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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
92ZAGREB468	1992-03-31 07:28	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Zagreb

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USIA WASHDC 1352
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CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24//
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5//
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0277

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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SUMMARY 
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¶2.  ALTHOUGH ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE WARRING 
FACTIONS IN CROATIA CONTINUES TO BE OF CONCERN TO 
SERBS AND CROATS, BOTH SIDES (WITH THE ARRIVAL OF UN 
PEACEKEEPING FORCES) HAVE NOW APPARENTLY BEGUN TO 
FOCUS ON A NEW STRATEGY -- THE FORCED EVACUATION OF 
RESIDENTS OF THE OPPOSITE NATIONALITY FROM AREAS 
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE OTHER.  EACH SIDE HAS MADE 
SPECIFIC AND DETAILED CHARGES AGAINST THE OTHER, 
ACCUSING THE GUILTY PARTY OF THREATS, ABUSES, 
EXPULSIONS AND KILLINGS.  ALTHOUGH THE CROATIAN 
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GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO VIEW HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AS 
POLITICAL QUESTIONS, SOME OFFICIALS, INCLUDING TO 
SOME DEGREE PRESIDENT TUDJMAN, ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE 
A CONNECTION BETWEEN TOLERATION OF VIOLATIONS OF THE 
HUMAN RIGHTS OF SERBS IN CROATIA WITH THE DECLINING 
STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE REPUBLIC.  THE PRIME 
MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT HAS SPOKEN OUT STRONGLY 
AGAINST SUCH ABUSES AND INSISTED THAT THE CROATIAN 
GOVERNMENT MUST RENEW ITS EMPHASIS ON RESPECT FOR THE 
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS, PUBLIC ORDER AND PEACE.  TUDJMAN, 
IN RECENT DAYS, HAS RECEIVED HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATIONS 
FROM HELSINKI WATCH AND THE EC, AND A DOMESTIC 
AMNESTY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF SERBS AND OPPOSITION 
POLITICAL FIGURES.  IN SPITE OF HELSINKI WATCH'S 
STRONG CONDEMNATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN 
CROATIA, TUDJMAN HELD A CORDIAL MEETING WITH THE 
ORGANIZATION'S REPRESENTATIVES AND PROVIDED A 
WELL-CONSIDERED, DETAILED WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THEIR 
FINDINGS.  IN A COMPLETE CHANGE OF TONE, THE 
GOVERNMENT'S REPLY THANKED HELSINKI WATCH FOR ITS 
INTEREST IN EVENTS IN CROATIA AND THE OBJECTIVE 
EVALUATION OF ITS REPORT. 
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¶3.  WESTERN PRESSURE ON THIS ISSUE HAS HAD SOME 
SUCCESS, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF ATTITUDINAL SHIFTS BY 
CROATIAN LEADERS.  IT IS NOT CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT 
THIS HAS TRANSLATED INTO MORE FORCEFUL ACTION TO CURB 
ABUSES.  IF ANYTHING, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ON THE 
CROAT SIDE MAY HAVE INCREASED IN RECENT WEEKS.  WE 
HAVE NOT SENSED A CONCURRENT UPSURGE IN 
INVESTIGATIONS AND ARRESTS (THOUGH THE PICTURE ON 
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THIS IS UNCLEAR).  THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO IMPOSE 
THE RULE OF LAW ON THE GROUND IS GREATLY RESTRICTED 
BY THE WAR.  END SUMMARY. 
 
 
 
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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0810 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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THE SERBIAN CHARGE:  FEAR, EXPULSIONS AND 
DISAPPEARANCES 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
¶4.  WITH THE "HOT" WAR ABATING, DAMPENED BY THE 
ARRIVAL OF UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES, THE FIGHT OVER 
LAND (WITH ORDINARY CITIZENS AS THE COMBATANTS) IS 
HEATING UP.  EMBASSY BELGRADE AND CONGEN ZAGREB HAVE 
REPORTED ON THE EFFORTS OF BOTH SIDES TO FORCE 
CIVILIANS TO FLEE THEIR HOMES AND RESETTLE EITHER 
CROATS OR SERBS IN THE ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN ORDER 
TO REARRANGE THE ETHNIC MAKE-UP OF ENTIRE VILLAGES 
AND TOWNS.  EVEN IN THE LARGER CITIES, THERE HAVE 
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BEEN CHARGES THAT A CLIMATE OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION 
HAS BEEN CREATED TO PRESSURE MEMBERS OF ONE ETHNIC 
GROUP TO LEAVE, THEREBY REDUCING THE PERCENTAGE OF 
THAT GROUP WITHIN THE OVERALL POPULATION.  THE 
FOLLOWING SCORE CARDS ARE NOT ALL-INCLUSIVE, OTHERS 
SUCH AS HELSINKI WATCH HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO COMPILE 
SUCH DATA.  THE OBJECTIVE HERE IS RATHER TO HIGHLIGHT 
THE MAJOR CASES AND GIVE A SENSE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS 
THE UN PEACEKEEPERS BEGIN TO ARRIVE. 
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¶5.  ON THE SERB SIDE, CASES OF ABUSE ARE REPORTED 
ALMOST DAILY IN THE BELGRADE PRESS.  LOCAL ZAGREB 
BASED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE ALSO KEEPING TRACK, 
THOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT TO VERIFY THE REPORTS OF EVEN 
THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE.  FOR AN UPDATE, WE SPOKE 
WITH SERBIAN ACTIVIST MILORAD PUPOVAC ON MARCH 25, 
WHO CONFIRMED THAT PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BE EXERTED 
ON THE SERBIAN COMMUNITY OF CROATIA.  PUPOVAC AGAIN 
EXPRESSED PARTICULAR CONCERN ABOUT THE FORCED FLIGHT 
OF URBAN SERBS.  MOST RECENTLY, IN THE MAJOR COASTAL 
CITY OF ZADAR, THE SERBIAN LEADER CLAIMED THAT THE 
HOMES AND PROPERTY OF SERBS WHO HAVE TEMPORARILY LEFT 
ARE BEING "MINED AND BLOWN UP."  IN THE CASE OF 
ZAGREB, PUPOVAC ESTIMATED THAT PERHAPS HALF OF THE 
SERBS WHO HAD BEEN RESIDING IN THE CROATIAN CAPITAL 
HAD LEFT, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.  HE POINTED TO THE 
NON-PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO RETIRED JNA OFFICERS 
(WHICH HE SAID HAD A GREATER IMPACT ON THE SERBIAN 
COMMUNITY) AS A SERIOUS MATTER WHICH COULD LEAD TO 
ABANDONMENT OF HOUSES AND APARTMENTS SINCE THE 
RESIDENT ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR UTILITY SERVICES AND 
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OTHER RELATED EXPENSES.  (FYI:  WE HAVE MIXED REPORTS 
ON THIS, WITH SOME SERBS SAYING THEY CONTINUE TO 
ROUTINELY RECEIVE THEIR JNA PENSIONS.) 
 
 
 
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AMEMBASSY BONN 
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AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY LISBON 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0811 
USIA WASHDC 1354 
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CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// 
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0279 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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¶6.  AS HE DID IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS, PUPOVAC CITED 
A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC AND DETAILED ABUSES AGAINST 
SERBS.  HE ADMITTED THAT SOME OF THE INCIDENTS HAD 
BEEN INVESTIGATED BY CROATIAN OFFICIALS.  BUT WHILE 
MANY IN THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT UNDERSTOOD THAT THOSE 
RESPONSIBLE SHOULD BE PUNISHED, IT APPEARED THAT THE 
MORE HARD-LINE ELEMENT HOLDS GREAT SWAY AT THE 
MOMENT.  HERE ARE SOME OF THE SPECIFICS PUPOVAC 
CITED.  (FYI:  ALL OF THESE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED 
EARLIER BY EITHER CONGEN, EMBASSY OR HELSINKI WATCH.) 
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--  GOSPIC:  PUPOVAC SAID 180 SERBS HAD DISAPPEARED 
THERE.  SIXTY-THREE WERE CONFIRMED DEAD, THE REST ARE 
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PRESUMED JAILED OR DEAD.  IN SEPARATE INSTANCES, 
SERBS FROM ZAGREB HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED FROM ZAGREB AND 
TAKEN TO GOSPIC.  WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL OF OUR 
CONTACTS THAT THE CROATIAN SIDE WAS KIDNAPPING SERBS 
TO USE AS BARTER TO OBTAIN THE RETURN OF CAPTURED 
CROATIAN CIVILIANS. 
 
--  PUPOVAC SAID SERBS WHO RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES 
AFTER FLEEING THE FIGHTING WERE BEING MISTREATED.  HE 
CITED THE CASE OF DARUVAR, WHERE HE SAID SIGNS WERE 
POSTED LISTING 9,000 NAMES OF AREA SERB RESIDENTS; 
THESE SIGNS ACCUSED ALL OF THEM OF BEING ENEMIES OF 
CROATIA AND CALLED FOR THEIR EXPULSION. 
 
--  HE SAID 100 SERBS FROM VIROVITICA HAD DISAPPEARED. 
 
¶7.  MORE GENERALLY, PUPOVAC SAID THAT WHILE HE FOUND 
SOME MEMBERS OF THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALLY 
UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE 
PROBLEMS FACING SERB-CROAT RELATIONS IN AN 
INDEPENDENT CROATIA (HE SPECIFICALLY SPOKE OF HAVING 
A LONG AND USEFUL TALK WITH OPPOSITION LEADER DRAZEN 
BUDISA WHILE HE WAS STILL IN THE GOVERNMENT AND OF 
GOOD CONTACTS WITH SAVKA DABCEVIC-KUCAR, AN 
UNANNOUNCED CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT), TUDJMAN HIMSELF 
DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT CREDIBILITY WITH SERBS TO 
REACH AN ACCORD WITH THEM, AND THE CROATIAN 
GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE IS NOT READY TO SOLVE THE 
PROBLEMS OF URBAN SERBS IN CROATIA.  IN HIS MOST 
PESSIMISTIC NOTE, PUPOVAC SPECULATED THAT CROATIAN 
AUTHORITIES ARE ACTUALLY HOPING THAT THE FEAR AND 
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PRESSURES NOW ON URBAN SERBS WILL HELP REDUCE THE 
POPULATION TO BELOW 8 PERCENT OF THE REPUBLIC'S 
TOTAL, THEREBY EXCLUDING IT FROM THE GUARANTEES FOR 
REPRESENTATION AS SPELLED OUT IN THE NEW ELECTION 
 
 
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AMEMBASSY BONN 
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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 
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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0812 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 04 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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LAW.  HE CLAIMED THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING 
TO DRIVE OUT MILAN DUKIC, THE LONELY SERB IN THE 
CROATIAN ASSEMBLY.  (NOTE: MANY HERE BELIEVE THAT 
DUKIC READILY PLAYS THE ROLE OF THE "GOOD SERB" AND 
EVEN RECEIVES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIS PARTY FROM 
THE GOVERNMENT.  DUKIC HAS NEVER, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, 
EXPRESSED ANY CONCERN FOR HIS WELL-BEING, OR ANY 
INTENTION TO ABANDON CROATIA.) 
 
¶8.  ALTHOUGH PUPOVAC'S ALLEGATIONS ARE THE MORE 
DETAILED AND SPECIFIC, OTHERS (INCLUDING CROATS) HAVE 
EXPRESSED SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF HUMAN 
RIGHTS IN CROATIA.  DUKIC, DESPITE THE DOUBTS ABOUT 
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HIS BONIFIDES TO SPEAK AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
SERBIAN PEOPLE, HAS RECENTLY BEEN MORE ASSERTIVE IN 
DENOUNCING ABUSES AGAINST SERBS IN THE REPUBLIC. 
CROATIAN OPPOSITION POLITICAL FIGURES, SUCH AS SAVKA 
DABCEVIC KUCAR OF THE CROATIAN NATIONAL PARTY AND 
DRAZEN BUDISA OF THE CROATIAN SOCIAL LIBERAL PARTY 
HAVE, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DECRYING THE 
CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN THE HANDS OF ONE MAN AND 
THE INCREASING SENSE OF VITUAL LAWLESSNESS IN SOME 
PARTS OF THE REPUBLIC, COMPLAINED OF THE DECREASING 
RESPECT FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. 
 
THE CROATIAN CHARGE:  FEAR, EXPULSIONS AND KILLINGS 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
¶9.  THE CROATS, TOO, HAVE MADE A CASE FOR THE ABUSE 
AND GRIEVOUS MISTREATMENT OF CROATIAN RESIDENTS BY 
JNA/SERB FORCES IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF 
CROATIA-  WE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATIVE 
INFORMATION REPORTED IN THE CROATIAN MEDIA: 
 
--  ON MARCH 15, 139 CROATIAN CITIZENS OF THE VILLAGE 
OF BOKSIC, NEAR VUKOVAR, WERE EXPELLED BY SERBIAN 
TERRITORIAL DEFENSE UNITS FROM THE NEARBY VILLAGE OF 
CAKOVAC. 
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--  IN TORDINCI, A VILLAGE IN SLAVONIA WHICH HAS BEEN 
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE JNA FOR ALMOST FIVE MONTHS, 
30 INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.  THE CROATS 
ALLEGED THAT THEIR BODIES WERE BURIED IN A MASS GRAVE 
NEAR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
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--  FROM THE ILOK REGION, 12,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
REPORTEDLY BEEN EXPELLED.  AFTER THE EXODUS, ONLY 
3,780 CROATS REMAIN.  IN THIS REGION, BEFORE THE 
 
 
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AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
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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 1594 
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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0813 
USIA WASHDC 1356 
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CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// 
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 0281 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 05 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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FIGHTING, SERBS WERE IN THE MINORITY.  ACCORDING TO 
CROATIAN FIGURES, THE POPULATION HAD BEEN COMPRISED 
OF 11,500 CROATS (71 PERCENT) AND 2,000 SERBS (12 
PERCENT). 
 
--  ON JANUARY 19, 64 PEOPLE FROM AN AREA AROUND 
BENKOVAC WERE FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR HOMES AFTER THE 
JNA FAILED TO PROVIDE SECURITY FROM POTENTIAL ATTACKS 
FROM CHETNIK BANDS. 
 
--  ON JANUARY 22, 110 PEOPLE OF CROATIAN NATIONALITY 
WERE "EXILED" BY THE JNA FROM THEIR VILLAGES IN THE 
BENKOVAC COMMUNITY. 
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THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT: GROWING CONCERNS 
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¶10.  ALTHOUGH THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO 
VIEW HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AS POLITICAL PROBLEMS, WHICH 
ACCOUNTS FOR ITS ALMOST TIT-FOR-TAT REPORTING OF 
SERBIAN VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF CROATS, THERE IS 
A GROWING SENSE THAT THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION 
IN THE REPUBLIC IS SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL. 
GENERAL CRIME IS ON THE RISE AND THERE IS A GROWING 
BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND ORDER.  AT LEAST SOME OFFICIALS 
IN THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE THE CONNECTION 
BETWEEN TOLERATION OF VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 
AGAINST SERBS AND THE DECLINING STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN 
THE REPUBLIC. 
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¶11.  IN AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE JANUARY 31 
EDITION OF THE POLITICAL INFLUENTIAL DAILY "VJESNIK", 
SOME CASES WERE REVEALED ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF 
PERSONS IN CROATIAN UNIFORMS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR 
WHOM THE WAR HAS BECOME A COVER-UP FOR THE 
ACHIEVEMENT OF NUMEROUS PRIVATE, COLLECTIVE AND PARTY 
INTERESTS ACCORDING TO "VJESNIK": 
 
--  A RULE WAS ESTABLISHED IN KARLOVAC THAT EACH 
DYNAMITING OR SHELLING OF CROATIAN HOUSES IN THE 
KARLOVAC SUBURBS (THE ZONE WHICH IS UNDER SERB/JNA 
CONTROL) WOULD RESULT IN RETALIATORY EXPLOSIONS OF 
HOUSES OF EXILED SERBS; 
 
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--  IN ZADAR, UNIFORMED "DEFENDERS", INSTEAD OF 
DEFENDING THEIR CITY, "DEFENDED" WITH GUNS THE 
APARTMENTS OF JNA OFFICERS WHO HAD MOVED AWAY; 
 
 
 
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BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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--  ON THE WESTERN SLAVONIA FRONT, ONE CROATIAN UNIT 
"KEPT SECRET" FOR TWO DAYS THEIR ENTRY INTO ONE OF 
THE MORE PROSPEROUS SERBIAN VILLAGES IN ORDER TO HAVE 
ENOUGH TIME TO "CLEAN IT UP"; 
 
--  UNIFORMED PERSONS ENTER LOCAL BARS WITH THEIR 
FIREARMS, SHOOTING TO QUIET DOWN THE MUSIC, AND 
DRINKING AT THE EXPENSE OF "CROATIA".  PASSING 
THROUGH SERBIAN VILLAGES, THESE PERSONS FIRE OFF 
THEIR WEAPONS IN ORDER TO CREATE A "WAR ATMOSPHERE" 
AND CALL INTO QUESTION THE SECURITY OF THE LOCAL 
POPULATION; 
 
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--  EXECUTIVE ORGANS HOLD "ALL POWER" IN LOCAL 
COMMUNITIES AND ACT WITH IMPUNITY IN THEIR DEALINGS 
WITH RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY SERBS. 
 
¶12.  IN A MARCH 5 PRESS CONFERENCE, CROATIAN PRIME 
MINISTER, FRANJO GREGURIC, EXPRESSED EXPLICIT CONCERN 
OVER THESE NEGATIVE TRENDS.  AMONG OTHER POINTS, HE 
STATED THAT: 
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--  THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT MUST RENEW ITS EMPHASIS 
ON RESPECT FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS, PUBLIC ORDER AND 
PEACE.  "THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO FOLLOW SUCH A 
POLICY", SAID GREGURIC, "WILL HAVE TO LEAVE." 
BURGLARIES, ROBBERIES AND BOMBINGS OF PRIVATE HOMES 
AND BUILDINGS MUST STOP; 
 
--  THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED AND PRESIDENT 
TUDJMAN HAS ACCEPTED, THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN AND COMMUNITY CRISIS HEADQUARTERS.  LOCAL 
EXECUTIVE COUNCILS, AS THE LEGAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES, 
MUST REGAIN AUTHORITY ON THEIR TERRITORY; 
 
--  THE EMERGENCY LEGAL POWER WHICH WAS GRANTED BY 
THE ASSEMBLY TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE BINDING 
DECREES IN TIME OF WAR WILL SOON BE "RETURNED" TO THE 
ASSEMBLY; 
 
--IT IS NECESSARY TO SECURE DISCIPLINE IN CROATIAN 
ARMY UNITS.  NO PARALLEL MILITARY FORMATIONS CAN BE 
TOLERATED; 
 
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--  THE SIZE AND MISSION OF THE CROATIAN ARMY MUST BE 
CLEARLY DEFINED.  "CROATIA MUST NOT BE A MILITARISTIC 
COUNTRY."  IN THE FUTURE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL MORE 
CLOSELY CONTROL CROATIAN ARMY EXPENSES.  JNA BARRACKS 
 
 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 07 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE CITIES FOR CIVILIAN USE. 
THOSE WHICH HAVE "FAVORABLE LOCATIONS" COULD BE 
OFFERED TO THE U.N. PEACEKEEPING FORCES IN CROATIA; 
 
--  THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE 
REPUBLIC'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.  BECAUSE PRODUCTION HAS 
TO BE STIMULATED, MILITARY FORCES HAVE TO BE 
REDUCED.  THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WORKING SERIOUSLY ON 
A PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM. 
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¶13.  CROATS OUSIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ALSO BECOME 
CONCERNED WITH WHAT EFFECT THE FIGHT AGAINST THE 
SO-CALLED "FIFTH COLUMN" OF DISLOYAL SERBS AND OTHERS 
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HAS DONE TO THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA.  THE 
WELL RESPECTED, INDEPENDENT POLITICAL WEEKLY "DANAS" 
HAS CONSISTENTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS RAISED 
THE SPECTER OF AN ELABORATE STATE SECURITY APPARATUS 
EXISTING BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT, UNDER 
THE CONTROL OF LONG-TIME TRUSTED TUDJMAN CRONY JOSIP 
MANOLIC (A SECURITY OFFICIAL UNDER FORMER COMMUNIST 
REGIMES) AND ANSWERABLE ONLY TO TUDJMAN.  THE CIRCLE 
THAT SERVES AS THE CROATIAN PRESIDENT'S REAL ADVISERS 
GROWS TIGHTER, WITH DISPROPORTIONATE POWER RESTING IN 
THE HANDS OF AN EVER SMALLER GROUP.  THE RECENT 
PETITION DRIVE OF YOUTH OPPOSITION LEADERS CALLING 
FOR THE RESIGNATION OF MEDIA CZAR ANTON VRDOLJAK 
(ANOTHER CLOSE TUDJMAN ADVISER) IS ANOTHER REFLECTION 
OF THIS CONCERN. 
 
TUDJMAN: THE NEW CROATIAN HUMAN RIGHTS MAN? 
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¶14.  AT A FEBRUARY 3 PRESS CONFERENCE, THE CROATIAN 
PRESIDENT, FRANJO TUDJMAN, ENDORSED A CALL BY THE 
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF HIS OWN PARTY FOR A "POLITICAL 
ACTION" AGAINST ABUSE AND CRIME.  "LEGALITY HAS TO 
RULE IN CROATIA", SAID TUDJMAN AND "CROATIA MUST BE A 
LEGAL STATE WHICH IS AGAINST ALL FORM OF ABUSE AND 
ARBITRARINESS."  ACCORDING TO JOURNALISTS, TUDJMAN 
NOTED THAT IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL 
PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE CROAT-SERB RELATIONSHIP, A 
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM IS ALSO PRESENT.  THE CROATIAN 
PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY CALLED FOR A CONCILIATORY HAND 
TO BE EXTENDED TO THOSE "WHO PROVOKED THE WAR." 
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¶15.  IN RECENT DAYS, TUDJMAN HAS CONTINUED HIS HUMAN 
RIGHTS OFFENSIVE, HOLDING CORDIAL MEETINGS WITH 
DELEGATIONS FROM HELSINKI WATCH, THE EC, AND A LOCAL 
 
 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 08 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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AMNESTY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF SERBS AND OPPOSITION 
FIGURES.  IN PARTICULAR, CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO THE 
HELSINKI WATCH REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN 
CROATIA DID NOT HAVE THE DEFENSIVE, PRICKLY SLANT 
WHICH THE GOVERNMENT NORMALLY TAKES IN RESPONDING TO 
SUCH ALLEGATIONS.  TO BE SURE, THE CROATIAN 
GOVERNMENT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHIDE HELSINKI 
WATCH FOR NOT BEING MORE INTERESTED IN THE PLIGHT OF 
CROATS IN THE SO-CALLED JNA-OCCUPIED REGIONS.  BUT 
THE CROATIAN REPLY WAS DETAILED AND REVEALED CLEARLY 
THAT THE CROATS HAD TAKEN SERIOUSLY THE ALLEGATIONS. 
 
¶16.  EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME THE 
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CROATS APPEARED TO REACT IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO THE 
CHARGES AND ADMITTED SHORTCOMINGS IN ITS 
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL OF ITS 
CITIZENS.  IN ITS INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT, THE TUDJMAN 
GOVERNMENT DECLARED THAT "THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT IS 
AWARE THAT SOME CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ALSO BY 
PERSONS WEARING THE UNIFORMS OF THE CROATIAN FORCES," 
BUT QUICKLY NOTED THAT "THESE PERSONS HAVE BEEN 
ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED."  THE STATEMENT ROUNDLY AND 
UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNED SUCH CRIMES, INDICATED THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT HAD REQUESTED FROM ITS DEPARTMENTS 
REPORTS ON VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONCLUDED 
THAT "SPECIAL STRESS IS ON THEIR GREATER COMMITMENT 
TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF SIMILAR CASES."  AND, IN 
A MOST ATYPICAL TONE, EXPRESSED "THANKS TO THE 
HELSINKI WATCH COMMITTEE FOR THE ATTENTION IT HAS 
DEDICATED TO THE EVENTS IN CROATIA AND FOR THE 
ATTEMPT TO PRESENT THE FACTS ABOUT ABUSES IN AN 
OBJECTIVE MANNER." 
 
¶17.  COMMENT:  ARE WE BEGINNING TO SEE A KINDER, 
GENTLER CROATIAN PRESIDENT ON THE ISSUE OF HUMAN 
RIGHTS?  WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THAT 
OUR MANY PROTESTATIONS TO TUDJMAN AND HIS AIDES ON 
THESE QUESTIONS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO PAY 
DIVIDENDS, BUT WE ARE NOT FULLY CONVINCED OF THIS. 
FOR TUDJMAN, HUMAN RIGHTS IS STILL A NAGGING 
POLITICAL ISSUE.  OTHERS (GREGURIC, TOMAC) MAY BE 
SINCERELY TROUBLED BY THIS INCREASING SPIRAL OF 
VIOLENCE.  FOR THEM, OUR PRESSURE AND THAT OF OTHERS 
MAY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT IN MAKING IT CLEAR TO THEM 
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THAT ALONG WITH GRANTING RECOGNITION, THE WORLD WILL 
INSIST ON CERTAIN STANDARDS IN TERMS OF HUMAN 
RIGHTS.  AS WE MOVE BEYOND THE WAR STAGE, THESE 
PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE READY 
 
 
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AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMCONSUL MILAN 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
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AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 09 OF 09 ZAGREB 00468 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  OADR 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL PHUM PREL
SUBJECT:  SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS:  A QUESTION OF 
DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA 
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EXCUSES, AND CROATIA WILL HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH 
WHAT KIND OF DEMOCRACY IT WANTS.  EINIK 
 
 
 
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