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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINS MARR PHUM
SUBJECT:  ZAGREB UPDATE, NOVEMBER 25, 1991 
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¶1.  (U)  SUMMARY:  PRESIDENT TUDJMAN WENT ON 
CROATIAN TELEVISION YESTERDAY TO DENOUNCE 
ALLEGED RIGHTIST AND JNA COVERT PLOTS TO BRING 
DOWN HIS GOVERNMENT.  THE EVACUATION OF JNA 
INSTALLATIONS IN THE ZAGREB AREA HAS BEGUN, 
THOUGH NOT ALTOGETHER SMOOTHLY.  SHELLING IN 
 
OSIJEK WAS REPORTED TODAY.  A CONTACT IN 
DUBROVNIK CLAIMS THE JNA AIMS TO PRESSURE THE 
CIVILIAN POPULATION OUT IN ORDER TO TAKE THE 
CITY.  REFUGEES CONTINUE TO FLOOD INTO ZAGREB 
AND ELSEWHERE, AND STORIES OF HUMANITARIAN 
ABUSES ARE MOUNTING.  END SUMMARY 
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TUDJMAN:  "THE FINAL PHASE" OF THE BATTLE 
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¶2.  (U)  CROATIAN PRESIDENT TUDJMAN APPEARED ON 
CROATIAN TELEVISION SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 
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TO DECLARE THAT "THE BATTLE" FOR CROATIAN 
INDEPENDENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION "HAS 
TAKEN ON DRAMATIC PROPORTIONS AS IT ENTERS ITS 
FINAL PHASE."  TUDJMAN DISCUSSED HIS HOPES FOR A 
U.N. PEACE-KEEPING FORCE, SAYING THAT 
DIFFERENCES STILL EXISTED ON DEFINING THE 
"CRISIS AREAS" TO WHICH SUCH A FORCE WOULD BE 
DEPLOYED, AND WARNING THAT THE JNA AND SERBIA 
WOULD SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR TERRORITORIAL 
GAINS BEFORE THE PEACE-KEEPING FORCE COULD 
ARRIVE.  HE ASSERTED THAT WITH THE WEST NOW 
READY "TO ACT MORE DECISIVELY, THE SERBIAN SIDE 
HAS UNDERTAKEN NEW DECEITS." 
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¶3.  (U)  TUDJMAN DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS SPEECH TO A 
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HE TERMED "EVIDENT PROOF" 
THAT BOTH CROATIAN RIGHTIST EXTREMISTS, IN THE 
FORM OF THE CROATIAN PARTY OF THE RIGHT (HDS) 
AND ITS ARRESTED LEADER, DOBROSLAV PARAGA, AND 
THE INTELLIGENCE BRANCH OF THE YUGOSLAV ARMY 
(KOS) WERE ENGAGED IN PLOTS TO OVERTHROW THE 
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT, ALTHOUGH TUDJMAN SEEMED TO 
SUGGEST THAT PARAGA WAS BEING UNWITTINGLY USED 
BY KOS RATHER THAN BEING IN ACTIVE COLLUSION 
WITH IT.  TUDJMAN CRITICIZED PARAGA AND HIS 
PARTY FOR REVIVING FASCIST SYMBOLS WHICH 
DISCREDITED CROATIA. 
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¶4.  (C)  TUDJMAN'S EXPLANATION OF HIS "EVIDENT 
PROOF" WAS NOT VERY SPECIFIC, AND WHEN WE RAISED 
THE ISSUE THE FOLLOWING DAY DURING A MEETING 
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WITH HRVOYE SARINIC, A TOP TUDJMAN AIDE, SARINIC 
CLAIMED THAT COLONEL MILE DEDAKOVIC, NOW UNDER 
ARREST FOR "UNDERMINING" THE DEFENSE OF VUKOVAR, 
HAD "CONFESSED" TO HAVING TIES WITH JNA 
 
 
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INTELLIGENCE.  (DEDAKOVIC IS AN ETHNIC CROAT WHO 
DEFECTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO FROM THE JNA TO JOIN 
THE CROATIAN SIDE.)  MOREOVER, THERE WAS 
EVIDENCE THAT DEDAKOVIC WAS COOPERATING WITH 
PARAGA IN A PLOT TO OVERTHROW TUDJMAN AND HIS 
GOVERNMENT, SARINIC CLAIMED. 
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PARAGA REMAINS JAILED 
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¶5.  (U)    PARAGA'S DETENTION HAS BEEN EXTENDED 
THIRTY DAYS PENDING PREPARATION OF THE CASE 
AGAINST HIM.  PARAGA'S DEPUTY, MILAN VUKOVIC, 
WAS RELEASED OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IMMEDIATELY 
ANNOUNCED THAT HE, ALONG WITH PARAGA, WOULD 
CONTINUE A HUNGER STRIKE UNTIL PARAGA'S 
RELEASE. 
 
¶6.  (C)  VIRTUALLY ALL OF CROATIA'S OPPOSITION 
PARTIES ISSUED STATEMENTS CRITICAL OF THE 
GOVERNMENT'S ARREST OF PARAGA, ARGUING THAT 
PARAGA SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BY POLITICAL RATHER 
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THAN LEGAL MEANS.  AT LEAST SOME CROATIANS BOTH 
IN AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING THIS STANCE 
OF OPPOSITION SOLIDARITY WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, 
HOWEVER; AS ONE JOURNALIST POINTED OUT, MANY IN 
THE OPPOSITION WERE CRITICIZING TUDJMAN ONLY 
LAST WEEK FOR NOT DEALING MORE FORCEFULLY WITH 
PARAGA. 
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¶7.  (C)  THERE HAVE BEEN DAILY GATHERINGS SINCE 
SATURDAY OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED PERSONS, INCLUDING 
SOME OF PARAGA'S ARMED TROOPS, IN ZAGREB'S MAIN 
SQUARE TO PROTEST PARAGA'S ARREST.  THESE 
PROTESTS ARE REPORTEDLY SLATED TO OCCUR DAILY 
UNTIL HIS RELEASE.  TUDJMAN AIDE SARINIC CLAIMED 
TO US THAT "THE MAJORITY" OF THE FORCES LOYAL TO 
PARAGA (HE PUT THEM AT "LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND") 
ARE ACCEPTING INTEGRATION INTO REGULAR CROATIAN 
FORCES.  MOST OTHER CROATIAN SOURCES CONSIDER 
THIS PREDICTION UNREALISTICALLY OPTIMISTIC. 
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PROGRESS ON UNBLOCKING JNA INSTALLATIONS 
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¶8.  (C)  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT SIGNED 
NOVEMBER 22 TO EVACUATE THE REMAINING BLOCKED 
JNA "PEACE-TIME UNITS" IN CROATIA BEGAN OVER THE 
WEEKEND.  CONVOYS LEFT PLESO, NEAR THE ZAGREB 
AIRPORT, HEADED FOR BANJA LUKA UNDER EC 
SUPERVISION.  THE EC MONITORS SPOKESMAN TOLD US 
THAT THE CONVOY WAS FIRED UPON FROM CROATIAN 
LINES AS IT PASSED THROUGH KARLOVAC, AND WAS 
ONLY ALLOWED TO PASS AFTER EC MONITORS CONTACTED 
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CROATIAN NEGOTIATORS IN ZAGREB TO ASSURE SAFE 
PASSAGE.  THE EVACUATION OF THE DUGO SELO 
BARRACKS WAS TO BEGIN TODAY. 
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INAUSPICIOUS START FOR LATEST CEASE-FIRE 
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¶9.  (C)  ACCORDING TO EC MONITORS, HEAVY JNA 
SHELLING OCCURRED OVER THE WEEKEND IN KARLOVAC, 
ZADAR, AND OSIJEK, AND DID NOT STOP ENTIRELY 
WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CEASE-FIRE 
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 22 AT 1800 LT.  THE EC 
SPOKESMAN SAID CROATIAN FORCES DEMOLISHED THE 
MASLENICA BRIDGE (25 KM NORTHEAST OF ZADAR) THE 
NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 20-21, RESULTING IN SOME 
THIRTY DEATHS. 
 
¶10.  (C)  DURING OUR CALL ON SARINIC AT THE 
PRESIDENCY MONDAY MORNING, SARINIC RECEIVED WORD 
THAT THE JNA WAS SHELLING OSIJEK.  SARINIC 
CALLED DEFENSE MINISTER KADIJEVIC'S OFFICE TO 
PROTEST THE APPARENT CEASE-FIRE VIOLATION, AND 
LATER TOLD US IN DISGUST THAT THE JNA CLAIMED 
THE CROATIANS THEMSELVES WERE SHELLING OSIJEK. 
 
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¶11.  (C)  SLOBODAN LANG, PRESIDENT OF THE 
CROATIAN-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY AND A 
LONG-TIME CONSULATE CONTACT, HAS BEEN 
TELEPHONING US NIGHTLY FROM THE DUBROVNIK AREA 
WITH UPDATES.  (HE APPARENTLY HAS ACCESS TO 
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES BROUGHT IN BY ONE OF 
THE RELIEF GROUPS.)  LANG SAYS THE JNA IS 
ATTEMPTING TO INTIMIDATE THE CIVILIAN POPULATION 
TO ABANDON DUBROVNIK BY USING A COMBINATION OF 
THREATS (LANG SAID YET ANOTHER JNA "ULTIMATUM" 
EXPIRED AT 1100 THIS MORNING), SHELLING, AND 
SPORADIC ADMISSION OF RELIEF VESSELS TO TAKE 
PEOPLE OUT.  THE AIM, ACCORDING TO LANG, IS TO 
REDUCE THE POPULATION TO WHAT CAN BE CLAIMED TO 
BE "USTASI HOLD-OUTS" AND THEN TO TAKE THE CITY. 
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¶12.  (C)  LANG SAID HE IS CONCENTRATING HIS 
EFFORTS ON PRACTICAL MEASURES AIMED AT WINNING 
JNA OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN 
CONVENTIONS.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE JNA IS BEING 
ASKED TO ALLOW LOCAL WOMEN RESIDENTS TO 
ACCOMPANY THEM WHEN THEY ENTER HOMES TO SEARCH 
FOR WEAPONS IN AN EFFORT TO MONITOR THEIR 
BEHAVIOR.  SOME TROOPS ARE DISCIPLINED, HE SAID; 
OTHERS, NOTABLY THE RESERVISTS, "HAVE NEVER 
HEARD OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND DON'T 
CARE."  BASED ON HIS DEALINGS THERE, LANG 
BELIEVES THAT SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 
OBTAINING COOPERATION FROM MONTENEGRO TO ASSURE 
THE SECURITY OF DUBROVNIK. 
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¶13.  (U)  ALTHOUGH LANG SAID HE HOPED ADEQUATE 
CONDITIONS COULD BE PROVIDED TO PERMIT THE 
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PROMISED TO TRY TO CONTACT EVERY AMERICAN 
CITIZEN REMAINING IN DUBROVNIK AND TO SEEK 
PRIORITY EVACUATION FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LEAVE. 
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¶14.  (U)  REFUGEES FROM VUKOVAR AND ELSEWHERE 
CONTINUED TO POUR INTO ZAGREB OVER THE WEEKEND. 
WE ARE NOW HEARING FIGURES OF 100,000 REFUGEES 
IN ZAGREB ITSELF (THOUGH MOST OF THESE WILL 
QUICKLY BE MOVED ELSEWHERE) AND AS MANY AS HALF 
A MILLION IN CROATIA AS A WHOLE.  THE REFUGEES 
FROM VUKOVAR TELL WRENCHING STORIES OF MONTHS 
SPENT IN UNDERGROUND SHELTERS, WITH DIMINISHING 
SUPPLIES, NO NEWS OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND FINALLY 
OF EMERGING TO FIND THEIR CITY COMPLETELY 
DEMOLISHED AROUND THEM. 
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¶15.  (U)  THE REFUGEES' MOVING TESTIMONY, THE 
ABSOLUTENESS OF VUKOVAR'S DESTRUCTION, AND 
CONTINUAL RUMORS OF ATROCITIES STILL NOT 
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UNCOVERED HAVE RAISED PUBLIC EMOTION ABOUT THE 
WAR TO A HIGH PITCH.  CROATIAN ANGER WAS FURTHER 
STOKED BY THE BBC BROADCAST OF FOOTAGE FROM 
VUKOVAR OF SERBIAN IRREGULARS MARCHING 
VICTORIOUSLY THROUGH THE STREETS SINGING 
(UNBEKNOWNST TO THE BRITISH CORRESPONDENT) AN 
OLD "CHETNIK" SONG OF WHICH THE WORDS WERE 
CLEARLY HEARD:  "THERE'LL BE MEAT; THERE'LL BE 
MEAT; WE'LL SLAUGHTER CROATS."  THE JNA 
ALLEGATION THAT CROATS HAD MASSACRED SERBIAN 
CHILDREN IN VUKOVAR, PUBLISHED BY REUTERS AND 
LATER RETRACTED, IS BEING CITED AS FURTHER PROOF 
OF SERBIAN PERFIDY. 
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¶16.  (U)  AT THE SAME TIME, THE CROATIAN PRESS 
HAS REPORTED AN ALLEGED MASSACRE BY SERBIAN 
IRREGULARS OF 35 CIVILIANS FROM THE CROATIAN 
VILLAGE OF SKABRNJA, NEAR ZADAR.  ACCORDING TO 
PRESS REPORTS, THE BODIES WERE TURNED OVER BY 
THE JNA TO THE ZADAR MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH 
ESTABLISHED THAT THE BODIES BORE SIGNS OF 
"MASSACRE."  THE EC MONITORS' SPOKESMAN TOLD US 
TODAY THAT THE EC GROUP REGARDS THE CASE AS A 
"SERIOUS ONE MERITING INVESTIGATION," BUT THAT 
THE JNA HAS DENIED PERMISSION TO EC MONITORS TO 
VISIT THE AREA. 
 
¶17.  (U)  WE ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM THE EC 
MONITORS' GROUP THAT EFFORTS TO CONFIRM THE 
STATUS OF PERSONS MISSING FROM THE EVACUATION OF 
THE WOUNDED FROM VUKOVAR'S HOSPITAL CONTINUE. 
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ACCORDING TO THE CROATIAN PRESS, ONLY ONE FOURTH 
OF THE WOUNDED WHO WERE TO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED 
TO CROATIA HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR; THE REST, 
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APPARENTLY REMAIN IN JNA HANDS. 
 
¶18.  (U)  THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CALLED FOR 
AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE AND 
PUNISH "WAR CRIMES" AND VIOLATIONS OF 
HUMANITARIAN LAW.  THE SERBIAN DEMOCRATIC FORUM 
OF ZAGREB HAS JOINED IN THIS PROPOSAL. 
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