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I OF THE P£RMANEIT MISSION OF YUGOSLAVIA TO TBB UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THt SECURITY COUWCIL I have tbe honour to transmit, enclosed herewith, the statemeQt that I unfortunately could not 4eliver at the meetinq of the SecQrity CouDcil of 19 Septem])er 1992 on the occasion of the ado-ption of x-eaolu.tioll 777 (1992). I should he srateful if you would have this letter and its annez circulated as a 4ocume:ct of the Security Council . . (Sjgned) Draqnmir DJOKIC AIRJ:)ass.ador Charqe d 4 affaire~ a.i. 92-45314 3653e (E) 210QQ2 210992 / ..... - Cl l3B4t:7m99 !='.8f .1.b•·--··C" ...'0 - TC: z_ c;.;c:- 3 4/0 S/24577 E:nqlisb ?age 2 M;nex The Fe~l Republic of Yuqoslavia ia aatonishe~ by the draft resolution before the S~rity Cot~cil and the recommendation to ~h• General ~saembly contained th~in. The provisions of tbe resolution represent a qr~~ preceaent in ~e work of this orqan and the world Organization as & whole. l'he decisio~ thilt the Federal Republic of Yugoslavil'l shall not participate in the work of ~ Gene~al Asaembl~ serio~sl~ threateus the principle of ~niversality ~ the worla Organization and its 4emocratic character as well a& its role of a~ardian of the world peace and a forum for an equal coopa~ation among States ~d peoples. It haa no valid political justification nor le~al qrounds. The adopaon of this resolution at a moment whe~ the Geneva Conference, under the a~~ces of the United Nations and the E~ropean Community. is under vay rai•s seriou.e concerns in req~rc! to the motive of Gueh initiative. the posiao~s put to•wara in the draft resolution actually deny the sovP.rei;n riq~ of th• peoples o£ a co·~try to proGe~ve their owu StaL~ ~au it& i:ternati~ an~ leqal personality in case of a secessiou of a part of a CO'Wltry. Let me ra:all that the Constitution of the :'ederal Jiep·llblic of Yu9oslavia clearly and pmcisel)· plaC.;ed to honour all commitments of t~ former So~ia1iat l'edecal Republic of Yu.qorolavi::a.. Whi~e fou.r 1:cu::ner '!'uqosl~v republics uni~erally proclaimed independence a~d secede~ from the Socialist Feaeral Bepub~ of Yv.qoslavia~ the people of Serbia and Monteneqro decided, by eze~c1•i~q ~•i~ sove~oi~ vlll, to ~amain lu ~ugoalav1a. theratora~ the Constitutio~ of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia only sanctioned the eKiatiDq real~es. It protects the legitimate right of the Federal Republic ot Yu~oal~vie = co~ci~~e th• io~•~~~~loual and legal personality of the Socialist Fedeml Republic of Yuqoslavia. o~ ~· o~~ bo~d. the T~du~Gl RepUblic of xugoalavia has in no way whatsoever tri.. to block tM a&nission of former Y~ United Nations &nd in other international orgauizations. However 1 it has ri9htfully con~~·~ ltti membe~sh1p in tnose organizations. Yuqoalaviahas officially state~ on a n~et of occasions that it had no ter~l~orial ~lem• cu aay ot its neighbour&. We have advocatec all alonq that all outstanai~iU••tions should be re1olve~ through :~egotiaticns. The members of the Security Coll.llc:il 1ho~l~ be well aware of that sinee they have been kept abr~ ot all the efforts aAc step5 take~ with a view to findinq a political sol~~n to the Tu;oalav c~isis. I~ is ~ct t co1nciaence that tb~ proposals containeo in the letter of the Prime Minister tf the federal Republic: of Yugoslavia, Mr. Milan Panic, addressed to ~ President cf the Security Council on 17 kv.q~st 1992, have ~een accep:ed - tne participants of the Lo~aon Conference as th& basis and ~~e f~am•wcrk ~ the resolution of the Yugoslav crisis. I • • • (;113841: 70199 SC:P-24-1 '3'32 18:58 FROM L.;. N. HO~ t..:Ytc 212 '36:: 487'3 TO S/24577 Eaqliah Paqe J Yugo6lavio, •5 one of ~~e tou~Qinq members of the United Nations. has always been committed to the principles and gobla of the Charter of the United Nations ana firmly oelievas that tha United Nation& is, and has always ~•n, tbe majQc ~t~oDqhold tor ~ha maintenance of interuatio~al peace aDd aecurity. Ezactly for that reason, we had aske4 that the United lations t~k~ ~ ocL.lv...: coo d1rec:t involvement in the sear::h of the political solution. It has taken almost a year to accept that. A lot of time haR already beeu lost. ~owever, the U~ited Nations, the Secretary-General and his personal envoy, Mr. Cyrus Vance, have finally taken the lead i~ the onqoinq paaee efforts~ along with the Presi~eney of the Burcpean Community, th• Kight Honoutable John Major a:d bia a.aociates. At a time of o~oinq peace neqotiatioAs under th~ a~spices c~ thia Or9anization. it is all the more so difficult to understand that the Security Council is about to rcommene that the F&deral RepUblic of Yugoslavia should not participate in the work of the united Rations ~neral Assembly. we therefore consider that the resolution is unfo~ad and that ita ad.optia~ is unjust and harmful. 'the non-pRrtieoipatioR of YwJo•lavic in Ute General ~sembly would undoubte~ly ;eopardize the initiated peace process and eneoura;e those who do not wia~ to qive up the war option. Neverthelesa, Yuqoslavia will endure. It is a reality and without its eqval and active role, includinq the one in the United •atious, durable and just resolution of the Yuqoslav drama ~a~ h•rdl~ be ••pccted. .. - : 92 S? 23 13 35 I' UN PRO FOR Page 1 of 1 Outgoing Fax Number: ! Date: 23 September 1992 VICTOR ANDREEV, CAC FROM: YOLANDA AUGER Sector South/Knin UNPROFOR Zagreb I Fax No.: INMARSAT: (38-873) 151-1556 or FAX: (38-41) 170-199 Attn. Ref. Originator: YA Info: Ref: YA/is Fax Number: Subject: CONSULTANTS - BOUNDARY CONTROL OPERATION II TH.IS IS TO ADVISE THAT MR. TAIT AND MR. COLLINGRIDGE, TWO CONSULTANTS, WHO ARE ADVISING US ON HOW TO SET UP THE BOUNDARY CONTROL OPERATION IN THE UNPA's INTEND TO TRAVEL TO KNIN ON SATURDAY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE BRIEFED BY YOU, UNCIVPOL, AND THE MILITARY ON SATURDAY AND TO MEET WITH THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON SUNDAY. WOULD THIS BE POSSIBLE? IF NOT, THEY WOULD POSTPONE THEIR TRIP TO SUNDAY. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP. BEST REGARDS. :-1 ....-(" . ~ -~ :., \ l - ·- . ( \ . ) -- UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (UNPROFOR) RECEIVED Sub-Office, Zagreb Page 1 of 1 Outgoing Fax Number: Date: 23 September 1992 To: Jeannie Peterson, SLOCA From: Zagreb Belgrade YJ~OOCA, Fax No. fNMARs AT 873-151-1207 OR (38) (41) 450-948 Attn: Milen Reyes-Bly Ref: Originator: '1I Info: I I Subject: Human-rights-related information Further to my memorandum of 22 September 1992, this is to advise, after discussion with Thornberry, that rather than ourselves sending to Mautner-Markhof complaints made to us concerning human rights cases in areas outside of our competence, we should advise the complainants that they may wish to contact the Centre for Human Rights and provide them with the fax numbers/address. This is, of course, without prejudice to our directing them also to other appropriate humanitarian agencies. .. rf 1. -; UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (UNPROFOR) Sub-Office, Zagreb Page 1 of 2 outgoing Fax Number: Date: 23 September 1992 To: Dr. F. B. Bajramovic From: Y. Auger, DQCA/Zagreb Ottowa, Ont. Kis 282 Fax: ( 613) ~ 2540 ~L~ Jj] Fax No. INMARS AT /87~-151-1207 OR ( 38) ( 41) 450-948 Attn: Ref: Originator: Info: Subject: Delivery of medical supplies to hospitals in Sarajevo Please see attached letter addressed to you. F UNITED NATIONS ~ NATIONS UNIES UNPROFOR ·11 It- 23 September 1992 Dear Dr. Begovic-Bajramovic, This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning delivery of medical supplies to hospitals in Sarajevo. You may wish to contact UNHCR on this, since they are co ordinating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Sarajevo. Their fax number in Geneva is 739-8393 and their telephone number is 739-8666. In Zagreb, their fax number is 614-422 and their telephone number is 538-055. Yours .si,ncerely, , I j ! V1~1 .:.--/ ... -·-- ~ ~~ Y. AUger, DDCA UNPROFOR, Zagreb Dr. F. B. Bajramovic 24 Clemow Ave. Ottawa, Ont. Kis 282 Fax : (613)-244-2540 .... RECEIVED · rl~ ! sz sP 23 --- ~ 1o! oo zI Q .. .· ·· UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (UNPROFOR) TO FROM · . DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 ATTACHED PLEASE FIND SELF-EXPLANATORY LETTER FROM ZVONKO NOGALICA. [0 (}- t L- ( y1 \J-z__ I t-l Q sV\ ·. lfl9 {\J7 ·. ~ (( (/ v P'j - I - GOVERMvfENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATL.\ Government's Office for UNPROFOR FAX 1RANSMISSION NUMB: NM86 DATE: September 22, 1992 PAGES: 1 To: Ms. Shannon Boyd, Liaison Office for Civil Mfairs .. . UNPROFOR Zagreb From: Zvonko Nogolica7 Chairman, Office for UNPROFOR, Zagreb ------· -----~------···- ... -·. Dear Ms. Boyd, Please, convey these two requests for evacuation to Mr. Charles Kirudja, CAC in Sector "N". 1. Request for evacuation of Ms. D~afo Marija, born on 1915. who lives in village utolica, Municipality Hrvatska Kostajnica. 2. Request for evacuation of Ms. Klipic Ljubica, born on 1922, who is at present on address Sjev.erovac 19. Mala Gradusa, Municipality Sisak. Yours sincerely, Zvonk Nogolica t - - ------~------·-·----~~~---~- Tel.:. (041) 443-927 Zagreb, Trg S.Radica 7 Fax. 452-002 (041) 175-855 c \)' 175-877 Zagreb, Selska c. 175-8661 ~ ~\~ UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE UNPROFOR TELEFAX MESSAGE TO: JEANNIE PETERSON SLOCA, BELGRADE LO BELGRADE ATTN: MILENE FROM: SHANNON BOYD ' ' _ --<.____ ACTING CHIEF OF PRESS AND INFORMATION UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 FAX: ZAGREB 041-172-488 FOR EURTHER INFO: MARIE McGEHEE - 041-180-011 - Ext. 2130/2131 ======1. AS DISCUSSED, KINDLY FAX URGENTLY COPY OF "UNPROFOR MANDATE" AT THIS HOUR, 1:10 PM WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVE~' COPY. 2. MOVCON ZAGREB INFORMED US THAT PACKAGE WITH MILITARY KIT IS WITH MOVCON BELGRADE AIRPORT. THANKS. \ o I i I . ·~ I c._:· t::::: ~ · ~ "-.. _c-:' UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE UNPROFOR TELEFAX MESSAGE TO: JEANNIE PETERSON SLOCA, BELGRADE LO BELGRADE ATTN: MILENE 1 FROM: SHANNON BOYD ~ ·------ACTING CHIEF o\'PRESS AND INFORMATION UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 FAX: ZAGREB 041-172-488 FOR FURTHER INFO: MARIE McGEHEE- 041-180-011 - Ext. 2130/2131 ======AS DISCUSSED, PLEASE FIND HEREUNDER SUGGESTED LIST OF INVITEES TO UN DAY, BELGRADE: BELGRADE RADIO MR. NIKITOVIC, DIRECTOR MOMIR BRKIC, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MR. JELENA VIDIC, COORDINATOR MS. SLAVICA MARJANOVIC, COORDINATOR MS. BORIS GAJIC, TRANSLATOR AND NARRATOR MS. ANTONELLA RIHA, NARRATOR RADIO YUGOSLAVIA MR. DRAGAN MARKOVIC, DIRECTOR MS. SLOBODAN TOPOVIC, COORDINATOR t:n! RADIO TELEVISION OF SERBIA --~- #1 ???? (NEVER MET WITH HIM- PLEASE ASK MR. JAKSA - ~EKIC- TEL. 336-356) ~ MR. JAKSA SCEKIC, SATELLITE TV PROGRAMME DIRECTOR MR. SLOBODAN BUKVIC, SATELLITE TV PROGRAMME EDITOR MR. ZORAN MILIKIC, MANAGER, PRODUCTION AND SERVICES BEST REGARDS. 'j)( //( J<- .. . . r ~~~J P.ECi=IVED 92 S? 23 13 02 z UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE UNPROFOR TELEFAX MESSAGE TO: SECTOR CMD, CAC, UNCIVPOL, UNMO, SECTOR SARAJEVO SECTOR CMD, CAC, UNCIVPOL, UNMO, SECTOR NORTH SECTOR CMD, CAC, UNCIVPOL, UNMO, SECTOR SOUTH SECTOR CMD, CAC, UNCIVPOL, UNMO, SECTOR EAST SECTOR CMD, CAC, UNCIVPOL, UNMO, SECTOR WEST FROM: SHANNON BOYD " . ~ & G '-L - .._ DEPUTY CHIEF OF PRESS & INFORMATION DATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 FAX: ZAGREB 041~170-199 FOR FURTHER INFO: MARIE McGEHEE - 041-180-011 - Ext. 2132 ====== ATTACHED PLEASE FIND THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS: 1. UNPROFOR LOCAL PRESS SUMMARY- ZAGREB- (]Y.) 2. DPI PRESS BRIEFING (3P.) 3. INTL' PRESS CLIPPINGS (3P.) REGARDS . u\"?7 .-r\ \; "A . -.. (-...., ·t:)o.. , UNITED NATIONS • NATIONS UNIES ·Headquarters, New York TELEFAX 212 963 4879 212 371 4360 TELEPHONE 212 963 6313 ZCZC ZAGF0665 DPIC1867 SP ZAG .NEWYORK (OPI) 22 2259Z BT FROM DPIIDS OMNIPRESS / UNDEVPRO UNTSOJFRENCH, UNIFILJGOKSEL, NICJSWEI1ERING UNFICYPJSPOKESMAN, UNOSGI/STASZEWSKI 1 UNAVEM IIJANSTEE/UNIMNA 1 OSGAPJANDERSON/MBAMBA 1 ATTIGAJAL-FAHOUM 1 UNTAC/TALT DPI DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, 22 September 1992 Opening the DPI noon briefing, Alexander Taukatch, pokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Stoyan Ganev 1 Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, said Mr. Ganev was at the moment presiding over the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, and went on to announce the President's appointments today. Earlier in the morning, he had met separately with: Michio Watanabe, Foreign Minister of Japan; Dimitrij Rupel, Foreign Minister of Slo~enia; Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom; Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti; and Roh Tae Woo, President of the Republic of Korea. At 1:15 p.m. 1 he continued, Mr. Ganev would attend a luncheon arranged by the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Hikmet Cetin 1 for the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the signatories of the Black Seas Economic Cooperation. The President would meet during the afternoon with: George Vassiliou, President of Cyprus; Franjo Tudjman, President of the Republic of Croatia; Qian Qichen, Foreign Minister of China; and Klaus Kinkel, Foreign Minister of Germany. With regard to the General Assembly action on Yugoslavia hich, he noted, had generated a lot of questions from the ress, he explained the Assembly would take up item a on the adoption of the agenda and the organization of work after the final speaker in the general debate. That meeting was tentatively scheduled to begin at around 8:30 p . m. According to a preliminary scenario, the draft resolu~icn would be introduced by the representative of the United Kingdom . In addition to the United Kingdom, the list of speakers at the moment included the United States, Austria and Yugoslavia. Mr . Taukatch also said that the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, ~ho had been scheduled as the last speaker of the Assembly's morning session, uould instead be speaking in the afternoon, after George Vassiliou, President of Cyprus. A correspondent asked if the proposed draft required a t~o-thirds vote or a simple majority. Mr. Taukatch replied that since the vote vas on an agenda item dealing with the organization of vork, a simple majority was sufficient. Francoi3 Giuliani 1 Spokesman for Secretary-General Bouc~oz outros-Ghali, said the United Nations office in Zagreb had nformed him that a joint planning team, including repr-esentatives of United Nations Member States vhich plan r.o contribute to the United Nations Protecti on Force (CNPROFOR) . or~rat~on..___ , in Bosnia and Herzegovina, had h ad discussions in the miss~on area from 17 to 19 September. The team had discus~ed a framework for a plan for the implementation of the Security Council resolution which would provide for the UNPROFOR protection of humanitarian aid convoys in Bo~nia and rzegovina. A draft plan had been formulated and presented to the UNPROFOR Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Satish Nambiar, on Saturday evening, 19 September, Mr. Giuliani continued. Consultation with some of the Government~ involved ~ould follow, as well as authorization by United Nations Headquarters, prior to the finalization of the plan. Advance teams had been sent to the proposed areas of deployment to determine the needs of the mission. The UNPROFOR Deputy Co~mander, Gen~ral Philippe Morillon, had flown to Sarajevo on 20 September for preliminary discussions on the UNPROFOR operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr . Giuliani said. Mr. Giuliani said the names of the Member States involved had not been announced. Until the Security Council had approved the ~omposition of the expanded force, the names of the contributing Governments would not be available. The group of countries intending to participate in the plan included countries that had already contribur.ed to the UNPROFOR peration and some that had not . Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance, Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia 1 ~ould be in Athens, Greece, today, as part of their ongoing efforts to find a political solution to the crisi~ in the region 1 Mr. Giuliani said . The Co-Chairmen would meet with the Prime Minister of Greece, Constantin Mitsotakis, and the discussion would be focused on Greece's special responsibility in the crisis as a neighbouring State of the former Yugoslavia. The Co-Chairmen would return to Geneva the next morning, 23 September. The office of the Spoke~man for the Secretary-General had received briefing notes from Fred Eckhard, spokesman for the Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia: Those detailed notes would be available in the office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General . On the Secretary-General's appointments 1 Mr . Giuliani said 1r. Boutros-Ghali had met with the President of Djibouti, at :30 a.m. ; at 9:45 a.m., with the President of the Republic of Korea . At 12:15 p.m. 1 he would meet with Alois Mock, Foreign Minister of Austria; and at 12:45 p . m., ~ith the Foreign Ministe= of the Necherlands 1 H. van den Broek . Mr. Boutros-Ghali would meet with the Foreign Minizter of Cyprus, Mr. ·:assiliou, at 2 : 50p.m.; with Javier Solana 1 Foreign Minister: of Spain 1 at 4 : 30p.m.; and with Franjo Tudjman, President of Croatia, at approximately 5 p.m. In the evening, the Secretary-General vould meet with Ali Akbar Velayati, Foreign Minister of Iran, at 5 : 30 p . m.; with the Foreign Minister of Germany, at 6 p.m; and ~ith Roland Dumas 1 the Foreign Minister of France 1 at 6 : 30 p.rn. 1 Mr. Giuliani said . Security Council consultations on sanct~ons against Iraq would be held on Thursday 1 24 September, Mr. Giuliani said . A list: of upcoming press ccnferer.ces, re11ision 5 1 woul d be vailable in the Spokesman's office. Mr. Giuliani noted that: the Thursday press conference of the Prime Minister of Japan , Michie Watanabe, had been cancelled 1 and that the ~r:e~s conf~r.Pnce.__ .... of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Tofik Gas~ymov, had been rescheduled to Thursday, 1 October, at 9:30 a.m., in Conference Room 4. RRECTION: _In the DPI_Press Briefing of 16 September 1 the _ ast s~ntence in the fourth paragraph on page 4 should read as follows: Mr. Giuliani added that this preliminary report did confirm the statement made by the General at the time of the shooting. END OF BRIEFING CHHOR =0 9 Z 2 92 2 31 5 GMT NNNN s(;a UNPROFOR P~ESS SU~RY ZAGREB 23 September. 1992 UN AND UNPROFOR-RELATED NEWS NOVI VJESNIK leads off with the excerpts from President Tudjman speech at the Tuesday session of the UN General Assembly. Highlights: * The key to the regional stability and co-operation, and the equitable international relations, lies in the status of the small and less developed nations and states. UN can and must play a decisive role in the management of the sweeping changes in the totalitarian societies, ensuring the right to self-determination for the nations, and the civil and citizens' rights to the ethnic groups and minorities. * Croatia is ready to co-operate with other states in rerouting the funds, now allocated to armament, into the peaceful development purposes and the rebuilding of areas devastated by war. * For Croatia, as well as for the other states emerging from former Yugoslavia and former Soviet Union, an early solution to the international legal problems of state succession is of the utmost importance. * Croatia appreciates the efforts of the international community the UN, EC and CSCE, as well as the other factors -- who are helping it stop the madness which, right before the eyes of the civilized world, wages this most brutal war against civilian population. * It is getting increasingly difficult for the Croatian authorities to keep in check the justified discontent of the people expelled from their hearths in their own country, the people who have accepted the role and intentions of the UN and EC with optimism and with the firm belief that the injustice they have suffered would be redressed. Also on the front page is the news that the Croatian Vicepresident Mr. Granic has made it public that Mr. Cedric Thornberry, DCA, declared on Monday that the present conditions did not warrant the return of Croats expelled from the settlements in Sector East, the beginning of which had been scheduled for 30 Sept. UN could not guarantee the safety of the people trying to return. Vicepresident Granic announced he would call for a meeting with the highest UNPROFOR officials, as the return of the displaced Croatian population was one of the basic priorities. "If a peacekeeping and 'normalizing' effor~ does not work here," said Mr. Granic, "the chances of its success in Bosnia and· Herzegovina ·must indeed be minimal." Another reaction to the Henry Kissinger column in last Sunday's WELT AM SONNTAG has appeared on p. 2, by Marjan Jurleka. The author points out with apparent delight that Mr. Kissinger regards the expected heavy casualty rate, mentioned in every analysis of a possible armed intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a smoke screen. "In every war you are supposed to know who your enemy is," Mr. Kissinger is quoted as writing, "and in the case of B&H the enemy must surely be the local Serbian formations. In the war, you also have to have the allies, preferably in the theater of operations. They are the Moslems and Croats living in B&H and they constitute 70 percent of the local population. The problem seems to be, however, that these allies are not wanted." On page 6 of NOVI VJESNIK Ivancica Knapic writes of the life at the UNPROFOR checkpoint at Turanj near Karlovac, at the entry point into Sector North. The working hours of the Nigerian guard is said to start at 8 am and end at 4 or 6 pm. After the guard is gone, Chetniks take the checkpoint over and with the fall of night start firing intermittently at the Croatian Army positions, quitting a couple of hours before the Nigerians' morning shift is due to begin. When asked, the Nigerian guard declines to take any responsibility for the events at the checkpoint outside UNPROFOR working hours. "For fuller information, please turn to our Zagreb HQ," he says. Another unpleasant incident involving UNPROFOR personnel seems to have taken place during Monday night. Two people in civilian garb, allegedly of UNPROFOR, apparently drunk, were found breaking car windshields and hotel windows with wooden poles, around Hotel "International" in Zagreb. They also took a fire extinguisher from the hotel wall and allegedly hit a passerby over the head with it. The victim was taken to hospital with light head injuries, while the two perpetrators were arrested by the UNPROFOR Military Police officers summoned from the Pleso Airbase. The above incident is reported in the crime column on page 25. CROATIA It is with great revulsion that Ivica Mari jacic reports of the return of General Ratko Mladic, the infamous former Yugoslav Army officer I to Croatia. He has rapparently left his post of the Defense Minister of the so-called "Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina" at which he was personally responsible for the wholesale destruction of B&H cities. His new post seems to be that of the Defense Minister of the so-called "Serbian Republic of Krajina." Mr. Marijacic describes General Mladic as being clinically mentally deranged. "It remains to be seen," concludes the VJESNIK writer, "how the UN Protection Forces are going to deal 7-/ro with this sorry creature. In Osijek, the municipal government has issued public denial of the rumors of the start of the school year being delayed because of the expected resumption of bombardment by the enemy. It appears that in some schools the school year will indeed start late, but the reason is the need for extensive rebuilds and repairs. Osi jek school buildings have suffered heavily during the war in Croatia. Another decision of the municipal government has also raised a few eyebrows. Namely, it has been decided that the city garbage will be deposited into the Drava river as of 30 September if by that time.the UNPROFOR cannot ensure the opening of the road to Sarvas and Nemetin and thus give the Osi jek garbage disposal company necessary access to the municipal garbage disposal area. The same topic is highlighted much more strongly in VECERNJI LIST. The latter paper also announces the imminent demonstration of Croats expelled from the Baranja area unless they are allowed to return to their homes by the end of September. In the coastal region of Dalmatia the unemployment rate has climbed to·35 percent, reports Drazen Jambrovic in his page 8 article in NOVI VJESNIK. Almost 70,000 people in the region are out of work. When no less than 110 1 000 refugees, temporary residing in Dalmatia, are added to that number the picture becomes black indeed. Two successive summers lost for the crucial tourist trade, the communication problems due to some key roads and bridges being destroyed, the acute lack of electricity due to the enemy occupation of the regional hydroelectric power plants -- all these factors mean that Dalmatia has been brought to its knees economically. The key factor to any recovery seems to be the UNPROFOR and its activities. "Is UNPROFOR going to let Dalmatia breathe any time soon?" asks Mr. Jambrovic. VECERNJI LIST adds the topic of water supply to the sorry Dalmatian picture. Apparently,. the Zadar area doesn't even have enough water for people to drink, much less use it for other purposes (page 6). BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA The Posavina area is still the theater of war. VECERNJI LIST reports on Serbian tank and infantry attacks on the Derventa - Bosanski Brad line, apparently unsuccessful. Bosanski Brad, Maglaj and Gradacac are being shelled and some infantry attacks have apparently been attempted. VECERNJI LIST describes the situation in Gradacac as "dramatic 1 " giving the local people no chance of surviving the winter without outside help. ,. .. The defense of Gorazde is reported as unexpectedly successful, with the 138 days under either total or partial siege and the estimated 80,000 artillery shells that have hit this small town in the Eastern Bosnia. Sarajevo is apparently still reeling under virtually unceasing Serbian artillery attacks 1 with several people killed, many wounded. · Jil''1'1fi! d ~-i:lt .!~'"J ii~!llfr~~J · r~~~~~H~lunr~1\'f i!:. ~ t; .-,~U i•!B~!hs 1 s~s~~ ~.,. ;-Jfi·-~.C~ •·~r [-:. ijf 0 ll1..a.J ~if j~tri!U!r;l. fJl!h! irfi i~!l! ;lfi ti slfd if!~!fi in ~ ... e-•·•llufe-Zsr lno<•JS'ir (:~.. 5 2.[l.-5~1sil• til .. j:lll! . . f I • ~~ ~&'- .2.-! ~~ i il" H' -- J.:: ·-·Les representants ,--·- du e:>u· vemement de Sarafevo a Ia Conference de G!ntve, qui ont toujours refuM de parler aux Strbe$ de 9os· nie, souhattent dlscuter di rectement awe Belarade. ··r.. J •· DAlLY nz.tCRA.PH - 22 Bept-~r 1992 17 ~. ,. f• '., ·S,. to/ro ..~.· Unease• • • oVer Britishf . . . war zone in·Bosnia ·. ... .· UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE ONPROFOR TELEFAX MESSAGE TO: JEANNIE PETERSON SLOCA, BELGRADE LO BELGRADE ATTN: MILENE ~ FROM: SHANNON BOY~~df1 ..... ACTING CHIEF OF PRESS AND INFORMATION W . UNPROFOR ZAGREB . 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UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX ·-I}Vr-- ///y/ TO JEAN-NOEL WETTERWALD TONY LAND FAX NO. 614-422 OR 614-166 FROM J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE . 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. - ) r') UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX -oil ·;-_ j/lj/ TO MR. ZVONKO NOGALICA FAX NO. 452-002 FROM J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB C{j~ • DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST • • - UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX TO : GOULDING UNATIONS NEW YORK FROM J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. - - - - UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE \~ (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX TO GIULIANI UNATIONS NEW YOR~~ FROM J. PETERSON ~~~~~~··· UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. j}cjf' i' ) //~ //I~ - 4-- 11'ol' () UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX - ot/7- j// f TO : PHILIP HAHN CANADIAN EMBASSY FAX NO. 425-181 J.?!/ /?-- FROM !2 ~. PETERSON ::-A/"\ r ~ r "UNPROFOR ZAG~(7;.{ DATE . 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. .. UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX ~tfoT- ///y TO MR. TOM MITTNOCHT US CONSULATE FAX: 440 235 FROM J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. ( UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX --tJVTr- 1.//j' TO AMBASSADOR JOHN MCDONALD DEPUTY HEAD OF THE ECMM CHRIS POOLE PRESS OFFICER FAX: 650-083 OR 521-800 FROM J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (U N P R 0 F 0 R) OUTGOING FAX ()IJT-- //if' TO FRED ECKHARD FAX: {41-22) 733-8812 OR 5880 FROM J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST . • • .. -r /!? + UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE ~~~ (U N P R 0 F 0 R) ·. . c.o . 1"\.) (/) OUTGOING FAX -u ;:o N m (") .C" m a. <- TO ADNAN ABDEL-RAZEK Q)· m SECTOR SARAJEVO 0 , FROM . J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB ~ DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT EBESS RELEASE; ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. " UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE TO CHARLES KIRUDJA SECTOR NORTH FROM . J. PETERSON UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT PRESS RELEASE ATTACHED PLEASE FIND PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES TO SECTOR EAST. UNITED NATIONS (-) NATIONS UNIES .. _~~ ... -·-- .. -. ·· -·-· ~ ~ UNPROFOR 23 September 1992 PRESS RELEASE Cedric Thornberry, Director of civil Affairs, UNPROFOR, has II written to Mr. I. Milas, Vice-President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and President, of the Government's Commission for u~~RO~OR'- to _express UNPROFOR's concern at reports of what would be a premature ill-timed attempt for the return of large groups of displaced persons and refugees to Sector East. The full text of this letter is reproduced below • .:-:0 .:" ·:: ;...;::~- ~ .:.::. ~ !. - : -:-~::.:::-_-..~-::-.: . _..; ·- ...... ·- -·~ - ·: ·• .:.-•• .~· """1"·- --~ - ~------··-· ...... -~·- lJ - ~ I T E D :'J .-\ T I 0 ~ S LJ~PROFOR 21 September 1992 Dear Dr. Milas, The Force Commander, Lt. General Satish Nambiar, and I have been concerned and perturbed by persistent reports that local Croatian leaders in areas bordering on our United Nations Protected Area in Sector East may have been organising large groups of :Croatian displaced persons and refugees to attempt to move bac.l( into the Sector. Most recently, such action has been predicted for 30 September. Previous reports had suggested deadlines for return in August. At a press conference in Osijek at that time, it had been my duty to warn that such attempts were premature, and likely to be counterproductive, because conditions in the area were not supportive of any such movement. · . - ~-· ·-· ---l :·· - .- ~-- -·.- ••• ,....______- · ·- · · ---- . As we . ·have .. reiterated many t.:i.mes~ UNPROFOR recogn~ses the return of refugees and displaced persons to be a central element at the heart of the Vance Plan. We are, collectively and as individuals, entirely sympathetic and committed to their desire to return to their homes as soon as possible. We acknowledge the enormous support given by your country to the many refugees who have found sanctuary here. In conjunction with your Government, ·with other authorities in the area, and with the High Commissioner for Refugees, we shall continue to do all we can to satisfy the very understandable wish among people of all national backgrounds to go home. We have agreed with your Government that this process should be a coordinated one, and we are examining the possibility of carefully prepared returns to certain areas as soon as possible. On Friday last, the Joint Commission, at the joint request of Croatian and Serb sides, for the first time agreed to establish a Sub-Commission to work on the practical aspects of the question in conjunction with UNPROFOR and the ECMM . . . : .. · Howe_ver , - conditions in the sectors .are sti~~ noj;.. appropri_ ~te -.; . . ---- ...... - - ~ .. - oi Dr. Ivan Milas Vice-President of the Government of the Reoublic of croatia President, Government's Commission for UNPROFOR Zagreb J .. - 2 - quite wrong for those who have suffered the trauma of being driven from their homes to run the major risk of new personal disasters through premature return, and we cannot support it. Indeed, I have to. warn, in the strongest terms, that any attempt to lead a re-entry to Sector East at this time could bring about an extremely grave situation. I must ask you to restrain those who would thus, for their own narrow aims, exploit people's natural longing to go home. We feel that your Government should •*take all the measures which are appropriate to prevent a possible disaster and risk to human lives. Should such marches occur, UNPROFOR will do all it can to prevent harm befalling the innocent; but I have to give you :formal notice that we shall not accept any responsibility for what may :follow. Attempts to impose arti:fical deadlines which do not correspond to realities on the ground are not only not helpful; they are quite counterproductive, and I must ask that you use your influence to bring them to an end. For our part, we shall continue to work with all our endeavours· to . bring about secure conditions in which people may return, in a fully coordinated manner, to their homes, and look for#ard to cooperating with you to achieve our common objective. With my very best regards. Yours sincerely, UiJ,,( 7-Z""-r Cedric Thornberry Director of Civil Affairs ..• C..O' UNI?RC~FC>R I'.), U'> ~------..;, ::0 ) N rn Page 1 of i; ') .::: •:J ' .{ ·-:"71 O- utgoing Fax Number: Date: 23 SEP1'EHBER 1992 ~ · ~ll ------+-----·------::.·-r- --!1 TO: HR. HAUTN E R- ~"I ARKH'.)F.f' FROH: Y. AUGER,- DDCA t--J 1• ~- 1 I ~~~~~;.L PROCEDURES UNPPOF Of!_ I Zi'l.GEEB I t ./ ii 1 SECTION CENTRE FOR I 1 .----4-,.!j'--·1 '<1 HUHAN RIGHTS I GENEVA I I ii ------+------~:1 1 Pax No · 41-22-733-0 879 INHARSAT ( 38-873) 151-1556 l1 lI o." '- • • • . ~ J or I I F.'\X (38-41) 170--199 II ------~-~------l l 1 Attn. Ref. I' I II' ~ I I ------~riginat:or: YA Ji I~ -nfo: -ll 1 I Ref: YA/is 1 1 · Fa~-c Number: ]1 I ------[2:ubject; B.Jr_r1A.!'{__Rl~_HTS RELATED INFORHf,.T_l~tl 1 ATTACHED PLEASE FIND SOME RECENT REPORTS FROM UNCIVPOL WHICH MAY BE OF INTEREST. WE WILL BE SENDING BY POUCH SOME MORE BULKY MATERIAL. M.TTA CHED PLEASE FIND ALSO A LETTEH FROH A 'JPOUP C ,,, t>JOH EN F FCH IJUI : r-- I . . __. ( - J 1 j '(l /- 1 t I 1./ '·. U!\.'ITED i' ui' 14 September 1992 Dear Mesdames, Please refer to your letter of 1 September 1992 to Mr. Thornberry. I must first advise you that the determination of the fate of the missing persons is not within UNPROFOR's mandate. This is a matter which should continue to be pursued with the Int.ernational Committee of the Red Cross. The Joint Comission to trace missing persons and mortal remains will again meet under its auspices on 24 September. I would also like to advise you that we will be are referring your letter to the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki. At the same time, should any information come to our attention in Sector East on the fate of the missing persons, we would convey it to those concerned. Therf?_ have been allegations that there ~lould be prisoner camps in certain areas of Sector East where missing persons would be held, but so far, our personnel have not found any evidence of camps in these areas. If there is information on precise locations where missing persons would be hel d within Sector East, our civilian police monitors will check such locations. \ . 11 l '•' Your~·s;s/1:: y, Yola ~ Deputy Directo Civil Affairs UNPROFOR, Zagreb Adzaga Mira, and some other wome n from Vukovar Jaksicera u 1 . 5 Zagreb ,.,. .. ,.! UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB ( I I 2 TO: Mr. C. Thornberry F- \-~ 0 (;~ T , 1 I DCA .r: , ;-- ' .- . / • ..J . ·' :.; ,~ ..-t · ~ . 7T 7. FROM: Supt. P.J. McGowan / . I Uncjvpo l Chief Ops . THROUGH: Commissioner K. Joha nsen Uncivpol DATE: 20 August 1992 SUBJECT: Act i vities of Red Beret in Sector East I wish to draw your attention to the activities of these people in Sector East. It appears they are a law onto themselves and not under any control. It is particularly disturbing to see these would be protectors of the community involved in sexual assault, etc. Also see number 4 attached. Sabados Jose, D.O.B. 31/3/67 was arrested by the m on 31 July and HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE...... _ ._ . ~I "I.J r Ll" V t- t' . PAGE 2 OF 2 Q_PER.ATIONS: F ~ -o c,:f I i ( 6 , I 1 . Meeting with Vukovar Police attended by D/C Ops. Report to follow. 2 . File# ES-151-92 Ilok CIVPOL report continued movement of and dealinas with "Red Be~et" army. They appec...r to be involved in nune~o~.s cr-ir::.es and di:!:' .... Y dealings ?....nd refuse to dea1 -.;it...:.1. ·CIVF:::;:=. c:lailliing tbey arc; Hilita..J::--y in nab.:.xe. l:3ecau.s<::: of this proble:s a oeeting was held Sector Co~ander who was made aware of situatio~. Be will :meet -witt. tb.e RED BERET a_t"!d deal with this situation within two de,ys. 3. File # ES-158-9 2 In Ilok, crv-poL received infonaation that a 6~ yr old wom2-'1, Zavocki, Harica \•.ms sex-Llally assaulted on the 31st of July. Froill all deta:i.ls received it would appear tb.at t..he crir;:e Has co!IU!l.i tted by a me:sber of the RED BERET. h'e are trying to ge~ ~he woman to report to police. 4. File # ES-152-92 In Ilok it h~d been lea_~ed that one Sabadcs Joza (B. 31-3-67) was ar:r·ested on 92-7-31 by meubers of Special Police (Red Beret) fer singing a Croatia:..-.. Song. Sar:J.e has not been since. This Eatter is being taken up with local police who are trying to deal wi~~ the RED BERET. 5. FiJ.e u E2-215-92 Beli-Hanastir St2,tion report ·that ~n Dubose.vica ( 4619-542.3) one Croatian, Babic ,Tosip (B. 55-5-23) reported that on 92-8-17 he w·as picked up by two people be believes are police officers. Apparently he had on a shirt with a design simi_lar to Croatian flag. They slapped him several times and tl'.createned t.o kill him. He was taken to a rural location anc pulled fron vehicle and beat en and kicked. !ie escaped and retu.:..--ned to his home. Matter ,.;ill be t a "k.:en up with locc.l police.. /0 ~ [J UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB .--~ ·r TO: t ; __ ()C( I fj' I i, · I> 1 ·- ~ " - I , f ~ C. Thornberry ~ / tJ FROM: Supt. P.J. McGowa fi.U,·~---13. '/ Uncivpol Chief Ops. !? THROUGH: C/S O'Rielly Uncivpol c.o.s. DATE: 24 AU~lst 1992 SUBJECT: Assaults by Border Police in Vrlika a.rea and incidents in Knin The attached papers are for.Narded to update you on current position. -- C:OVEr~~l NG ,--- j • .J-_ , __ ! Q '' I i 1 i v~ 1 'I \ ,..T. - - u !· \ ·-- \ \ \ l "'(~ · Sector Commander IIQ UNCJWOT. Stotlon Commander CJVPOL...... V,<. lc./2 ?1 I SlmJECT •• •1!?~t_/,;f'. . 0'J/.~ .. !1 !~/_(f:. !fpf),c._'I/P, . .('-( Cf!J. _}.,:,· t!ti ~/,. (C J /'--'"'; ..( !" 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'-' '-' .a • • 1 '-' ------.. . ____ _ -:;o · 2. . 93/n_. ~ ~= jg!~4 R'l' FI PRE SENT: / .--,r-·o { (_ -~ - - t .; 1. Dragan Karna roilicija lieison officer t 2. Stephe n O'Sullivan 'UN ClVPOL J, Ivnn<~ interpreter '[he meetin<; commenced at lO a.m . .in the milicija st~tion and various matters were discussed. Karna Dragan informed CIVPOL that it is now possible to go directly to Knin prison ~hen making inquires about imprisoned persons or wissing persons. 1 Again I asked him about tt1e number of milici ja working in Knin t station and Karna Dragan replied tha t this information was st.lll not available as he needed permission from the Ministry of } internal affairs and this permission was not yet received. He also informed C! VPOL that the statistics that we required regarding crime in Rnin was boin9 compiled and would be given to us later. In relation to rnilicija check points, Karna Dragan informed rn~ ! that there are now three milicija check points operating in the Rnin district. One at Str~ica,grid reference 092 0 0 2, Ocestovc~, grid reference 080 090, and ~ lanac, q rid r e fere nc e 075 961. Cr irr. e , ref renee number 1/92 was discussed and the rnilici ja arE: Btill continuing inquires. :rn relation to maps there are still no avaibility of detailed maps of Knin area so CIVPOL will s till have to continue to work uith the larger map which is at CIVPOL station. JL discuss i o n wa s also held i n relat ion to a n incident wh ich took ~~a c e Dt caff e e bar Baco i n Kn i n t own on the 16th of August in 'flhich 15 civ ilians a nd 40 members of special miliclja unit were jnvolved in a large outbreak of fighting. See s eparate report e,ttached. ~ : a:rna Dragan infor med C!VPOL tha t during tho week ther e '.Vas a clampdown on traffic violations i n Knln town. ~.g. no driving 1 icences 1 no crash helmets etc. Twenty persons are to be charg.ad in various offences before the Court. There were 28 motor bike:; confiscated during t his exercise a number of which had been on t he s tol e n 1 ist. Investi gat i o n are cont i nul ng on these o f f e nce:> a nd CLVPOL wi l l be updated with t he results. e'"fl'/ (!I I f/1 STEPHEN O'SULLIVAN lo CIVPOL STA.TIOP ~ ~ ' ~Kh ~~ft ~~1g };1_ ..~ ( ~/crx ~~ 1 ~( ~ t· ' ,,n, , l 20/8/92. ;station Commander .f{nin ·, =~ \- -Or: 'i 1.· I '- .... :.._ I II~ ~c . Dum ngo to hau.co 11 C f feo Bar una npremier" Cuffoe Bar in Y..nl:1 on 16/8/92 . ---·------· ·-- ~--- -·--·-- . At the meeting with Karna Dragan at the milicija station Knin on 19/B/92. tr.e above matter was discussed. Karna Dragon informed l'n ·3 that on the 16th August 1 92. at approximately 8,00 p.m. a member or a special unit of the mllicija was on duty. His nam e is Zoran Hiljevic. On this occas~on he had drink taken and was drunk when he visited the "Baco 11 Caffee l Karna Dragan was questioned as to why the milicija did not cont~ct CJVPOL when they were callad to the scene or this incident as had been promi s ed b y the ~i lici j a at an e arlier me eting that ClVPOL wo u ld be i nf or ed and invi t ed t o visit such scenes where serious crime was taking p lace. ~o.rna Dragan repliej that N:cause he was indirectly involved i n tha breaking up of this fight and due to t he t act t hat e lot of drink ~as consumert by those involved t tat perhaps i t was safer not to have the prGsenca of CIVPOL present. ~arna Dragan promised the full report on the incident when the investigations are complete and persons responsible have boen chnrg~d. I [_ L • <:' ( l J j u l L ( 1_! , .. I t is believed that the main reason for this friction between the mi licije special unit and these two Caffees is that the owners of 11 bo·:h Ca ffees 1 Baco" and "Premier", are supposed to be the Main de.'\1erG of drugs in Knin a rea. -----=.__,______=- S t.? ph en (J ' S u 11 ivan r -- J/ !¥ UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB TC: Mr. C. Thornberry DCA ft<:OM: Supt. P.J. McGowan Uncivpol Chief O~s. DATE: 1 September 1992 SCBJECT: Policing and law enforcement in Sector South Attached please find an overview of the policing situation in Sector South as seen by Chief Investigation Sector South. We have had reports of different types of incidents within the Civpol station areas in Sector South. The underlisted are incident reports received from members of the public from July and August. The reports of the suspected murder cases cover the month of June 1992. All were referred to Local Police for further investigation. Sometimes the complainants referred to the Local Police are not willing to present their complaints; maybe they fear future tr::ce 3t ~. a) Murder cases reported 11 11 b) Assaults " 4 11 c) Arsons " 5 d) Destruction of houses 4 e) Threats/harassments 5 II. The question of professional police is difficult to explain. The reason being that there is no access to get information whether they have been replaced or resigned. But to our observation many sc1diers have changed into Police as well as Border Police. III. The procedures usually on Court system are somehow vague as normally you would not know when and where the court is taking place. As it is mobile. I know only one case on 17th of August 1992 when a judge went to Korenica and sentenced the three Muslims who later were committed to Knin prison. So t he Court system here still remains unclear on its functions. IV. on 31st. July 1992 there was an incident reported from Krusevo village within Obrovac where a house of one Vrkic Bosao was broken, items stolen and destruction to house caused. They suspected a Milicia was involved. In Vrlika area, there had been incidents of thefts where complainants claim Border Police had been involved in thos e thefts. There had been no proper i nvestigations ~o bring them to Court of law and due to impr oper policing there could be no proper follow up of the cases. v. There has been no complaints of arrested. But still most of complaints received of thefts, robbery, murder, harassments, etc. are usually committed by armed uniformed persons and to differentiate where almost every P'~rson have more that one type of uniform still remain a question. There t.; ere t'illo incidents wh ere the local pol ice intervened in favour of comp laina.nt. This was in Benli.ovac , where th n e rn i 1.i t a:cr men had unlawfully occupied a woman 's house by f orce and the local police intervened by forcing the men out of t he house and the woman retained back her house. The other case o r incident '> 1a s at Drnis on 2 2nd. of August 199 2. .1>,. tractor wh ich had been stolen was recovered by local police and later returned to the owner Hr. Kata Brailus. The above incident indicates s ome good changes. All Civpol stations report good cooperation with the local police although releasing of their investigation is difficult. But when we request they only tell us to wait as investigation is still in progress. But still I hope we will device a system to be receiving their investigations results quicker in future. ROBERTSON KARIUKI Investigation officer y !/!i~ /J /J ( . ( •. -1c--k.. .' [,f \L-- oc~.. .-t j- ~ ..... { (.., •. ; •. ( '.. . ~ .:. ' .j--L t-<- · I I. IV I . . / __,. -~ ( I, ; t' l L -< · ~ /l;(U·/-~, • ' ~-~ lv v ,-.- ····{ ! .. /'I . I . , c ; /~') ~· , / UNCIVPOL , , , , j • / HQ ZAGREB I. ·- 'Ll~--1 f)- 1 TO: ~r. C. Thornberry DCA .( F lWlvi: ~~~ ~ ~p~i J ch'~~~o~~~. /l":;>dj /·~" ('" .. DATE: : September 1992 SUBJECT: Murder of DZEPINA MARIJA, D.O.B. 05/10/29, Croatian ~ t BAGIC, OKLAJ, GR.REF 8165 In Drnis area on 23/08/92 See the attached Civpol report from Sector South. It wou ] d appeared that there was a closed attitude by the Serbian au~hori ties in this case to cover over the murder and p~t it down to a mine accident. I h~ve asked Civpol investigations, Sector South, to carry ou~ further investigation. We must protest at this biased attitude. / i d ogsJ INCIDFNT REPORT f+---{) cL -~ I \ 'l UN PRO FOR CIVPOL SECTOR SOU'l'H STATION: DRNIS INCREP NO. P·-2-1-92 REPORTE~ RY: KNIN CIVPOL DP..TE: 23/C!B/92 NATURE OF I NCIDENT: HOMICI D[ CRi ll: J, p F' • 8 l I 6 5 Tf)\'.'!:, !~ ·' ..': PJ.C::JC, Cl~(LAJ l N:: l D! :: ' ~ '! ': E I T HH.. : 2 2 I 0 8 / '-; : 16 :30 HR S. LOCAL POL JCE: KNIN VICTH~: fM1ILY Nl..I'iE : DZEPINA GIVEN NA1":E: MARIJA D.O. B.: 05/10/29 NATIONALI TY : CROAT Today, 23/08/92, Civpol Drnis went to Bagic in the Oklaj area to monito r a Milicjia investigation of a woman who was killed by a nine while working in a field ne x~ to her house. fron Civpol went: Igor Sidnikov, Igor Denison and I, Soren Aaen. As interpreter Diane froG Drnis. fr o~, , UNt-'.0 went: Cai Mcrithens, Enginee r, C. Denyft and M. Hutten. Fron Knin local Milicj'a went: Bjelka Milivoj, police inspector, Mirks Stupar, criminal technician, Boris Sijan, police inspector and Lalic Ze ljko, judge in Knin. The scene of the incident is the village of Bagic 1n the Oklaj area . 1he f i eld wh ere the woman died is just across her home. The field is u sed for the stacking of hay. Near o ne stack of hay was parked a veh icle. Action taken by Milicja as follows: The police inspectors inspected the scene of the incident and pictures were taken by the technici an. Hereafter they took a brief look of the deceased woman. She had been taken into her home, washed, dressed in black and put in a coffin. None of the people from Milicja did anything but look at the woman. Th e actions d escribed above were all mo nitored by Civpol with the acceptance of Milicja. The Milicja finished their examination in approx. 15 minutes and went t o their car. No witnesses were searched far questioning. The judge stated the woman had been killed in a mine accident. She had stepped upon it. / F.+-.-OCA_t j (' ( {6 With the approv;:;} of Mil icja , Civpol and UNMO examined the scene of the incident and the deceased woman. The UNMO mine enginE=:er exanined the spot of the claimed explosion. He stated that: the cause of death is not due to a mine. No parts from the mine were found and no burns whatsoever on the ground we re detected. In t he ti:rc n : :: •: • ,..._.- ~. -, : · ,y V( '·.icle he f ound several buckshot s 4 o f ~~ ma 1 J ~- ~ /' ~ · -. - ~-E.: L~1cL:hots It-Jere also found in The e>:::;;- '. :· ~ ·.: :)r-,.s r' sho·.. Jed the following: when undressed it appe:a:·(-c. ·c.!,c: _ :::nc ·... ·<:;~; hit with small buckshots in her head and in the chest. c~ c ~arl n~ wounds on her legs and her hands were not damag ed . l My conclu ~iC'!·: .1.: c-:c-·· f c: J}o·.. :~:: : The v.,;c;:iC::r, l.·.'c: c -:._:,;.; ,r:;;:; v..:.i.t:e-. thE hay fork and shot with a shotgun fr om a distance o f approx . 6-10 meters. She was shot while 1 yin g on t h e ~ r o ~; :- c . ' · c !::· u c ~ : :;: !'1o t s found i n the t i r e could be caused by the firi nq of t ~ 8 E~ells from a shotgun. One hit the woman in the chcs:: ~ ~~ c~~ h i t ~~e ground and bounced whereafter the buckshot h .~~ :_f;c '.(': : ._ .~~ . The Milicja ar. ~h ~ judge were told the result of our examination. They a~~ stated tha t i t was a mine explosion. Then the Milicjia we~~ ~- a witnEss . He had not seen anything but had only h eard th E ncise. HE h ad seen the woman dying after she had been hit. With the accepc:.c-;:-ICE: of the Hilicja I wanb::d to ask t h is witness some questions . He spoke Ge rman and told me in a low v o ice that he was afraid and t hat he co ~ ld not talk to me. I did not ask for his name d u e tc this fact. After the questioning of this witness the judge fron Knin said in the presence of Diane, the UNMO and I: "Maybe this v.'as not a mine accident 11 then he left. In my opinion this police investigation was not done in a professional way. It clearly appeared the investigation 1N'as supposed to l ast only a few minutes. r·t also appeared as if the conclusion of a rn.in e a ccident ' ·as drawn b efore the investigation t o ok place due to the fact that the Serbian authorities were unwilling to recognize new evidence found by U.N. personnel. POLICE INSPECTOR, DRNIS CIVPOL / I f+.-0CL \ l { (6 ' On the 2Jrd. of August 1992 I was requested to go with CNMO ln Popovici in order to see a woman killed by a mine. When I arrived at the location the Serb inspector shov:ed me a little hole in the ground but the grass was not burned near this hole and I saw some impacts on an old trailer. I asked to see the body of the old woman. She had two holes on the face ;::nd s he seemed t o hove r eceived some knock s in the face. J asked to see th e leqs and I remar};ed there v.·a s no apparc-:r,t r';,:.:iqc t.o -:--' l CJ~ . For me this woman was killed with a hunting g un. I c~~e back to the hole and I searched into the soil and f ound 2 ~ o t of buckshots. The impacts on the trailer were made by ricoche~. The Serb did not believe me and I tried to prove that by cutt~ng the tire where I found a lot of other buckshots. I t was not a ~~n e but a murder with a hunting gun using one or two cartridge of buckshots. 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Johanse4' Uncivpol HQ (Jt DATE: 9 September 1992 SUBJECT: Mass Graves Some further details in relation to this ongoing scenario. - ~ Yl f-{--()c{T r r r x l UNJ?R.OFOR.. C:::IVPOT. J-IEADQUARTERS, SECTOR EAST OPERATIONS SECTION TO: Ge~era l A. BIORCEVIC ! " • " ~>. . :__ ~, _ ;::;t: Possible Mass Graves UNPA SECTOR EAST On the 25th of Juno 1 0~ 2 when we met I discussed with you the fact that cJ ·,·r-::: : ·.,·ere rcce~ '.' ing many reports of possible mass graves within s : ~~ : r E~~t. J a lso explained that it was our understanding that in':.'_.-: p r.i( ·,; ir_-.-,din t el y after the hostilities the JNA had exhumed ;--('; ,..,. ,. mc;ss. g~aves and had taken steps to determine identi t ie~· c-;r To date·. .. , r <:•,·.: c n c• t L•c;c-, n abJe to confirm the existence of any of the gr av~: ~ut ~ c cont1 nu e to receive reports about the existence of soMe r- ~ : ~t ~ c gra ~ e ~ . We have checked several of the sites and are co:<>> ·.c. :. , . _ c: _ one time graves may have existed at the report:ro:\·i ,- · t. e :c·. Jt I•.' C· c•ld be of value to this office if we could obtain fr e;r yc ....! c:ll dc:.a iJs of the mass graves which were exhumed by the JK~. That infornat i on could be compared to the information that v: e re ::: c: vc c.r,d it ;.-ay be possible that we can immediately rule out some of the repo rts where it is evident that proper action has been taken by the JNh. I have enclosed a rero rt which outlines several of the specific cases we arc interest ed in. It is hoped however that we will have access t o infor~a tion a b ou t all graves exhumed by the JNA in the event tha t more reports are received by us. I would like t o thank you in advance for any consideration given this matter. L.W. MO ORE DEPUTY Cll lEF OPER!·.T IONS CIVPOL SECTOR EAST ._ . . _. _:,:, -_-:--.· ~ ··.: . -.· : ~ ·- -·. . ·., ...... -~ UNPRO :FOR CIVPOL HEADQUARTERS, SECTOR EAST OPERATIONS SECTION INVESTIGATION RE PORT The following in forn~~ion i s c·! ~-hose graves we . ' . + have developed creditabl e 1nf or~h~ ~ ; c...:. •.. 'VI..: .._ • 1. Antin (4 6 1 9/6 026) Th is g:-:=- ·.c 1·-'-'::: Lr~t . rxoug ht to our attention by Osijek po lice on 92 - 6 - ?3 . Th ey h ad i nformation that a mass grave exi s ted b ehind th EO ~ ''r ··: : h o,:::::c 0; a man named Ivan Matanovic near the railway statioL . c;-, 97 - 7 - 2 t Y.'c young men from Antin were intervie Y.'e d in Osi jc--:k . :· r,cy :_-t::tc ~ 3 tr:a t at the house mentioned above there had been a l arg E ho l e dug f or a swimming pool some years ago. It \·las their i r:;r·~-c::-·,~-: .i on the!t b o dies had been buried in that hole during the fit;i ·_: •:c_; . On 92-8-21 it wa s d e c ided to p 2 ~ · "-: \': ~- it t o t);e area. We spoke with a refugee lady l i ving in t he l -~ ~ ~ ,J~e and inspected the back yard. The r e is a l arge hole a 2 dr-:c~ - ~~)-, -, -~ iYJ' t ht-- b~y s. It is 20m x 10 m by 3 me ters dee p. It c_q_:: ;< .. · :. __ L" ·, c t>rc:c·, open for some time as there are ST:1al l trees c;r:-~ v.' i r1':1 c- ~:t c,f t~-,e sid e s and along the edge. Definitel y it h as n·~1 -'-- bcJL aug up 1n the last spring/summer based O!l the grm:c_ (; arou n d i t . \,;hile there are people missing from the Antin area it i 5 ev i dent t hat there are no bodies buried in the described Jcca~ia n . ~ i t ne sses describe hearing shooting in the area of the Rai lwa y s t a tion and there may be a mass grave in the area. 2. There have bee n many s torie s about a mass g rave wi th 200 bodies in Tordinci (4619\622 5 ). This i ssu e was f i r st raised by Osijek police. This appeared to be a rumo r and had a ppar ently been on a news broadcast credited to UNPROFOR. Loc a l police were contacted and stressed the need for facts from witness e s no t rumors. Osijek police have been unable to loca te a ny actual t,-;i tnesses to the matter. On 92-8-25 Osijek police turned over a d o cument that listed this grave as being in front of the Cathol i c chu rch extending from the cross to the n e a rest h ous e. It was decided to view the s cene be f o r e ra i s ing it with local police at our weeikly meeting. On 92--8- 2 9 I vis ite d Tordinci. In front of the church beside the road t here is a l a r g e pile of dirt which extends about 75-100 ft in leng th . It i s quite e v i dent that a trench was dug at that location s ome time a g o. There are tall weeds along the pile indicating that it had n ot been disturbed for ·-;: .. / .- ~ - . r • .·-::/ ~- i,::-- :,;::~~i~{_:_,::~::_ ::- ; :: . L~· - · · ;-.·. ·.. ·.' , . .~· ... :-.. i·- .: ~= ··:, : ·~ ~--~~-~ - ~;< .- -~'.<.. ; ·.-:;:"(: l " . . ~ · -~ ~.: _:_ : ::-·:~.·..:. ~ ; - ~ - :. ~ -~ ;. : ~- -~------~-----=--~------:_::-::_,------~-~------,-,_===-~-~--=---~· ------! •• - -=-- ·-=-_. l+- -~ Occ·r r I I X 2 some time. It is not possibl e to say if bodies are still there however the impression is that a t~ench was dug at one time and all of the dirt was not required to fill it in when it was closed up. This matter will be raised with local police on 92-9-2. 1 3. Ernestinovo First rai s c l ·• O~ijc~ police we were given an opportun i ty o n 92-7-2 to j;-,t_, :··_; , '- ;.: SC\'(: :·:1 l v.' i tne sses from the community wl1 o supp J ied c: ·c:\· .'~ · On 92-8-29 I visited the sitE '"' .:i•:o.c.Tibcd by the witnesses in a park near a buiJding U F;. t v cr· ..:: ii ty hall/village off ice. There is ev io c.:: nc E:. "' . ~ ~ <.;.:,p :,y by so1:1e type of heavy equipment and a large area h:, ~- \'c r j' f e v.• v:e 0': cl ~ growing from it. Definitely there wa s sorr1e th:iny L-·..::iccl t>;t, : ~e and possibly it was a grave. My impression is that the site wa s dug up since spring due to the appearance of the grou '·· : . Ti: i ~ C.?i s C' vJ i 11 be pushed with local police. 4. Lovas First raise by O:c i ;e}; p ol ice on 92-6-30 when they turned over a list of nanes of v1ctims and a map of the site. This information and that of a w itr-.~. :: · t·_. tL'. inc~ident was passed to Vukovar police on 92-7-8. ~e have been promised since then that they would get authority to e >: h .;~c t.r:e si t e but no action has been taken. They feel that the site:· r·.~)· ho v e been exhumed by the JNA but have no access to t l: e re. ·.'. . : -~ l· ~· t}·,c: JNJ>.. In a letter from the Croatian government l . .. ·. . ·. . ~-::. --:' '= · tLis grave was again mentioned. On 92-8-28 I vi sit s~ : h e Lo·;a £ graveyard to check the area. In the area descr ibecl t c c or~ t a in d. mass grave there is evidence of heavy equipme nt h avi~g worked a nd there is mound of earth about 2 meters by 50 r::ett: ?.-~· in J e nc;th. The most glaring proof that a mass grave exist ~ i ~ t~is location is the fact that there are signs that the graves a r e visited on a regular basis. several areas have had all weE:•') S removed and flowers have been 1 placed at. differe11t points on it ::: length. Cl early the local people who have family/friend~ bur-ied t.r1ere are visiting and maintaining the site. 5. There is information from the Croatian side mentions a possible grave o£ 300 near the road in the area of Jakobovac {4619/8319). This area was visited using the map suppJ ied but there was no indication of a grave. It may be that the possible witness can be located and supply more informa tio n as to an exact location. 6. The Croatian side alludes t o a grave and witness in Tovarnik. The witness is identified only by a njcknarne. Thi s matter will be followed up by members of the Invest i g a tion unit. ~//?.?/c_.z-~ L.W. MOORE D/C OPS : ~ _.· ' --- I fJ r). --r··- .. -· ! ~ - -- ..--\-· -~ U \_, \ j V r( j, I l ·- ./ f I I ~ UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB TO: Mr. c. Thornberry DCA Commission cr E . .1 o h i'> n ~--c,! Uncivpol HQ DATE: 9 September 1992 SUBJECT: Shooting of elderly farmers at 1,1g_r}: us i ca on 1 lL_.QJU.9 2 Further to earlier reports on this pl e ase see the attached letter from Osijek zone Commander Vinko Crbanac complaining about Russbatt interference in the incident. See also pathologist' s report on three of the deceased. This may be viewed as a commando r a id by the Croatia~ commander. While Brigadier Vinko suggests an act of war, evidence shows the three farmers were fatally injured by shotgun blasts. No amount of verbiage will take aw a y from the fact that the people killed were elderly farmers - a housewife of 60 years, shot in the head, a farmer of 64 years shot in the shoulder blade anc ribs and a farmer of 71 years shot in the back several times. The only vJeapons they had were two rifles and three hand grenades which they apparently did not us e. The pathologist's report supports this evidence. I cannot give any views about the location of these bodies or how far they had 11 penetrated" into the Croatian zone. Perhaps Russbatt can give views on that. r-f--0 [{ -r \ { { \ ~ - UNJ?ROFOI< CIVl?OL SECTOR EAST HEADQUARTERS INVESTIGATION REPORT Subject: Shooting in Markusica Find attached hereto copies of the protest filed by the Croatian author iti e8 in thi ~. r e c_pr-d. h' c have b;:;c; n unabJ.:- :~ -.. obta:i r, c; r-,/ other information from Croatian authorities . We ap ~ - ~ gi ze for th0 quality of the report but it was the best we could obtain. Also find attached translations of the pathology reports recieved from police in Vukovar. As new information or details are available they will be forwarded. ~;%//,?'.?;:<±--~ L.W. MOORE D/C OPS C1 <· 4~. 7 e-·,/:7 .( / 0/ 7c· /~ /~~c- {=1-~0Cll f ( (j { ! 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Botl1 sides ·~.-re::-e sb.oot" ....,S 2:.-::. t[lis til:!e o:::le .i:ro:::J. t~'le vill2.52 i·12.::'lcusica 1-ras 1-~..; lled. Se-:,-e::..~c.::. soldie:-s b:rous21t p:risorc.e::"s to £ic:.2::ovo 2nd the res~ 1Je::-e and cead Se~bs bodies. J.u""SSR'~·r :me :cn'be:-s fror:l ill:?c~ car.!le f::·o :c~ the vi.llase I1ar1:.'1.:sica \ti ~ : : 3 civilia!ls 211d they picl:ed un bodies, trz.ctors and 2~ 1 the -/ eg_uipme:::t, a:td '.re:2t tou ,--_../' F A- ---u uL 1~ (I I~ ..._ __. . - -- .., ~ - ..... _. __ ...,.... :.i. :::.·.: _' : :_; .:: ' - - - - . -~ :'- ,: -. ·=' ~ -:::. ·.-- - . - ~-- -.... ·~ ·- ._. -...... ·- - -:---~-: -:--.·='..; r' ... ,... - - .. ..., --. r -. ···-- ._. __ ·------.=.cc::.cle::t, l l c .. . ./ · - r ::.:... ~ - · . " '":)C _;:-_-- ~------· -- -· . ~....-.. .~ ~ - - ... -.- .... - . -:::: -~ i ..-.., ------...__\,.. ~ - ~-: - - ...... --.-- c:."" '·-- .•. - - -~ - r- .. -·-...;f.::::. -. ...:. _ __ _ ·...... :. ··:_ -: c:.=.. .-:: s ·, ,' e ::- ~:::::.s 22e 2l.1;cys treated c..s common pe2.S2-~ts is a1ra:y the ev-idence. ::...:cs ·x:: e yo12 ::·ec:.J. ise ho;, r se!'ious this letter is, esspe c iall ~ . l c.s ~ se::::.:-e.:::.ce , uni ch s~-: 8 uld stop tcl:ing a1·rcy evide:::1ces ::e:·_ _. 1 of U:::T from so:oe other coL.'tlltry. OPERJ.TIOITJ,L zo:TE OSIJ~ COI·ll'LtilDER brigadier Vin~o Vrba~~c i ...... r"'- ,....,. I \._ · ,,1 ./ - - _,-- ZQ;r r~----/\--~ oc '- r ( ( f ~ UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB TO: Mr. c. Thornhe rry DCA FRCll·i : :; ;~ , r J cC ~c.}() n 0.)" } . .Johansen lincivpo 1 HQ i DATE: CJ Se.p t.e.mber J 9 CJ 2 I ... ·'· ' ' SUBJECT: Di fficulties expe-rienced b three1 un student~D attempting to leave Ba'rcrrr study in Hunqary The attached report is forwarded merely for your information. It shows the sort of problems the minority community is experienci:-:q . k~' I. f I I {2 f- -0 Clt ( ( ( i UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB TO: Mr. C. Thornberry DCA fROl'1: Commis s io ~e r K. Johansen Uncivpol HQ . ._ , ,_ DATE: 7 September 1992 SUBJECT: Missing persons from Sector East Report from Uncivpol Ops. officer Sector East forwarded for • information . ,F.! !.... . (=:_ ·\- ---0 L'- t l ( Ix i .l UN PRO FOR. CIVPOL HEADQUARTERS, SECTOR EAST OPERATIONS SECTION INVESTIGATION REPORT SUBJECT: _MISSING PE_RSONS FROH SECTOR __MS'.I2 On 92-8-12 thi s o f fice received copies of a telex from CIVAFF which alluded to the presence of Prison Camps still being- located in Sector East. ~e have heard many such stories but have had little in the way of supporting evidence. The CIVPOL stations in the areas concerned have been given the information to try to follow up. To date we have been unable to locate any prisoner of war camps within the Sector. It is necessary to point out that without factual locations it is difficult to do much more than check with local authorities. If the Croatians who make these allegations have exact locations we need these locations in order to try to check them. As always should the Croatians have witnesses members of our Investigation Unit would 1 ike to be able to interview them ourselves. This affords us the opportunity to access the information first hand while at the same time being able to find out if the person supplying the information has concerns about his name being used when we speak to witnessesjauthorities within the UNPA. During the recent visit of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Mr Mazowiecki there was a comment passed to CIVAFF that a Croatian reporter who had disappeared during the last days of the fighting had been seen later alive in a prison camp. If this information has any basis in fact why are we not given the full information and again al l owed to talk to the person who has reported same. This office cannot dispute that there were Prisoner Camps in this area either during or after the war. We cannot even state for certain that no camps exist now. There are still several sites controlled by Paramilitary or Special Police groups within the UNPA where neither CIVPOL or UNMO have access. As the Vance Plan progresses it is felt that these sites will be checked, however at this time we have no indication that they are being used to house Prisoners. We will continue to check these matters as they arise but would request that those people who are receiving these reports insist on factual information and that CIVPOL where possible be allowed to interview witnesses. ~fir/;» /~-7" ·-cQ. L.W. MOORE D/C OPS ; -/? / \ \ . \ UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB TO: Mr. C. Thornberry DCA FROJ.'l : Commissioner K. Johansen Uncivpol HQ DATE: 7 September 1992 / SUBJECT: Red ~eret activity - Ilok Details of Red Beret activity in I lo}: area of Sector East forwarded for information. In relation to the rape report the victim's request not to have this crime passed to local police must, I feel, be respected. There is of course little we can do as we are in the hands of the judiciary of the Baranla. Al so there is no evidence at this late time to prove a case of rape. This 64 year old is unlikely to identify her attacker even if she were a willing witness. ft- ~o ll r l l I~ 1 U N J?RC>FC>R CIVPC>L HEADQUARTERS, SECTOR EAST OPERATIONS SECTION To: Civpol Hq Zagreb 92-8-26 From: Ci vpol l:!Q Sect.or East Subject: RED BERET ACTIVITY - ILOK Find attached copies of the reports of the two main incidents reported by Ilok in regard to the Red Beret. Also attached is a copy of the Ilok weekly situation report which lists several other incidents this group appear to be involved in. I lok Station Commander is compiling a full report of Red Beret activity in the area. The group is definitely Paramilitary in nature and have a large armed camp a short distance from Ilok in the Bapska Forest (4619/9906). Neither CIVPOL nor UNMO have been allowed access to this camp. According to I lok Station Commander the loca 1 pol ice appear to either ignore matters which indicate RED BERET involvement or are afraid to approach the group. On 92-8-26 Cpl. Osbourne of Ilok met with the commander of the Red Beret who claimed that no one had approached him about his men being involved in any crime. The commander is willing to meet with UN at any time and a meeting will be arranged in the near future. L.W. HOORE D/C OPS [=~~o~i l { \ ~ ILOK 11 August 1992 REPORTED BY: MAILLET llf]'J MTDl\_]'lON AND THEFT CASE OF MEHIC DRAJICA AND BRl>.NISLAV ROHIC The complainant reported to Supt. Scharnke this morning that she had been robbed on the 11 August 1992 at 0915. She believes the "Red Berret" might be responsible for the thef t. Two men wou ld have entered her house and done a search for weapons, but did not find any and they took utensils, a radio and and Id card. She was also assaulted by them and so was Branislav who lives with her. The local police were contacted and they went to the scene. A f ew minutes later after the police had'- left, the same two men plus one more came bac k and stole some money from the complainant. She was again beaten by them. All of them had firearms. They then lef t, but said they would be back the following day, and that she should r e port to the ir office at Ilok, Banka (Red Berrets' Office ) on the s a me day ( 11 August 1992) at 0700 hours (See attached statement ) . Pa trol was nade to the scene by UNPROFOR staff Saud, Ma i llet and the interpreter. Patrol was then made to the local police wh e re they were nade aware of this case. It is the opinion of the writer that the local police were v e ry anxious to deal with this case and therefore, the ongo1ng investigations will be fully disclosed to UNPROFOR as soon as possible. r=- +-- -ocl ·( [ ( r X ILOK 12 August 199? REPORTED BY: MAILLET Stateme nt of Mehic Dragica 008 26 Nov 43 (Creates) of 39 years old from Ilok Ta ken o n J 2- 8 - 9 2. On the 11th August 199 2 at approximately 2115 hours, Romi c Bra nisla v wh 0 also l i ves with the above was approached by two m e ~ while he wa s walking on the street. They were driving a white ZASTAVA NS 3 ~ 0, but h e is not sure of the number on the plate. They ask e d Romic where they c ould find the above address. Romi c told them tha t he lives there. They all arrived and at this poin~ they showe d s ome offici al IO cards, Mehic does not know what was o~ them. The y said they were from the police and, that they wanted t c search for weapons. They did not find any weapons after the search and they took a set o f utensils, a radio, the keys of the ho use and the c ompl a inant's IO card . As they made their way ou~ they assa ulte d Ramie who was s tand i ng outside and they the n left. The loca l pol ice were called and arrived quickly. After the i r initial inves t i gation they l e ft in about five minutes. Later the first two me n plus one more dressed in black kicked the gate oper and told both victims to go in the bedroom. She had 4100 OM hidden in the washroom and tried to hide it then one of the men saw her and hit her. They took the money and after a while gave it back to her and asked her to count it. On counting she discovere d that 600 OM were missing. When she told them of the missing money they proceeded to hit her until she admitted that all the money wa s there. They then made a list of what they took but d i d not wr i t e a nyth i ng about the missing mon e y. They s aid they would be b a c k t he f o l l owing d a y to get two pictures and to c heck where the y h a d been bought to make sure that she had not stolen them. She wa s told to report to their office on the 12 August at the bank at 0700 hours . r= +-- 0 cc·r [l r ~ UNCIVPOL - ILOK WEEKLY SITUATION EEPORT 12-8-92 to 21-8-92 1. General Operational Situation Fully operational and the present ~ituation in ILOK is fairly calm except for the presence of the Red Berets who seem to become increasingly involved in rape and robbery etc. 2. Personnel: Police Monitors 16, minus 4 are on CTO and one is in Sarajevo. 3. Operations: Transportation: two vehicles, one peugeot and one golf. The peugeot is damaged on the left hand side. Communication: one base station two mobile stations in vehicles and two portable radios. 4. Logistics: No Fax or typewriters and we need numerous office supplies etc. 5. Supplementary Comments: A meeting was conducted at the local police station however the police chief was away on other business and therefore we did not discuss the previous week submission. Three new cases were brought forward for their attention and they are as follows: (1) ES-144-92- MEHIC DRAJIC (BD: 24 NOV 43), Branislav Romic This is a case where the red berets came to her house searched it and took away some items they believe were stolen. This should have been conducted by the local mil ici ja. The red berets also took some money belonging to the complainant. (2) ES-154-92 SABADOS JOZA (BD:31-03-67) 29 July 1992 -This is a case in which SABADOS went to a local disco had a few drinks and happened to sing a croatian song and subsequently was taken away by the red berets and has not been heard of since. The police are investigating. ,. (3) EB-150-92 MARCO DUVJNAK (56 years old) -This person was taken to the milicija station on the 15 of April 1992 and has not been seen since that date. The police state that he may be living in croatia howe ver they will c h eck. Gun s hots pro b abl y comi ng f rom an Automat ic r i i le we r e h ea~ ~ in ILOK on the 1 3 , 15 , but were exce ss i ve o n the 16th c : August 1992. On the 17th August 199 2 a t a Russian check point in Bapska a number of local mili c ija were with the r ej berets who were carrying automatic rifles. On the 15th August 1992 a tank and a tractor trailer with Serbian troops were seen hidden in the small bushes opposite the Russian checkpoint which is situated on the ILOK side of the bridge which connects ILOK and Bac Palanka. Five Serbiar. tanks were hidden in the wood near the Russi a n che ckpoint. The Croatian radio has been telling people that a list of people who want to return home is being prepared and will be out, so those who want to return should check with UNPROFOR. It is becoming abundantly clear that most o f the crimes committed in ILOK area are by red berets who a lso walk around intimidating people with their automatic rifles etc. Unless they are removed from the area, crlme s will continue increasing. The local police are reluctant and unable to do anything them. On the 17th August 1992 a Special Force (Red Be ret) was killed as a result of a traffic accident in ILOK. The vehicle was desceding a hill and it overturned. The driver was killed and two fema le passe nge rs we re s lightly i njured . Local milicija are investiga ting. J. A. Osborne Station Commander, ILOK ./ · UNCIVPOL HQ ZAGREB TO: Mr. C. Thornberr y DCA / ~~I .... •· .' f RQ?-.1: supt. P. J . !-'.. -:">~- .-: .:-;: 1 I ../ · Uncivpol Chie t Ops . 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VOORTGANGSCONTROLE TYAJTVO TYZ ·- ··· .. , ... ·· ···· ·· ...... , .. ., ...... , ...... ,. .. v ...... , ...... - .• ...... lj ' - RECE\VEDt>j 92 S? 23 13 02 z UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE UNPROFOR 1/:r TELEFAX MESSAGE TO: JEANNIE PETERSON SLOCA, BELGRADE LO BELGRADE FROM: SHANNON BOYD\. . ~ .. G 0 \...... DEPUTY CHIEF OF PRESS AND INFORMATION UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 FAX: ZAGREB 041-172-488 FOR FURTHER INFO: MARIE McGEHEE - 041-180-011 - Ext. 2130/2131 ======ATTACHED PLEASE FIND THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT: 1. UNPROFOR LOCAL PRESS SUMMARY- ZAGREB (3P.) 2. INTL' PRESS CLIPPINGS (3P.) BEST REGARDS. 2fJ-y d_q?J RECEIVEDLJ UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORC~2 SP 23 13 02 Z UNPROFOR TELEFAX MESSAGE TO: MR. MARRACK GOULDING USG, PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS FAX: 1-212-963-9222 FROM: SHANNON BOYD "• ~ ._ ~ ~ \.. a._ DEPUTY CHIEF OF PRESS AND INFORMATION UNPROFOR ZAGREB DATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 FAX: ZAGREB 041-170-199 FOR FURTHER INFO: MARIE McGEHEE - 041-180-011 - Ext. 2130/2131 ====== ATTACHED PLEASE FIND THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS: 1. UNPROFOR LOCAL PRESS SUMMARY- ZAGREB (3P.) 2. UNPROFOR LOCAL PRESS SUMMARY- BELGRADE (3P.) REGARDS. )) 2rty UNPROFOR PRESS SU~RY ZAGREB 23 September, 1992 UN AND UNPROFOR-RELATED NEWS NOVI VJESNIK -leads off with the excerpts from President Tudjman speech at the Tuesday session of the UN General Assembly. Highlights: * The key to the regional stability and co-operation, and the equitable international relations, lies in the status of the small and less developed nations and states. UN can and must play a decisive role in the management of the sweeping changes in the totalitarian societies, ensuring the right to self-determination for the nations, and the civil and citizens' rights to the ethnic groups and minorities. * Croatia is ready to co-operate with other states in rerouting the funds, now allocated to armament, into the peaceful development purposes and the rebuilding of areas devastated by war. * For Croatia, as well as for the other states emerging from former Yugoslavia and former Soviet Union, an early solution to the international legal problems of state succession is of the utmost importance. * Croatia appreciates the efforts of the international community the UN, EC and CSCE, as well as the other factors -- who are helping it stop the madness which, right before the eyes of the civilized world, wages this most brutal war against civilian population. * It is getting increasingly difficult for the Croatian authorities to keep in check the justified discontent of the people expelled from their hearths in their own country, the people who have accepted the role and intentions of- the UN and EC with optimism and with the firm belief that the injustice they have suffered would be redr~ssed. Also-on the front page is the news that the Croatian Vicepresident Mr. Granic has made it public that Mr. Cedric Thornberry, DCA, declared on Monday that the present conditions did not warrant the return of Croats expelled from the settlements in Sector East, the beginning of which had been scheduled for 30 Sept. UN could not guarantee the safety of the people trying to return. Vicepresident Granic announced he would call for a meeting with the highest UNPROFOR officials, as the return of the displaced Croatian ~Y'') 24y ;}.9J population was one of the basic priorities. "If a peacekeeping and 'normalizing' effort does not work here," said Mr. Granic, "the chances of its success in Bosnia and Herzegovina must indeed be minimal." Another reaction to the Henry Kissinger column in last Sunday's WELT AM SONNTAG has appeared on p. 2, by Mar jan Jurleka. The author points out with apparent delight that Mr. Kissinger regards the expected heavy casualty rate, mentioned in every analysis of a possible armed intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a smoke screen. "In every war you are supposed to know who your enemy is," Mr. Kissinger is quoted as writing, "and in the case of B&H the enemy must surely be the local Serbian formations. In the war, you also have to have the allies, preferably in the theater of operations. They are the Moslems and Croats living in B&H and they constitute 70 percent of the local population. The problem seems to be, however, that these allies are not wanted." On page 6 of NOVI VJESNIK Ivancica Knapic writes of the life at the UNPROFOR checkpoint at Turanj near Karlovac, at the entry point into Sector North. The working hours of the Nigerian guard is said to start at 8 am and end at 4 or 6 pm. After the guard is gone, Chetniks take the checkpoint over and with the fall of night start firing intermittently at the Croatian Army positions, quitting a couple of hours before the Nigerians' morning shift is due to begin. When asked, the Nigerian guard declines to take any responsibility for the events at the checkpoint outside UNPROFOR working hours. "For fuller information, please turn to our Zagreb HQ," he says. Another unpleasant incident involving UNPROFOR personnel seems to have taken place during Monday night. Two people in civilian garb, allegedly of UNPROFOR, apparently drunk, were found breaking car windshields and hotel windows with wooden poles, around Hotel "International" in Zagreb. They also took a fire extinguisher from the hotel wall and allegedly hit a passerby over the head with it. The victim was taken to hospital with light head injuries, while the two perpetrators were arrested by the UNPROFOR Military Police officers summoned from the Pleso Airbase. The above incident is reported in the crime column on page 25. CROATIA It is with great revulsion that Ivica Ma_rijacic reports of the return of General Ratko Mladic, the infamous former Yugoslav Army officer I to Croatia. He h,as rapparently left his post of the Defense Minister of the so-called "Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina" at which he was personally responsible for the wholesale destruction of B&H cities. His new post seems to be that of the Defense Minister of the so-called "Serbian Republic of Krajina." Mr. Marijacic describes General Mladic as being clinically mentally deranged. "It remains to be seen," concludes the VJESNIK writer, "how the UN Protection Forces are going to deal )! with this sorry creature. In Osijek, the municipal government has issued public denial of the rumors of the start of the school year being delayed because of the expected resumption of bombardment by the enemy. It appears that in some schools the school year will indeed start late, but the reason is the need for extensive rebuilds and repairs. Osijek school buildings have suffered heavily during the war in Croatia. Another decision of the municipal government has also raised a few eyebrows. Namely, it has been decided that the city garbage will be deposited into the Drava river as of 30 September if by that time the UNPROFOR cannot ensure the opening of the.road to Sarvas and Nemetin and thus give the Osi jek garbage disposal company necessary access to the municipal garbage disposal area. The same topic is highlighted much more strongly in VECERNJI LIST. The latter paper also announces the imminent demonstration of Croats expelled from the Baranja area unless they are allowed to return to their homes by the end of September. In the coastal region of Dalmatia the unemployment rate has climbed to 35 percent, reports Drazen Jambrovic in his page 8 article in NOVI VJESNIK. Almost 70,000 people in the region are out of work. When no less than 110,000 refugees, temporary residing in Dalmatia, are added to that number the picture becomes black indeed. Two successive summers lost for the crucial tourist trade, the communication problems due to some key roads and bridges being destroyed, the acute lack of electricity due to the enemy occupation of the regional hydroelectric power plants -- all these factors mean that Dalmatia has been brought to its knees economically. The key factor to any recovery seems to be the UNPROFOR and its activities. "Is UNPROFOR going to let Dalmatia breathe any time soon?" asks Mr. Jambrovic. VECERNJI LIST adds the topic of water supply to the sorry Dalmatian picture. Apparently, the Zadar area doesn't even have enough water for people to drink, much less use it for other purposes (page 6). BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA The Posavina area is still the theater of war. VECERNJI LIST reports on Serbian tank and infantry attacks on the Derventa - Bosanski Brod line, apparently unsuccessful. Bosanski Brod, Maglaj and Gradacac are being shelled and some infantry attacks have apparently been attempted. VECERNJI LIST describes the situation in Gradacac as "dramatic," giving the local people no chance of surviving the winter without outside help. r- The defense of Gorazde is reported as unexpectedly successful, with the 138 days under either total or partial siege and the estimated 80,000 artillery shells that have hit this small town in the Eastern Bosnia. Sarajevo is apparently still reeling under virtually unceasing Serbian artillery attacks, with several people killed, many wounded. )) - .. - ... -· . e. rl r· -- ~ - .... ------~;>fl..l-1'""'--. UNPROfOR LOCAL PRESS SUMMARY - BELGRADE ~.I September 22, 1992 UNPROFOR ACT~VlTY: The ~edia report the resumption of UNPROF'OH fliqhcs to Sdr~~evo and the Joint Co~mi~sio~'s repot"t or. the ~itudtiun in the "pi:ik zon~s," based on T~~jug news items. They say that, according to an UNPRorop • ·I ': press release, "the Croatian army i~ ~a1nly responsible fc~ i' ~he cedscfir~ violation~.~ Newspape~ headlines are 1n the .,.. same 'Je .i.:-1: 11 UNPROF'OR Accuses Croats" ( vecern je Novost:i; , "C:--oatia Is At~acking" (?olitika Ekspres), "Croati.ctn Army LJces Not Respect ceasefire" (Politik3) and "C!'oatiiln ,\rmy Is Responsible" (Borba). Only Vccernje NovoGti omits th~ p.art of the release saying that the Krajina ••spec!.al pc 1 ice" will be disarmed by octobeir 20. The m.;dia also report tna new.s cor:fe:-ence in Knin he:i..d by Sector South Commander G~ner~l Arap Rob and "Republic of Serb Kra jina" !ntet"ior Min.istar Milan .·Martic on the n~:..nk zones." General Rob insisted on the strict implementa~~on of thQ VN Security Council resolution on the zones and the · ;·•I TJNPRCFOR mandat~. He told tho prQss that the ''di!Ierent . : ... interpretations" of the resolution aco cren~ing difficulties and "misund~rstandings" between th12 Krajinu police and (J}IPROFOR, strASBi.ng that UNPROFOR's mandate ''mu!;t b12 respected unconditionally" by everybody. Martie sai~ that ."for security reasons" Krajina cannot accept 11 disarming or the borcer police" by October 15. According to Politi.ka. the "pink zones" do not exist as far . . as Martie is·coccerned. Martie announced a new ~eeting in I Belgrade with General Satish Nambinr, Cedric Thornberry ~nd BorL~av . Jo~ic (fo=mer ch~irman of the State Commit~ee for Cooperation with the UN) on ~he issue. Vecernje Novost~ and ?ol i tika E:l<.spres have the same attitude towa·rd t:he problem. In the circumstances, .ts not not clear how the October 15 · 'i, •....~. , deadline will be met, or if it will be met at ... all. }~ ..... Croatian pryssurQ continues ter the return of the displ~ced to UNPA s~ctor East. Oeputy Gefen~e Minister o£ the "Republ.i.:: of Serb Krajinau (RSI<) 'Milan Kila.novic stcted in Erduc that Sector East Commander Colonel Alexander Hromchinkov has promised hia that the "UN peace~eeping force will stop" the Croats if they attempt to return by fore~. Milanovic said HromchinJtov'~ :statement ''confirmed the agreement reached by HSK Pre•ier Goran Hadzic and UN Under-Secretary-Ccneral ~arrack Goulding•• under which "C~oat refugee~ can return to the territory of Krajlna only ~ith th.a consent of the local authorities." This report \lias carried a:so by radio, television, Borba, Vecernje Novcsti and Politika . ... . ~~~~~~~~~~~~-~-~-2-~~~~-~/~i Z:A--y J_qj 2 and Politika. . .. Politika reports (probably incorrectly) that General . I Nambia=. Thornberry, Coulding and Colonel Hromchinkov met in Erdut en September 20 ·.-~ith the Krajina aaJthoritio~ to di:}c~~s the iusuu. Politika quotes Hilanovic ~s sayin'1: 11 0n that oc~n~ion they strongly w ~rned Croatia and its authorities to reErai~ from dttampting to retu~n Croats Lo K:ajina by force." Mi~anOVll added th~t the local aut~o~~t1es will invite domestic and loreiqn newsmen to u._.itness just how much the Cro atian authorities love their fellow Croats" if they try to send them into Kra)ina by september JO. Borba has an article on the possible return of the displaced c, to Baranja. "We will go kilometer by kilometer, village by village,n zaid Osije~ ~ayor e r animir Gluv~s recently. The Croatian authorities ar~ under strong pressure by an i ~ estimated 77,000 p.aoplQ displ~ccd frol!l Sector Eclst. The Croatian side expects CcnQr~l Nambiar in Osijek on Thursday, September 24. "The UNPROFOR commander must immediately be informed that they (~he refugees) are determined that t~e tirst stage of the return of the displaced must be car~~eri out without delay," say the Cro atian authorities. Oorba learr.s that unless th~ Se~tember .30 dc;aac:lline is met "the ... authorities will help the Osijek com~unity of the di~~ldced to -::. oryani:le a protest against UNPROFon•• and General Nalllbla= ~will be presented with a demand to ensure sate passage for unanr.ed civilians to the occupied places. 11 Civil Af:airs OfEicer in B~ranja Mrs Megan (?) and .... representatives of t~e Croatian governDent nave been , .. , informed that if the return i3 not organized by the authorities "th~ people might take matte~s into their own hands and a fresh contlict between Cro~cs and Serbs could break out," writes Borba. On their part, the Serbs claim that the Croatg have not ~it~drawn their heavy weapons from the demarcation Line, as laid out· in the Vance Plan. ·rhey insist that the p.raced~.:.re envisaged by the Plan be respected and say they tru~t Colonel Hromchinkov. "But the Krajina police are ready to react on SepteDbc~ jQ if necessary," said RSK Deputy Interior Minister Ilija KoJic. In an article from Eastern Herzegovina, ve~ernje Novosti writes thcst "the action~ of EC and UNPROFOR representat.lves poured oil on the flame~ rather than contributing to the peaceful settlement of the crisis." Colonei Radovan Crubac, commander of the Serb forces in the ar~a, ·, accused the EC and tJNPROFOR of " d ~monstratinq in tht=!ir contacts with us so f~= that they abosolutely favor ~he Croat side.~ He warned the EC re presentatives that thev would be accountable f~r the lites of 67 Serbs who hdv~ not )) .... \ -· qt) I ~ .. ' ..., I I " :·i , ,, ...~ . bcgn exchanged. "The EC has double-crossed us. Now they are responsible for the lives o! ~he~e people. !f something happens to them, the EC will be quilty ot a wa= crime." I .... G.c-..1bac said. \ \ . Vecernje Novo~ti also has a story from tha L~xa ~egion (UNPA -.. SActcr North) headlined "For Cod'G Sake, ~hoct." I~ s~ys Croatian soldiers are calling on Serbs to open fire r-..rst .i.:-: . . orde~ that they (~he Croat\ansi wculd not be ~ent to Bosni~ . \ Such appeal arc frequent around Teslingrad near Gospic where ...:. . the t'Wo sides' lines are very Glose. J\ccordinq to the paper, the Croatian troops have complained to the ~erbs that they must pay high tines for each bullet they fire first. ~ ~. I ;.: ...~ .:NTE.RHA'l'IONAL EVENTS: The:= acti.vi ty ~f Prime M1:t.:.ster Panic ' ·~. ;.._I in the ~nieed Nations and the close of ~he Geneva I ' ~egotiations on Bosnia are the leading· international news topics. The l!ledi.a note that the Moslems came out with a new ... plan for organi~ing the Bo~nian stute, but that it was not ·, ' acceptable for the Serbs who are sticking to the conf~deral \ option. .. Panic has ~tarted a series of meetings at the United . i' ~ations. He will probably address the General Assembly l .. today. Extensive coveraqe :is given to the differont \ ~1- reactions around the world·to the Security Counci~ ! ! resolution on the Vuqoslav seat. Some see it as a way in , . which Yugoslavia can be admitted to the United Nations, ~· while fJthers, including th.e United States and Germany, urge .. ·.·; additional pressures on Yugoslavia . .,'::.. HGME EVEN'l'S: The fc:det·al Par 1 iament is to meet today to pass bills and constitutional amend~ent3 enabling the holding of I .. early elections. The parliament will debate legislation ' drafted by the · fedoral government and based on the decisions \ reached during the ·recent round table discussion at which a proportional balloting system was aqreed, as well as \ rules for the behavior of the media during the election ..., campaign and financing of political parties. It is also M ' e~pected to ' fix the date of the new elections. j . ~ rn Novi Pazar, Sandzak, a shop owned by a moderate Moslem ' and an autombile of a moderatP. Mo~lem deputy in the Federal ' Parliament have been blown up. The press blames the ~.: ~ incidents on thQ extremist wing of the Democratic Action \\oi! Party (SOA). Tension in the town is mounting. \~ ;)C.'H 01 · LE1TERS f<.., 0 ~ ntfliiJJtJif!'!~rll~fr1&1f!~~~ ~j · !~.g:i:lm .-! uuii!11'iUtif~i~i••i~na ifl~~!f~g. ~ m ~~nniU!=ifi~,.. ,~!ndribll iiHi!f • ~ §P ~ • I§ .rrf·J;"~ .. a. ~ f1.~1 ~~ ~ rfa .. : w~~ til ~!i r,r I ifllaJ!Jt !if§ if;~:~~Hfliii!Ji J!lf;'·~'l'l I. :=: -· $l. JO c;: Jt:.:. Cf l t•I r.. ! a... I !'li••1 • .. -:- 1et!l~'i!J.~ J ..§i FIIF tr• .. rtt 110 •· · • &r < t»_ ':'i ~ - tl:I " •i-f:lii 1rl... '·• ~:;iiiil.. l-lil!intiai·,i' n:: - fi· i a, . ~ D 1It1 I 1f l 1 -·~~· "&&{ 1)ltlfll ....i. .., ~ .. ~ .- l•i•••J11f 1.. ~,iial•lid ... l!!fi!"h i lid 1I :i £r S: •· .",· ;•tftwll-·:un:t i!iait:H!i~;J If!; 1 g a;-~ i ~ I 1" ,,rf 1rs .. ~ff t.fl!t.f-!Os·s·~~ . !lt4' m ::t ~ ~ ~f s:: 0 ~ a I ~ Cf~ ' u;nni'JU!iii iiiiUUHf~IUJUUi ·~ ~- ~ ; i ~ I ~ ...... · -"7, ~ ~· ~~~·-wt~~=art.-- 1 ff&f - - K ~ n~r,.hj hr~21 1 h1i'.1tlff .. ,,[:hl~ ' . ~ ~ ~ .. ~ ~ell~ ~ ~ \JO '11 J IU .. DAILY 'rl:LEGRAPH - 22 Sept-~r 1992 '• · ) ) 248 13~ Unease. . oVer British. . war zone in·Bosnia .• .. ~ ~·. 17- 9,6 - 1 RECEIVFD u NPR.C>FC>R. MOST IMMEDIATE 1 92 SP 23 1l 04 z: Page 1 of 1 Outgoing Fax Number: Date: 23 September 1992 TO: Blandina Negga,CAC FROM: Y. Auger Sector EastjErdut UNPROFOR Zagreb ·lbt_·'! M l ; - Fax No.: INMARSAT: (38-873) 151-1556 or FAX: (38-41) 170-199 Attn. Ref. Originator: YA Info: Ref: YA/is Fax Number: Subject: CONSULTANTS ON BORDER CONTROL OPERATION 1111 THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT MR. R. TAIT AND MR. C. COLLINGRIDGE WILL BE TRAVELLING TOMORROW MORNING AND ARRIVING IN ERDUT AT 11.00 HOURS. THEY ARE CONSULTANTS WHO WILL BE ADVISING US ON HOW TO SET UP THE BOUNDARY CONTROL OPERATION. WE SHOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A BRIEFING JOINTLY WITH THE CHIEF, CIVPOL, AND ARRANGE FOR THEM TO GET ALSO A BRIEFING FROM THE MILITARY. Tu it \ ~ r cf UL. i HQ)6'r,~zlUc: i~~C /) ·r(.; RECEIVED UNPROFOR · 92 SP 23 13 t&:35 Z· OUTGOING FAX MOST -IMMEDIATE P 1 OF 4 TO: Mr. z. Nogolica, Chairman !-A)(~ t+-S~ -O FROM: M. Magnusson, Senioy1 ~~·'cal Affairs Officer UNPROFOR, Zagreb ~~ _:__---. DATE: 23 September 1992 NUMBER: SUBJECT: Sub-commission meetings Dear Zvonko, Please find attached two self-explanatory messages from my colleague, Claude Echard. warm regards. )j~L 2:: . s e ~ . '? 2 ~ a : ;_ 5 r·l o . :--.,.,: 2 1 r· . t.) rvo jvJr liz Frf--dq_T 1/01- VRD~"R. ~ '5 d7 1.i ~ VA - -- Trv7. - COMCEN ID TTfo~t - · For ~om- l- -~~- -- cen u~c r_ only -- · ··- -~--- .~ -_-- I _ ROU'l'l"tJ.f:/P.I:HORITY /TMMF.DI ATE/MPST -i:"!MT-:DT ~Tf::: @NCJ;..A~~IF lEQ/RF.S'rRIC'l'ED/CONr'IDENT lAL/CRYPTO/ONT.Y _r-·---··. . .:::" ... ..: -· ·. - ·· ··--. ~ ...... · .~ .. ~-:' ·-·· ·.- ·-.;...... ·"' ... - outcJoing fax no: Di:i.tejtime: 23 /·tr:·O B Sept. 1992 To: MIK MAGNUSSON, SPAO From: VTC'fOR .ANDREF:V, CAC ONPHOFOR HQ, ZAGR£B SECTOR SOU'fH HQ, KN IN Fax no: Fax: Atln.: F.:i.le ref. no. Dr~fter CJ Title ReJ t-~asing off. : -·· ·------·- ·-- -~ · .)uc- h Je'~.• ·· 1:... • "''l'G.-~ ~s- • OF SC ::>~ I .- · --=--·~ -- --· ----~------=-~:--- · ---....---~--=--· ---=-----_.:_.....----=--=- MJ~SS..l"..GE TH.t::R8 H.AS RJ::F.N A REQlJES'l' FROM TH}:; LOCAL AU'l'HORITir:s AND WE WOULD APP.RF.C.L-\'T.'E YOUR PA. ·rHA.I'fK YOU AND BF.~'l' REGA~r::S • ( S7ll::5Ul~ ( U _TOR SiJUTH f<'J·l HI TEL: 87ll3t)1270 p,r- QCt r flo ":f U N l? .R 0 F 0 R Un.i ted. Nett ions Protec.:t: ion Force Sec lor South Civ.il ~ffairs 23 September 1992 Dear Dr. Nogolica, For technical reasons, the meeting of the Sub-commission on Displaced Persons schedu.1 ed tomorrow has been postponed till Tuesday, 2Q September 1992 at 10:00 in Z1tnlc. S:i ncerely yours, -- · ~ ~-- J.aude Echard Deputy Civil Affairs Coo·rd i net tor Dr. Zvonomir Nogolica Chnir~an Government's Office for UNPROFOR .• 2 . ) • o('l~ •.g-;cT"";· ~ j, c J. 87fl30~:270 .:TOR SOUTH KN IN TEL: 8711301270 23.Sep.92 14:16 No.021 P.C F~--{}CA. r 11o1- U N P R 0 F 0 R. United Nations Protect.ion Force sector South Civil Affairs 22 September 1992 Dear Dr. Nogolica, As agre€d upon, the next meeting of the Sub-con1m i ss.ion on Economic matters will be held on Monday, 28 September 1992 at 10: - . . . . oo- am in Zitn i c . · - ·-·~ - We would appreciate receiving confirmation of your attendance and the list of the members of your delegation. SinCe:i::elY ~--- ~M-;/ Claude Echard Deputy Civil Affairs Coordinator Dr. Zvonimir Nogalica Chairman Government's Office fer UNPROFOR ...... j '•'IJ ,I.,)!:· ~ ,'_1: - ._, 1)- ~ I ..1. - L ..) t....• .L .) L i. : i·..,l . J.- It:..'- • I '- · I STAFFNUMBER -- - VBDHR: de (II;) PRECEDENCE. DATE I TIME GR v ...... 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Ul'I ~Jg~ ullc.lul:.~ T tJ ! t J ~.Z 1-:· ------·-··-··-·-· .-~---,...---~~~.---~~~...... -"T"'"" ______JE'J . V~SrA USLUCE iZN09- 1------"AJSilE ll.o72 1 ~, ooU~i~l J '· 3 lC 61 21·'' X E.l 13 , oo u::~ D l ?A. oil~ ZA ~A ;.•r,A'1'U! r· ·:.·.. ·· ~ ·' ~ ~ '·· .. . I\. • ... '· ··· :: • ,.. i ·'I , " · ~ .. , '"'f · ,. T" · ·- • · · ·· ' _.. .· , .. .. .~ · -. -- ·· · ~.· ... ~ - ' . . ·~ ... ·: ··•·. .' .--. :.;,,;· ..~f(P J I / •I, ' ·' I .. , / , ' I ' '.~'?) (;?.___ .., .. :. J 7 . ! G\ / -,r.:..~ -· -"~· .;> L · ~" . '... \') I /tJ/; RECEIVED UNPROFOR 192SP23 1l\ ·-,5lZ 1 OUTGOING FAX IMMEDIATE P 1 OF 1 TO: Brig. General Abdul-Razek, SC/Sarajevo and A. Abdelrazek, Acting CAC/Sarajevo FROM: M. Magnusson, SPAO/Zagret}jaJ v~~-- DATE: 23 September 1992 NUMBER: SUBJECT: Return of President Izetbegovic This is to advise you that Mr. Izetbegovic and party are scheduled to return to Sarajevo tomorrow, Thursday, on board UNPROFOR aircraft, which departs Zagreb at 1000 hours. Your cooperation in providing an APC will be most appreciated. Warm regards. ))J;;1 ·. ...;:'' _.,~ .. -:-=, . ,, ...... :·: /:="~NITED__ NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE ·sz sP 23 10 08 z (UNPROFOR) OUTGOING FAX TO M. LONG ESB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED DUBLIN 2, IRELAND ~ FAX NO.: 353-1-610675 INFO ANDREEV, CAC KNIN, SECTOR FROM THORNBERRY, DCA ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 NUMBER SUBJECT Re: Peruca Dam Safety Assessment Final Report Many thanks your fax of 22 Sept.92 REF. 4Z202A. We have been through it and have no comments. Could we please have 10 copies of the overall? Greetings. END ALL No. of pages including cover memo: 1 l\... i- t-.:.__ t ')- L ~ ' He:, c;s . ~~s~"-;:_ · r ' unicefO (N (3 C2 ..'-f_ UcJtt:d :-l;u:lons ci!!Idren·:s Fwlo;t Foc.d UJed!Illen!h na=Qa =o1 pamcK: djec~. !;'onas 1125 Nst!.oas U"n1es peer I"en!lwcc SPER5P/AC~rp 22 September 1g92 Following the visit of UNICEF Executive Director, Mr. James P. Grant, ! \rould like to thallk you very much for all the efforts made to enso.re that the mission was a success particularly in relation to the air travel on the UNPROFOR flight as w-all as the arrangements in Saraje,·o. Despite some miiLDr hitcr.es which were. however, overcome, all the a...-::-ange.ments worked. Those who assisted us were most courteous and helpful. Please convey my thanks to your colleagues who were directly involved . I look forward to a continued close cooperation. With best regards. You.rs sincerely, A 1• "' .!\ ! <. . t'-dv, i! . ~c~J0 Alan Court ~e/-f Special Representative ot the ~ecutive Director to the (l~~ RegubLics of former Yugoslavia Mr. Cedric Thornberry Director of Civil Affairs UNPROFOR Zagreb . ' /-r (f3f . RECEIVED UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE U N P R 0 F 0 R92 SP 23 15 0 U T G 0 I N G F A X TO ADNAN ABDELRAZEK, ACTING CAC, SARAJEVO FROM THORNBERRY, DCA ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT DOBRICA COSIC Please find attached letter from the President of FRY, dated 22.09.1992. Could you please check this out and see if there is any further news about Best regards. Endall 22 1 : s.e:~, ~2 -3 a2~ ' r. T (t3F. ,.. ~EPE~L ~!.»OB~IC 07 YUGOSLAVlA 1'1\E:SI · DJm~ OF 'l'llJI: RSPUSLlC .. September 2~ 1 199: ·.. OeA:r Gane:al, i I !m ad~r~osing you me:~ as a write~ than in m~ j oal?elt':i ty of Pt'ttli icient of tha l:'~d@lrlll Republ.ic: o1. YUgQ'IIlaviA wi t.l; "' Lhe :rtqUtl!t thc.t you intervon~ to praY~nl. ~ny dAvclo~tmant th!it mjght fu~ther ~ggr~vate th~ &ll too di~fio~lt tim•~ ~~ •=• ~ll goinq th.rc_ug:h ·-an~ pc.x·-:t;ic::ulArly "l..h~ peopleG <')f Dotnia-H111t:e9ovtha •. . -:-- ...... :.-~_--: __ ....-- - .. .; ·:· · -~_-;;.;.. ·.;:.:-:· · ~·-:-:-·_ ...: ·····•:· ·...... - . . . - ..... : ...... from th~ P:etident o! t~e Se:bian Aead~y of Sc!onoes ~n~ Ar~, Prvr •. o~. Z\ane~d.r, E'rot. or • .Sv•-eo~eu::... _ Kolj•vi6,--== memb•:r: o£ the Ace..de:rd.a& ot So!enc~• and Art of Serbia And 5oeni4-X•~s~~ovin•, a promin~nt ~chela:- cu•d hu::tanis t r.. ~ moat t"e"lered pe::.on.!.qe •ven aut• .ll.:l..c:!.s ...I tcient.if ic ci•cles, haa b~Sen e~.pt'.tvh~nded in St.ra jevo. I ,_m not: fam1li4r . with any a~tail• regardinq the o1~c~atanas• o~ h!' a=:evt , hut I appeAl to you tc act swiftly, nAblrally •- a.cc;Qz:canc& W!.th \:.ll1!J lO!'C)" I.L1lll IlQDl~ ~o~..1.m~ o£ VN!':\OYOI\ ~e ~lucid.ate this incide:ot ~11d !lelp find 4. hw.ma.n9 a.nd j~oat. 111nJ u t:..ic.:-. to th$ problem .invol Vtd.. A• f.ar ~S' I h.Ave "b~en in::or:::":tec he .1.>~ g~ilty ~olely of b3ing th• bro~her of Pr~!~••~r Nikola ~OlJevi~, member ot the PreGidsncy o~ the eerbian ~cp~blia who i• r.~~ pa.r~ic.!..pati:'l<; i:l ths Geuava negotia.tione. Let me st:r"fl,.. tna': ~rote••or Sv~tc:~r ~c~jevi~ is a. pd1:ed..i.gmatica.lly apo!.id.ca.:...... ~· .:.gure • ~An~ral s~tjMh Nambiar UN?ROFOR i ' ·- ...... • 'I ... I ~nould h• mn•t qrataful if you could intervane U:::'iently e.s pos11.;.nle with tne ~uthoriti&e ln SAT.'l:ljcvo am~ a!:fe· hi~ ..t'.lCAS·· . frorn priJOl'\ ana er'lJlblt: h.!.m ~nci hiu fAmil.y to lee: S&raj•vo. .• .. J\eepao~tully, ' ~ :i -.I I d . ,_ I . ~ r e • ·i d t n t I .. ... . ! I .! •' 1. ! 'I l ' •• ~ SAV:W:,..N A. ll!::r'U 1-11-lKA JlJt':CS!.A V 1.1 A 1' It J:. n ~ r:: o f'l 4 'K n 2: t• v J~ r. r l'- .r:: lf)v · . Br. -··---· --- - :-········- ... .. - .. ·-. 22. ~· Gosp~cina gencrale, ... · · Obracam Vam •e vi.Se kao pisac nl!go u l!lvojstvu Predsed.nika S~vozn~ Republi}loe Jugosla:vije e~ molbom. da po-. mognttte da · se ne ucini ne!to !to bi Ir.oglo jo~ vis~ aa oteza . inace pretes.ke dane kcja svi pre!ivljavruno, a naroc!:ito narc-· - di Sosne i Hercegovina. ·' Prama informacij~.a kcje sam dobio od Predssd nik~ SrpsKe akademije nauka i umet~osti prof. dr Kanazira, u Saraj~vu je uhae~en prof. dr svetoz~r Koljev~6, ~lan Srpske 1 Bos~nsko-heic~qova~ke akademij~ nauka i umetnoati, uqledni naucnik i numanista~ lic~ost visokoq ugleca ne sarno ~ nau~~i~ kru~o7ima. Nisu mi poznata sire okolnoa~i u vezi sa njegovim hapsenjem, a.li Vas molin\ da p.reduzmet.e hitne ~cra~e, naravno u skladu sa visokim i plemenitim ciljevima uNPROFOR-a, koji hi doveli do.razja~njenja ovog ·ak~a i h~~ano9 i prayednog: rgsenja problema koji poa~oje u vezi ea ovim. ro mojim oba ve~tenj1~a, on je k:iv same zato sto je brat prof. Nikole Koljevi6a, clana Predsednistv~ Srpske Republike, sada na preqovorima ~ ~enevi. Profeso~ SvQtOzar Koljevic je p~ra digmaticno apolitic~a lic~o•t. Bicu Vam veoma. z S po!tovanjem, PRE D S E OtN I K L~·~ 4/c Dobrica t!csic Gene.=al Sati~ UNl'ROFOR ,.., B e o g r a d ~ .-L.i~:'--==- _;r .:' "-1-'.'..- I+- 0 Ct( Ill~ UNITED NATIONS PROTE.CTION FORCE u N p R 0 F 0 R or:r:r=\VED i •. ··-· '• . - 0 U T G 0 I N G 1o as z U R G E N T TO MR. R. O'FLAHERTY ESB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED FAX NO.: 353-1-610675 FROM IL AFFAIRS FAX NO.: 38-41-170-199 DATE 24 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT: REUR TELECON WITH MY OFFICE ON 23 SEPTEMBER I attach a brief memo on the current situation, which will be further discussed tomorrow here by Mr. Secretary Vance and Lord Owen during their visit. I hope this is sufficently informative. Endall ( .·~(,,, /-;:::), _"-; / ~· ·~ C~--4 ~. -·.:· ~), • ~ J ;J--£b--> r;; ..__ . . ~ (? L--c_ N: .Q (?~ (~ ~ c;ccT [( ( c! PERUCA DAM 1. The situation at Peruca on 23 September, as we have been advised, is quiet. Diplomatic pressure has been applied in New York, Belgrade, Zagreb and Knin to presidents and other senior officials to keep the area calm, and all the usual solemn promises have been given. However, no cease-fire violations have occurred in the area in recent days. Instead, the Krajina authorities in Knin have deployed, in the general area, but not at the dam itself, several hundred heavily armed "milija". UNPROFOR, via the Kenyan battalion, has deployed troops at the dam with orders to defend it against any elements which seek to take possession of it. 2. It is likely that the water level at the dam has now fallen below the level of the flood or crest gate and thus the spillage downriver has ceased. No steps have yet been taken to demine the dam, nor have promised plans of the mined areas been handed over to UNPROFOR by the Yugoslav Army. 3. The Serb side is determined that the Croats should not advance to the dam, and wants to conduct demining and repairs itself, usually (they say), under UN supervision. However, they also want to exercise security protection i.e. military control there. They also sometimes reject the experts' conclusions regarding the dam, saying that they conflict with those of their own. (The Krajina authorities do not, these days, speak with a single voice on this or any other subject). 4. The Croatian position is more accepting. They are more than willing to have the UN there and for it to manage and repair the installation (with their help, if necessary), and they swear that they will keep their military under control. They badly want and need the dam to be fully operational. They know they will also probably not get this without paying a price. They have been -2- saying publicly that they will begin supplying electricity to Krajina as soon as possible. 5. As regards the UN, I think we accept that we shall have to superintend dernining, repair and operations until we can get agreement between the sides on these matters and, probably, fair allocation of the products of the darn. We have informed both sides that they are not welcome there just at this time. We have an interest in calming down the situation and in stabilising the new status quo. Appropriate publicity will help to restrain attempts to change this. But, for many reasons, including security of this currently dangerous installation, we must also make progress, as quickly as possible, towards our immediate objectives once calm is fully restored. 6. Thus the UN requires:- (a) to maintain its (more than symbolic) presence at the darn for the time being; (b) to have expert international management there as soon as possible (resident in Knin, working at Peruca); (c) to dernine the structure; (d) to repair it; (e) to g~t the bottom tunnel open; (f) to allocate resources. Only (a), (b) and (possibly) (e) can be done by the UN on its own. The others require the cooperation and assistance of both sides. This will have to be secured by negotiations on the ground, supported at high levels. UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE UN PRO FOR RECEIVED 0 U T G 0 I N G F A , ~· SP 23 1/tJ/ TO ANNA-MARIA DEMMER DIRECTOR, REGIONAL BUREAU FOR EUROPE, UNHCR FAX NO.: 41-22-739.86.71 FROM AFFAIRS, ZAGREB NO.: 38-41-170.199 DATE . 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT: AIRLIFT SARAJEVO You asked yesterday for an assessment from our military in regard to the airport situation and this I attach. I Greetings. Endall ]X:, A Rec. -rt. tr·'fiJ " y.y,l, .... tf . ~------~--~------~ 1. UNPROFOR can only report on conditions in Saraje.vo itself, as · that is the only area where we have troops. Thus we cannot give advice in regard to "the approaches" to Sarajevo. 2. The situation in Sarajevo changes by the hour. Periods of relative calm can be followed by intense fighting andjor shelling in various areas - including the airport without prior warning as to time and place. This has been the situation ever since the start of the airlift and the reason why a system has been set up as to which the actual situation is checked before flights take off from Zagreb and while on route for the purpose for aborting flights if necessary. F+~oetl 1107 UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION. FORCE . Rr= c EI 'V EO J '3 U N P R 0 F 0 R - ty. 0 U T G 0 I N G F A X '92 SP 23 15 ·- 1 51 Z1 TO MR. J.M. MENDILUCE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNHCR FAX NO.: 614-422 OR 614-166 FROM CEDRIC THORNBERRY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AFFAIRS FAX NO.: 170-199 DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 SUBJECT: LETTER FROM THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS Please find attached letter from Dipl. Ing. Tomislav Krsticevic, dated 20 September 1992, for your information and your comments. Best regards. Endall ' "\.'l.( FROM : "BRAMAL", Senoina la ZAGREB CRO Pf-[)~-E NO. 38 41 274947 PtJ: i - ~ f/(}1 .r-vtJ 123-S F~.,ovcl 11 , i(3 REPUBLlKA SOSNA' I HERCEGOVlNA Government's Operative Office in Zagreb Ministry for T~anspcrt and CLASSIFIED $ communi=:ations of the Republic of Bosnia ar.d Her'Zegovina, M i n 1 s t e r for Transport and c o m m u n i c a t i o ns Dipling Tomislav Krsticevit Zagreb, 20 September 1992 Reg.No~ 04-1006-11/92 R r • b General Satish Nambiar, Chief Commander o:f UNPROFOR - .,--. ., Presidency l)f the Munici..palit:; Assembly of Tuzla sent a letter to our M1n1etry r +-. o~r_ .,;;a:q__ __ .Jh REPUBLJKA BOSNA l HERCEGOVINA Cil{uJ" - 2 - 'Ne believe that there are two possible air corri dr)~~~: 1. SPLIT - KONJIC -_YISOKO - TUZLA Accordingto infor::-.ai. ion we get., this corrirlor mig;t1-:-: t.lH !JUt into UGe faater than anr other ~Ol"rid(')r. 2. ZAGREB - SLAVON~ > KT BROD - TUZLA This . corridor might_ also been put into use, afL!i!:·· necessary consul- . . _...... --;- 1· "·~~-:- ~.tati ontr -::.w:ltli':· uii~pRbFitR~epre. sentat-ives .. and" ~xpert:.> -" ~ · -:- _, .:c;:.. _, ;.,. __; ;;.;i_ ..:-,~:~-;~~'-~:t~~;.:;~~if:{~;,~ ...... _ ... ·- .. ···-• '""·"· ~ -· ._,, _ ...... _ -·------..r~-- - ._,..- F!eopeninQ of the AIH?ORT DUBRAVE is of c:ruc-Lr;l Lmpt..' l'l.!lt I I - ··- OUTGOING FAX To: v Andreev, CAC, Sector South~ . ~ i From: C Thornberry, DC {_~ ~ /~4< 4.....V')"' Date: 23 September 1992 -...... / ' Re: Plitvice National Park properties used to accommodate members of UNPROFOR: negotiation o f payment with Knin authorities 1 Chief General service (CGS), Mr Alex Russell, is being pressed by the reputed management of the Plitvice National Park (Park) to pay two bills representing charges (a) for the period 30.05.92 - 08.07.92 in· the amount of $US 201,240, and (b) for the period 08.07.92 - 10.09.92 in the amount of $US 321,984. These bills are presented by the Park Managing Board sitting in the so-called Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK). 2 In light of the property being offered (guest houses) and prevailing market conditions, the CGS considers the charges to be unreasonable. 3 Ownership of the property of the Park is claimed by (a) a Managing Board, based in the Republic of Croatia (Croatia) . That Board manages the Park properties (land, buildings and fixtures) by virtue of the fact that Government of Croatia nationalized the Park sometime after the outbreak of the hostilities and, in accordance with Croatian law, allowed the proper~y to be acquired by a private enterprise, the majority shares in which are held by the Republic of Croatia (the minority shares are held by private persons). The Park Managing Board has offered to UNPROFOR the use of the Park properties free of charge for the duration of the UNPROFOR mandate. Unfortunately, this Managing Board does not exercise de facto control over the Park properties; and (b) a Managing Board, based in the RSK. It is not entirely clear under what legal regime that Board manages the Park properties, although it is presumed that the local authorities performed (in practice, if not under law) mutatis mutandis an operation similar to that described immediately above. The Park Managing Board is charging dearly for the rental of the properties and, unfortunately, does exercise de facto control over the Park properties. ... Page Two 4 The above description of the dispute of property ownership is for background purposes only. It is not clear to what extent, if any, UNPROFOR is bound, under the Vance Plan, to implicate itself in the disposition of property rights. In so far as the issue of property nationalization (which is a prerogative of a recognized sovereign State) should be decided as part of the overall political settlement concerning the territory of the former Yugoslavia, it would seem to be an issue to be handled by the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, not UNPROFOR. 5 Under the general practices and principles of peacekeeping .which govern the relation between UNPROFOR and the local authorities, a Host Administration is obliged to provide without cost to the peace-keeping operation such premises as that operation may need to conduct its operational and administrative activities and to accommodate its members. 6 I would like to suggest that the local (Knin) authorities have obligations similar to those of a Host Administration, and would like to do so by simple reference to the general practices and principles of peace-keeping (see below at para 8 for your reference, and as a possible justification of this argument). I further would like to push the obligation of the Host Administration to include an obligation on the part of that Administration to facilitate access by UNPROFOR to premises free of charge for the duration of its mandate (or, in any event, until 15 April 1993). 7 As a practical matter, it is likely that the members of the Park Managing Board are well known to the Knin authorities. Thus, it also may be possible that the Knin authorities may be able to pressure their "friends" to respect those practices and principles, if nothing else, on good-will grounds. our aim is to induce the Managing Board to grant UNPROFOR use of the properties in question either free of charge or at a preferential rental rate. 6 On the question of acceptance of the Vance Plan and consequent deployment of UNPROFOR, the Assembly of the RSK (convened in Glina by Mr Paspalj and attended by the majority of deputies) unconditionally endorsed the concept plan (Vance Plan) of UNPROFOR. on that same question, another Assembly (convened in Knin by Mr Babic and not attended by the majority of deputies) voted to put the issue of the endorsement of the Vance Plan to a referendum vote. see S/23592 (S-G Report) (15 February 1992), at Annex IV, Enclosure. In making his recommendation to the Security Council as to the significance of these objections to the endorsement by the Security Council of his report (and, by implication, establishment of the UNPROFOR mandate), the Secretary-General acknowledged the Page Three danger of these objections to the implementation of the Vance Plan, but emphasized that he would not allow them, by themselves, to block his recommendation that the Security Council vote to establish UNPROFOR. 7 Finally, one point which may assist you in your negotiations: the CGS has been authorized to pay to the (RSK) Park Management a bill in the amount of $US 6,039 representing charges incurred by the "DFC and his group" for the period 26.06. 92 15.07. 92. Although the bill was presented in YugDin and converted at the old rate of exchange, it will be paid in $US which can be exchanged today with a net gain to the Park Management. Should the Park Management be a bit more reasonable and, for example, grant UNPROFOR a preferential rental rate on the guest houses, UNPROFOR would be willing to pay an amount, fixed in $US, which would remain unchanged throughout the duration of any lease arrangements mutually agreed. Best regards. Attach (copies of bills and related correspondence submitted by the [RSK] Park Management to the CSG) cc: A Russell, CGS ~ . I t ' UNPROFOR FORM Q1 RECEIPT VOUCHER 'No: AEQUtSmON AND I OR VOUCHER FOR UN SUPPLIES Date TO: CPO FOR TRI\ VFL, ·-mA FFtC, A e,c.o ~1;\.,Jo.DA7ro;J REMARKS: BUOOET QUANTITY UNIT TOTAL STOCK NUMBER ' DETAILED DESCRIPTION DEMAN OED PRICI!! VALUE 1Ub4CO ¢)de HOTEl.. ,. K:af.?E Nt C.A " , PLIT\J 1 CE. AC.COMMOi)ATION OF- J)FC. ANL> HIS QIZcvP lG. C'6. ·- (S. 7. lq'l;t. \ . A-cCOHHC l)AituN 'l'1o . ·- VS1) - 3 RANK NAME APPOINTMENT/UNIT 1, ,, AEOUISTIONING ,jfNA~'r: OFFICER ~;etA.: AUTHORIZING OFFICER C..6S ISSUING OFFIC&:R RECETIVING OFFICER ~o-':>tqu•uu v 01 '1 •••••••• 4635140•00 * 000 ...... •• 0• 0 J 4635140•00 f 6914370•00 f 01. 01. 9/; !v 002 • ..•• • •• 0!. 0'1 q,{_; K• 11 54 951 0. 00 ' . ) * Clf. ol. !JJJ N 000 ...... •• 0!. OJ. g;; k( 0• * o&. ol. 3£ o9 ol :Jh plitvice plitvice //J. ol g~; !o. ol 9,& Plll VICI neservalion 048 I 76 314 /£.01 gt; . F'lll 'I ~! Telex : 2J 817 PUT YU lt. ot. gtG /j.01. 9).; lb. o'l 91J . * 14. o+. gz. ZAHVAUUJEMO NA POSJEll I .11, o+. q£, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT I I'] I olf .'o Q . i ; ~ . RFCEIVEOJNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE (UNPROFOR) OUTGOING FAX TO M. LONG ESB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED DUBLIN 2, IRELAND FAX NO.: 353-1-610675 INFO ANDREEV, CAC KNIN, SECTOR SOUTH FROM THORNBERRY, DCA ZAGREB DATE 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 NUMBER SUBJECT Re: Peruca Dam Safety Assessment Final Report Many thanks your fax of 22 Sept.92 REF. 4Z202A. We have been through it and have no comments. Could we please have 10 copies of the overall? Greetings. END ALL No. of pages including cover memo: 1 /10¥ RECEIVED UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FO~SP 23 ' 15 . ! 51 Zl (UNPROFOR) TO FRED ECKHARD, SPOKESMAN INTERNTIONAL CONFERENCE ON FORMER YUGOSLAVIA FROM :::::~ ~::22) ;;;2.~~ UNPROFOR ZAGREB (!;! P- DATE f 23 SEPTEMBER 1992 MANY THANKS FOR SENDING ICFY PRESS ITEMS DIRECTLY. REST ASSURED THAT CEDRIC THORNBERRY WILL BE COPIED SYSTEMATICALLY ON EVERYTHING. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON FRIDAY. BEST REGARDS.