THE UN HEADQUARTERS COMPOUND IN
KNIN, AS A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THEIR LEAVING
FOR SERBIA (MINUS SEVERAL -- FIRST 65, NOW 32 -- OF THEIR
NUMBER CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES) RAN INTO SNAGS FROM
CROATIAN AUTHORITIES.
6. COMMENT; THE UN NEEDS TO BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE
NEWLY-TAKEN AREAS SOONEST TO DOCUMENT WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO THE CIVILIAN POPULATION THERE.
GALBRAITH
CONFIDENTIAL
NNNN