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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
92ZAGREB146	1992-01-30 12:06	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Zagreb

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301206Z Jan 92

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB 00146 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PGOV PGOV PGOV
SUBJECT: LETTER OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN 
TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
 
 
¶1.  THERE FOLLOWS LETTER OF JANUARY 21 OF CROATIAN 
PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
CONCERNING HIS WRITINGS AND PERSONAL VIEWS ON THE 
UNCLASSIFIED 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SITUATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CROATIA. 
 
BEGIN TEXT. 
 
JANUARY 21, 1992 
 
DEAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: 
 
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF INDEPENDENT, DEMOCRATIC 
CROATIA, I EXTEND MY GREETINGS TO THE DISTINGUISHED 
AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS. 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
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I AM COMPELLED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU IN RESPONSE TO 
RECENT ARTICLES THAT HAVE APPEARED IN THE GENERAL 
PRESS IN THE U.S. THAT HAVE ACCUSED ME OF THE SERIOUS 
CHARGE OF ANTI-SEMITISM.  THE BASELESS CHARGES STEM 
MAINLY FROM INACCURATE TRANSLATIONS FROM CROATIAN INTO 
ENGLISH OF MY WRITINGS AS WELL AS QUOTATIONS THAT ARE 
EITHER ERRONEOUS OR TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. 
 
I AM DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THESE FALSE ALLEGATIONS AND 
CONSIDER THEM TO BE A STAIN ON MY PERSONAL CHARACTER 
AND HONOR, AND BY EXTENSION THAT OF THE CROATIAN 
PEOPLE.  THIS LETTER IS MEANT TO SEEK YOUR 
UNDERSTANDING AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE OF MY PAST AND PRESENT POSITION ON THE SUBJECT. 
 
¶1.  IN 1941, THE NAZI PUPPET REGIME IN OCCUPIED 
CROATIA PUT A PRICE ON MY HEAD.  THE SAME YEAR, A 
LEADING JEWISH PHYSICIAN FLED CROATIA AND ENTRUSTED ME 
WITH THE SAFEKEEPING OF HIS SON. 
 
¶2.  I FOUGHT THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II AS A MEMBER 
OF THE RESISTANCE FORCES, ATTAINING THE RANK OF 
GENERAL.  MANY CROATIANS FOUGHT AGAINST THE USTASHA 
REGIME OF TERROR AND EVIL AND AGAINST THE NAZI-FASCIST 
OCCUPATION. 
 
¶3.  MY BROTHER WAS KILLED BY THE NAZIS IN 1943. 
 
¶4.  MY MOTHER AND FATHER WERE KILLED BY THE COMMUNISTS 
IN 1946. 
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¶5.  I WAS JAILED BY THE POST-WAR COMMUNIST REGIME 
BECAUSE OF MY ANTI-TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL VIEWS. 
 
 
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ACTION EUR-01 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   CIAE-00  C-01     DODE-00  CSCE-01  HA-09 
      H-01     INRE-00  INR-01   IO-19    L-03     ADS-00   NSAE-00 
      OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01   P-01     SCT-03 
      SNP-01   SP-01    SSO-00   SS-01    TRSE-00  T-01       /052W 
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O 301206Z JAN 92 
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0352 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE 
USIA WASHDC 1146 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
USMISSION USNATO 1403 
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CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// 
CTF SIXTWO 
CTF SIXONE 
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WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0112 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 04 ZAGREB 00146 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PGOV PGOV PGOV
SUBJECT: LETTER OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN 
TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
 
UNCLASSIFIED 
 
SIPDIS 
 
¶6.  I AM UNALTERABLY OPPOSED TO OPPRESSION FROM THE 
RIGHT AND THE LEFT, AND I CONDEMN IN THE STRONGEST 
TERMS POSSIBLE THE EVIL GENOCIDE WHICH THE NAZIS AND 
THEIR PUPPET COLLABORATORS IN CROATIA AND OTHER 
COUNTRIES PERPETRATED AGAINST THE JEWS, GYPSIES, 
CROATIANS, SERBS AND OTHER GROUPS. 
 
THE SYSTEMATIC PROCESS THE NAZIS DEVELOPED AND 
IMPLEMENTED TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWS OF EUROPE MADE IT, 
UNDENIABLY, ONE OF THE GREATEST CRIMES IN HISTORY 
AGAINST MANKIND. 
 
IN THIS REGARD, THE USTASHA REGIME OF THE INDEPENDENT 
STATE OF CROATIA COMMITTED COUNTLESS WAR CRIMES AND 
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.  I DEEPLY REGRET THE FACT 
THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF CROATIA WAS VICTIMIZED AS 
PART OF THE HOLOCAUST OF WORLD WAR II. 
 
AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, I WILL OPPOSE 
THE SPECTER OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN CROATIA WHENEVER IT 
REARS ITS UGLY HEAD, AS IT DOES FROM TIME TO TIME IN 
MANY COUNTRIES.  I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANTI-SEMITISM IN 
ANY FORM WHATSOEVER.  ALL CROATIANS INCLUDING CROATIAN 
JEWS KNOW THIS.  I FOUGHT FOR AND STRONGLY SUPPORT THE 
NEW CONSTITUTION OF CROATIA WHICH PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL 
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES THE RIGHTS OF ALL 
MINORITIES IN CROATIA. 
 
SINCE MY ELECTION ON APRIL 1, 1990, I HAVE TAKEN THE 
FOLLOWING STEPS IN SUPPORT OF THIS POLICY: 
 
¶1.  I HAVE ISSUED AN APPEAL SEEKING FUNDS TO RESTORE 
THE DESTROYED JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN ZAGREB, AND I AM 
WORKING WITH CROATIAN JEWS TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE. 
IN ADDITION, I HAVE RETURNED THE PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY 
CONFISCATED BY THE STATE TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS, THE 
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF CROATIA. 
 
¶2.  I PUBLICLY ENDORSED THE REPEAL OF THE "ZIONISM IS 
RACISM" RESOLUTION IN THE UNITED NATIONS, WHICH PASSED 
THE UN. 
 
¶3.  I OFFERED TO PROVIDE TRANSIT TO JEWS WISHING TO 
EMIGRATE FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION TO ISRAEL. 
UNCLASSIFIED 
 
SIPDIS 
 
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PAGE 04        ZAGREB  00146  02 OF 04  301305Z 
 
UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE RECENT SERBIAN WAR OF 
AGGRESSION AGAINST CROATIA, EL AL HAD REGULAR DIRECT 
 
 
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ACTION EUR-01 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   CIAE-00  C-01     DODE-00  CSCE-01  HA-09 
      H-01     INRE-00  INR-01   IO-19    L-03     ADS-00   NSAE-00 
      OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01   P-01     SCT-03 
      SNP-01   SP-01    SSO-00   SS-01    TRSE-00  T-01       /052W 
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O 301206Z JAN 92 
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0353 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE 
USIA WASHDC 1147 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
USMISSION USNATO 1404 
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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0617 
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CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// 
CTF SIXTWO 
CTF SIXONE 
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0113 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 04 ZAGREB 00146 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PGOV PGOV PGOV
SUBJECT: LETTER OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN 
TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
 
FLIGHTS FROM ZAGREB TO TEL AVIV. 
 
¶4.  FOLLOWING THE RECENT BOMBING OF THE JEWISH 
COMMUNITY CENTER BY UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS, I ATTENDED A 
RALLY OF 40,000 CROATIAN CITIZENS TO EXPRESS MY 
SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR THE 1200-MEMBER JEWISH 
COMMUNITY OF ZAGREB. 
 
¶5.  AS SOON AS THE SITUATION IN CROATIA PERMITS, I 
HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF TRAVELLING TO ISRAEL TO MEET 
WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS, AND TO 
VISIT THE YAD VASHEM MEMORIAL MUSEUM ON THAT 
OCCASION.  I WISH TO REITERATE MY DEEPEST SORROW AND 
REGRET ABOUT THE LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE JEWISH 
COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE AND TO VOW IN THEIR MEMORY THAT 
SUCH EVENTS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. 
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¶6.  TWELVE JEWS SERVE IN HIGH RANKING POSITIONS WITHIN 
THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT TODAY, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT, TWO JUDGES OF THE SUPREME 
COURT, THE MINISTER OF HEALTH, THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, AND THE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER. 
 
¶7.  A MAJOR STREET IN THE CENTER OF ZAGREB WILL BE 
DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THE CROATIAN JEWS WHO WERE 
PERSECUTED DURING WORLD WAR II. 
 
THE PEOPLE OF CROATIA ARE STRUGGLING TO BUILD LASTING 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND TO ASSURE A FREE AND 
DEMOCRATIC FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.  I URGE YOU 
NOT TO BE MISLED AND MISINFORMED BY PROPAGANDA FROM 
COMMUNIST SOURCES AND THEIR AGENTS SEEKING TO FALSELY 
DEFAME ME AND, THUS, TO MANIPULATE FOR THEIR OWN 
SINISTER PURPOSES THE SERIOUS SUBJECT OF THE 
HOLOCAUST, THEREBY DAMAGING THE IMAGE AND ACCURATE 
IDENTITY OF CROATIA AND ITS PEOPLE. 
 
I LOOK FORWARD TO ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 
WITH THE U.S. IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND ENHANCING THE 
FRIENDSHIP THAT ALREADY EXISTS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF 
OUR TWO DEMOCRATIC NATIONS. 
 
IN CLOSING, I REITERATE MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL 
UNCLASSIFIED 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEDICATION TO THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL 
TENETS OF DEMOCRACY:  RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE 
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GUARANTEE OF FREEDOM AND PROTECTION OF MINORITY RIGHTS. 
 
SINCERELY, 
 
 
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ACTION EUR-01 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   CIAE-00  C-01     DODE-00  CSCE-01  HA-09 
      H-01     INRE-00  INR-01   IO-19    L-03     ADS-00   NSAE-00 
      OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01   P-01     SCT-03 
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O 301206Z JAN 92 
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0354 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE 
USIA WASHDC 1148 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
USMISSION USNATO 1405 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
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WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0114 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 04 ZAGREB 00146 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PGOV PGOV PGOV
SUBJECT: LETTER OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN 
TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
 
 
FRANJO TUDJMAN 
PRESIDENT 
 
END TEXT. 
 
EINIK 
 
 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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