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Viewing cable 92ZAGREB1036, ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
92ZAGREB1036 1992-06-24 14:46 2011-05-02 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Zagreb
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

241446Z Jun 92

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AMCONSUL MUNICH
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
USEC BRUSSELS
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0569
USMISSION GENEVA
DEPTTREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 01036 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM;  ISLAMABAD FOR 
POL/JPOGUE 
- 
DEPT PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD 
- 
E.O.  12356:N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR
SUBJECT:  ZAGREB UPDATE:  JUNE 24, 1992 
 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
 
1.  THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS APPEALED FOR FOREIGN 
MILITARY INTERVENTION TO HELP STEM THE TIDE OF 
CONTINUED SERB/JNA AGGRESSION.  STATE COMMITTEE 
CHAIRMAN RAMLJAK DISCUSSED UNPROFOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH 
FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL NAMBIAR.  EC REPRESENTATIVE 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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WOLTMANN TOLD SIBENIK RESIDENTS THAT THE VANCE PLAN 
AMENDMENTS WILL BE BENEFICIAL.  THE MOD HAS PROTESTED 
RENEWED ATTACKS ON CROATIA, SOME OF WHICH ARE COMING 
FROM UN-CONTROLLED AREAS.  LATEST OFFICIAL CROATIAN 
CASUALTIES INCLUDE 1,773 CIVILIANS AND 1,389 SOLDIERS 
KILLED AND 20,127 PERSONS INJURED.  TUDJMAN IS 
EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE NEW ELECTIONS FOR AUGUST 2.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR FOREIGN MILITARY HELP 
------------------------------------------ 
 
2.  CROATIA ISSUED ANOTHER PROTEST JUNE 22 AGAINST 
THE NEW SERB/JNA ATTACKS ON DUBROVNIK WHICH CAUSED 
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN THE OLD 
TOWN.  THE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED THE INTENSIFIED 
SHELLING OF SIBENIK, ZADAR, SLAVONSKI BROD AND THE 
REGION OF POSAVINA, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUOUS ATTACKS 
ON SARAJEVO.  THE GOVERNMENT MADE AN APPEAL TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A COLLECTIVE, EFFICIENT 
"MILITARY INTERVENTION," BECAUSE THE PRESENT 
MEASURES, CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS HAVE PROVED 
INADEQUATE.  ITS APPEAL WAS MOTIVATED BY THE 
CONTINUING ACCUMULATION OF "VICTIMS, FAMINE, SHORTAGE 
OF WATER, ELECTRICITY AND MEDICINES."  THE GOVERNMENT 
STATEMENT STRESSED "THE AGONY OF THE CITIZENS OF 
DUBROVNIK CAUSED BY THE PROLONGED SIEGE, ISOLATION, 
AND CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO SHELLING AND SHOOTING." 
- 
RAMLJAK MET UN GENERAL NAMBIAR IN ZAGREB 
---------------------------------------- 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 04        ZAGREB  01036  01 OF 03  241445Z 
 
3.  ON JUNE 23, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE COMMISSION FOR 
UNPROFOR, MILAN RAMLJAK, MET IN ZAGREB WITH THE 
UNPROFOR COMMANDER, GENERAL SATISH NAMBIAR.  THEY 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 01        ZAGREB  01036  02 OF 03  241447Z 
ACTION EUR-01 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   AMAD-01  CIAE-00  PFIP-01  C-01     DODE-00 
      CISA-02  DS-00    EAP-01   EB-01    E-01     FRB-01   HA-09 
      H-01     INRE-00  INR-01   IO-19    LAB-04   L-03     ADS-00 
      NEA-01   NSAE-00  OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01 
      P-01     RP-10    SCT-03   SIL-01   SNP-01   SP-01    SR-01 
      SSO-00   SS-01    STR-20   T-01       /096W 
                  ------------------4296E0  241447Z /38 
O 241446Z JUN 92 
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1233 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE 
USIA WASHDC 1690 
USDOC WASHDC 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY BEIJING 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 
AMEMBASSY KIEV 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        ZAGREB  01036  02 OF 03  241447Z 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
USMISSION USNATO 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USEC BRUSSELS 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0570 
USMISSION GENEVA 
DEPTTREASURY WASHDC 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 01036 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM;  ISLAMABAD FOR 
POL/JPOGUE 
- 
DEPT PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD 
- 
E.O.  12356:N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR
SUBJECT:  ZAGREB UPDATE:  JUNE 24, 1992 
 
DISCUSSED THE DATE WHEN UNPROFOR WILL TAKE FULL 
CONTROL OVER SECTORS SOUTH AND NORTH.  NAMBIAR TOLD 
RAMLJAK THAT HIS FORCES PLAN TO TAKE FULL CONTROL ON 
JUNE 25, BUT HE IS WAITING FINAL APPROVAL FROM NEW 
YORK.  RAMLJAK ANNOUNCED ANOTHER MEETING TO DISCUSS 
CIVILIAN MATTERS WITH UNPROFOR DIRECTOR, CEDRIC 
THORNBERRY, WILL TAKE PLACE IN A FEW DAYS. 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 03        ZAGREB  01036  02 OF 03  241447Z 
EC REPRESENTATIVE WOLTMANN DISCUSSED "PINK ZONE" 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
4.  EC REPRESENTATIVE DIETER WOLTMANN TOLD SIBENIK 
COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 23 THAT UNPROFOR WILL 
TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OVER SECTOR SOUTH BY JUNE 
25, IF BOTH SIDES -- CROATIAN AND JNA AUTHORITIES -- 
AGREE WITH AMENDMENTS TO THE VANCE PLAN WORKED OUT BY 
GENERAL NAMBIAR.  THESE AMENDMENTS FORESEE WITHDRAWAL 
OF CANNONS TO 30 KMS FROM THE COUNTIES' BORDERS 
(UNDER THE CONTROL OF UNPROFOR), OF TANKS AND OTHER 
HEAVY ARMAMENT TO 10 KMS, AND FOR INFANTRY TO 5 KMS. 
THIS "TERRITORY" WOULD REPRESENT A "DEMARCATION LINE" 
OF UNPROFOR CONTROL.  THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PLAN 
DOES NOT UNDERCUT CROATIAN AUTHORITY, ACCORDING TO 
WOLTMANN.  HE ALSO SUGGESTED A CROATIAN "AMNESTY" FOR 
THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE CONTESTED AREAS NOT INVOLVED 
IN WAR CRIMES. 
 
CROATIAN MOD PROTESTS DUBROVNIK AND "EAST" ATTACKS 
--------------------------------------------- ----- 
 
5.  THE CROATIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ISSUED A PUBLIC 
PROTEST JUNE 23, OF VIOLATION OF THE SARAJEVO 
AGREEMENT BY SERB/JNA FORCES.  IT ASKED UNPROFOR AND 
THE EC TO APPLY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS TO STOP CEASE-FIRE 
VIOLATIONS ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.  THE PROTEST 
CITED HEAVY CANNON ATTACKS ON SIBENIK, ZUPANJA, SISAK 
AND SUNJA, AS WELL AS DUBROVNIK.  INFANTRY FIRE WAS 
OPENED ON CROATIAN ARMY POSITIONS NEAR OSIJEK FROM 
SERB BASES IN SECTOR EAST, AN AREA NOW OSTENSIBLY 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 04        ZAGREB  01036  02 OF 03  241447Z 
UNDER THE CONTROL OF UNPROFOR. 
 
WAR CASUALTY UPDATE 
------------------- 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 01        ZAGREB  01036  03 OF 03  241447Z 
ACTION EUR-01 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   AMAD-01  CIAE-00  PFIP-01  C-01     DODE-00 
      CISA-02  DS-00    EAP-01   EB-01    E-01     FRB-01   HA-09 
      H-01     INRE-00  INR-01   IO-19    LAB-04   L-03     ADS-00 
      NEA-01   NSAE-00  OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01 
      P-01     RP-10    SCT-03   SIL-01   SNP-01   SP-01    SR-01 
      SSO-00   SS-01    STR-20   T-01       /096W 
                  ------------------4296FF  241448Z /38 
O 241446Z JUN 92 
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1234 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE 
USIA WASHDC 1691 
USDOC WASHDC 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY BEIJING 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 
AMEMBASSY KIEV 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        ZAGREB  01036  03 OF 03  241447Z 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
USMISSION USNATO 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USEC BRUSSELS 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0571 
USMISSION GENEVA 
DEPTTREASURY WASHDC 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 01036 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM;  ISLAMABAD FOR 
POL/JPOGUE 
- 
DEPT PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD 
- 
E.O.  12356:N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR
SUBJECT:  ZAGREB UPDATE:  JUNE 24, 1992 
 
 
6.  ZAGREB'S OFFICIAL CASUALTY FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD 
AUGUST 15, 1990 THROUGH JUNE 23, 1992, INCLUDE: 3,861 
KILLED AND 20,127 INJURED.  AMONG THE DEAD ARE 1,773 
CIVILIANS AND 1,389 MEMBERS OF THE CROATIAN ARMED 
FORCES. 
 
ELECTIONS 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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7.  A CONTACT IN PRESIDENT'S TUDJNMAN'S OFFICE TOLD 
US THAT TUDJMAN WILL MAKE A TELEVISION ADDRESS THIS 
EVENING (2000H LT) TO ANNOUNCE ELECTIONS FOR AUGUST 2. 
 
EINIK 
 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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