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GENEVA FOR ICFY JACKOVITCH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT:  CGYOOL:  CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS 
-         MEET TO IRON OUT DIFFERENCES OVER B-H 
 
REF: (A) ZAGREB 2226 (NOTAL) 
 
-    (B) ZAGREB 2224 
-    (C) ZAGREB 2223 (NOTAL) 
 
¶1.  FOLLOWING A PUBLIC EXCHANGE OF RECRIMINATORY 
LETTERS BY PRESIDENTS IZETBEGOVIC AND TUDJMAN (REFS A 
AND B), THE TWO LEADERS MET IN ZAGREB ON SUNDAY, 
NOV 1, TO ATTEMPT TO IRON OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES. 
TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE START OF THE MEETING 
SHOWED B-H HDZ LEADER MATE BOBAN NEXT TO IZETBEGOVIC 
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ON THE BOSNIAN SIDE OF THE TABLE, ALONG WITH B-H 
PRESIDENCY ADVISOR HAJRUDIN SOMUN AND SEFKO OMERBASIC, 
PRESIDENT OF "MESIHATA FOR CROATIA AND SLOVENIA". 
THE CROATIAN SIDE INCLUDED DEFMIN SUSAK, TUDJMAN CHEF 
D'CABINET JURE RADIC, AND GEN. SLOBODAN PRALJAK. 
AFTER LENGTHY MEETINGS EXTENDING INTO SUNDAY EVENING, 
THE TWO SIDES HAD REACHED AGREEMENT ON SEVERAL 
SIGNIFICANT POINTS, WHICH WERE MADE PUBLIC NOV 2. 
 
¶2.  IZETBEGOVIC AND TUDJMAN CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE 
END TO THE FIGHTING BETWEEN B-H AND HVO FORCES 
"BECAUSE IT HARMS THE COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST 
SERBIAN/MONTENEGRIN EXTREMIST FORCES."  THOSE GUILTY 
OF INSTIGATING THE B-H/CROAT CONFLICT WERE TO BE 
REMOVED AND PUNISHED.  A JOINT COMMISSION IS TO BE 
FORMED TO INVESTIGATE THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE 
CONFLICT.  THE TWO LEADERS AGAIN CALLED FOR THE 
FORMATION OF A JOINT COMMAND FOR B-H AND HVO FORCES. 
THEY ANNOUNCED THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY IN 
THE JOINT COMMISSION ON INTER-STATE AND MILITARY 
COOPERATION, TO WHICH BOTH SIDES HAVE NOW NAMED THEIR 
REPRESENTATIVES.  IZETBEGOVIC PROMISED TO NOMINATE A 
B-H AMBASSADOR TO CROATIA NEXT WEEK AND STRESSED THE 
IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING EMBASSIES TO HELP RESOLVE 
PROBLEMS. 
 
¶3.  THE PRESIDENTS CONDEMNED STEPS TAKEN BY THE 
SO-CALLED "REPUBLIC OF KRAJINA" IN CROATIA AND THE 
SO-CALLED "SERBIAN REPUBLIC" IN B-H TO FORM A 
POLITICAL UNION.  THEY TERMED IT A NEW ACT OF 
AGGRESSION AGAINST TWO SOVEREIGN AND INTERNATIONALLY 
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RECOGNIZED STATES (B-H AND CROATIA) AND CONDEMNED IT 
AS A DIRECT CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST PEACE WHICH VIOLATES 
THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE 
SANCTITY OF BORDERS.  THEY WELCOMED THE UN DECISION 
 
 
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      DODE-00  CISA-02  DS-00    HA-09    H-01     INRE-00  INR-01 
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O 021553Z NOV 92 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2569 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
USMISSION USNATO 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USMISSION USVIENNA 
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UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 02243 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
GENEVA FOR ICFY JACKOVITCH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE 
 
E.O. 12356:  DECL:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT:  CGYOOL:  CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS 
-         MEET TO IRON OUT DIFFERENCES OVER B-H 
 
ON FORMATION OF A WAR CRIMES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. 
 
¶4.  THE TWO PRESIDENTS SUPPORTED, IN PRINCIPLE, THE 
DRAFT B-H CONSTITUTION UNVEILED LAST WEEK AT THE 
GENEVA CONFERENCE.  THEY INSISTED THAT THE FINAL TEXT 
SHOULD ENSURE THE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS AND EQUALITY 
OF THE MUSLIM AND CROATIAN PEOPLES IN B-H.  FINALLY, 
THEY PLEDGED TO MAKE A MAXIMUM EFFORT TO INCLUDE 
LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE IN 
THE POLITICAL PROCESS OF FORMING A FUTURE B-H. 
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¶5.  IZETBEGOVIC TOLD TUDJMAN THE B-H GOVERNMENT WAS 
TO BE RESHUFFLED AND THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
POSITION WOULD BE RESERVED FOR A BOSNIAN CROAT FROM 
THE CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (HDZ).  BOBAN FORMALLY 
NOMINATED MIRO LASIC AS THE HDZ REPRESENTATIVE IN THE 
B-H COLLECTIVE PRESIDENCY. 
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POSTSCRIPT:  CROATIAN POSITION ON B-H TERR'L INTEGRITY 
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¶6.  FOLLOWING OCT 30 CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT 
TUDJMAN REPORTED REF C, TUDJMAN MET WITH VANCE AND 
OWEN, AFTER WHICH HE DECLARED, ONCE AGAIN, THAT "WE 
RECOGNIZED BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA AS A SOVEREIGN STATE. 
THE PROBLEM OF CONFLICT THERE MUST BE RESOLVED 
PEACEFULLY BY MUSLIMS AND CROATS THEMSELVES."  HE 
ADDED THAT "THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS VITALLY 
INTERESTED THAT PEACE IS ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY IN 
THIS NEIGHBORING STATE." 
 
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