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UNCLASSIFIED LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 01 OF 08 ZAGREB 02863 
 
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SUBJECT:  1992 CROATIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EMBASSY 
-         COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT'S RE-DRAFT 
 
REF: (A) 92 STATE 408075; (B) 92 ZAGREB 2463 
 
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¶2.  REF A'S RE-DRAFT OF THE CROATIA HUMAN RIGHTS 
REPORT CONSTITUTES, IN OUR VIEW, A MAJOR AND AS YET 
UNSUBSTANTIATED REORIENTATION OF THE DRAFT REPORT WE 
SUBMITTED IN REF B. 
 
¶3.  IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED IN CROATIA IN 
1992, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE BY PICKING AND CHOOSING TO 
"DOCUMENT" VIRTUALLY ANY CASE ONE WERE INCLINED TO 
MAKE REGARDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE OF THE 
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT.  OVERALL BALANCE WILL BE CRITICAL 
TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THIS YEAR'S REPORT.  IN OUR 
DRAFT WE SOUGHT CAREFULLY TO STRIKE A BALANCE WHICH 
ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN 
THIS COUNTRY OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
¶4.  IN PARAGRAPH 11 OF REF A WE ARE ADVISED TO MAKE A 
"SPECIAL EFFORT" TO DOCUMENT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY 
THE CROATS -- OTHERWISE THE STRONG U.S. INDICTMENT OF 
SERBIAN ABUSES IN SERBIA AND BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA WILL 
SEEM LESS CREDIBLE.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE 
MISUNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS REQUEST, BUT, FOR 
THE RECORD, WE WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE 
TAKING SUCH A CALCULATED APPROACH TO DESCRIBING 
CROATIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE.  MORE PLAINLY 
PUT, WE DON'T THINK CROATIA'S AND SERBIA'S 1992 HUMAN 
RIGHTS REPORTS SHOULD BE DRAFTED OR CONSIDERED "IN 
TANDEM." 
 
¶5.  THIS FORMERLY EVACUATED MISSION HAD ALMOST NO 
FILES FROM THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 AND EXPERIENCED AN 
ALMOST TOTAL CHANGEOVER OF PERSONNEL LAST SUMMER. 
YET WE FULLY ACKNOWLEDGED, AND WE INCLUDED IN OUR 
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DRAFT, SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS SHORTCOMINGS AND EVEN 
ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, IN TERRITORY 
CONTROLLED BY THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT IN 1992.  IF 
THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO AUGMENT WHAT WE INCLUDED IN 
OUR DRAFT WITH HARD EVIDENCE WHICH CASTS CROATIA'S 
HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT, THIS 
SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE DONE.  BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO STICK 
WITH THE FACTS AND KEEP OUR FOCUS ON CROATIA. 
 
¶6.  MANY OBSERVERS OF THE CROATIAN SCENE, INCLUDING 
HARSH CRITICS OF THE GOVERNMENT, WOULD TEND TO 
DISMISS A GRATUITOUSLY SEVERE REPORT AS MERELY 
REFLECTING A DEEP-SEEDED STATE DEPARTMENT BIAS 
AGAINST CROATS.  WE HERE DO WHAT WE CAN TO CORRECT 
THIS UNFORTUNATE MISPERCEPTION.  BUT A HUMAN RIGHTS 
REPORT OF REF A'S ORIENTATION RUNS THE RISK OF BEING 
REJECTED OUT OF HAND.  THIS IS NOT/NOT AN ARGUMENT 
FOR NOT TAKING A TOUGH, OBJECTIVE VIEW OF THIS 
VERY-IMPERFECT GOVERNMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE, 
BUT WE SHOULD LIMIT OURSELVES TO THAT. 
 
END GENERAL COMMENTS ON REF B RE-DRAFT. 
¶7.  N.B.  ALL PARAGRAPH REFERENCES BELOW ARE TO 
REF A.  THROUGHOUT, FOR SUGGESTED INSERTIONS OR 
CHANGES, WE USE DOUBLE SLASHES (//) TO SET OFF TEXT 
FOR INCLUSION OR SUBSTITUTION. 
 
¶8.  PARA 5, SENTENCE ONE.  THIS CONSTRUCTION IS NOT 
ACCURATE.  WE SUGGEST SUBSTITUTING //CROATIA, WHOSE 
TERRITORY FORMERLY CONSTITUTED ONE OF THE CONSTITUENT 
REPUBLICS OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF 
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YUGOSLAVIA, DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE ON JUNE 25, 
1991.// 
 
¶9.  PARA 5, SENTENCE TWO, COMMENT: IT IS TENDENTIOUS 
IN THE EXTREME TO STATE THAT CROATIA'S DECLARATION OF 
 
 
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INDEPENDENCE IS WHAT "PRECIPITATED A CIVIL WAR."  WE 
SUGGEST SUBSTITUTING THE ACCURATE LANGUAGE OF 92 
BELGRADE 3998 //BLOCKED BY SERBIA IN ITS ATTEMPT TO 
RESTRUCTURE YUGOSLAVIA AS A LOOSE FEDERATION, THE 
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE ON JUNE 
25, 1991, AND SOUGHT INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.// 
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ADD //THAT ACTION WAS SEIZED 
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OVERWHELMINGLY SERBIAN-LED YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY 
(JNA) AGAINST CROATIAN TOWNS AND CITIES IN ORDER TO 
DESTROY THE FLEDGLING CROATIAN STATE OR LEAVE IT 
CRIPPLED INDEFINITELY.  THEY ESTABLISHED CONTROL OVER 
A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE CROATS OF SERBIAN NATIONALITY 
WERE PREDOMINANT AS WELL AS OVER AREAS WHERE SERBS 
HAD BEEN IN A MINORITY.  THE JNA WAS ASSISTED IN THIS 
EFFORT BY PARAMILITARY FORCES WHO INVADED FROM SERBIA 
AND FROM MONTENEGRO AND BY LOCAL SERBIAN IRREGULARS. 
THESE UNITS WERE OFTEN ORGANIZED AND LED BY REGULAR 
JNA OFFICERS OR THEIR SURROGATES AND ALL WERE 
DIRECTLY SUPPLIED WITH WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION BY THE 
JNA.// 
 
¶10.  REF A, NOTE ONE: CROATIA DID NOT ISSUE A FORMAL 
DECLARATION OF WAR.  RESTRICTIONS/EMERGENCY POWERS 
INCLUDED LARGELY CURFEWS, BLACKOUTS, AND SIMILAR 
CIVIL DEFENSE MEASURES.  MOST OF THESE, INSTITUTED 
INFORMALLY OR AT LOCAL LEVELS, HAVE LONG SINCE CEASED 
IN AREAS NOT STILL UNDER BOMBARDMENT FROM SERBIAN 
FORCES IN BOSNIA.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE CURFEW IN 
DUBROVNIK WAS LIFTED BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND WILL NOT BE 
REINSTATED. 
 
¶11.  PARA 6, SENTENCE TWO: THIS IS INACCURATE.  THE 
AREAS OVER WHICH CROATIAN AUTHORITY IS TO BE 
REESTABLISHED UNDER THE VANCE PLAN WERE NOT AND STILL 
ARE NOT SOLELY "SERB-INHABITED."  SECTOR WEST IS NOT 
EVEN LARGELY SERBIAN-CONTROLLED.  NOR ARE SERBS THE 
ONLY MINORITY IN THE UNPAS.  WE SUGGEST SUBSTITUTING 
//THE VANCE PLAN WAS TO PROVIDE FOR NORMALIZING THE 
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OCCUPIED AREAS THROUGH DEMILITARIZATION, THE RETURN 
OF DISPLACED PERSONS, AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF 
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY, WITH ASSURANCES FOR 
MINORITY POPULATIONS.// 
 
¶12.  REF A, NOTE TWO: WITHDRAWAL OF JNA UNITS WAS 
SUPPOSEDLY COMPLETED IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER. 
HOWEVER, MANY OF THESE SOLDIERS IN JNA UNITS STAYED 
ON I SERBIAN-OCCUPIED PARTS OF CROATIA (WHAT BECAME 
THE UNPAS) AND "CONVERTED" TO THE SO-CALLED "POLICE 
FORCE" OR "SPECIAL POLICE."  IN ADDITION, JNA UNITS 
CONTINUED TO OCCUPY THE PREVLAKA PENINSULA AND REGION 
AROUND DUBROVNIK LONG AFTER THEY HAD AGREED WITH UN 
NEGOTIATORS TO DEPART.  THE LAST JNA UNITS LEFT ONLY 
IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. 
 
¶13.  PARA 6, LAST SENTENCE: THIS IS THE FIRST 
REFERENCE OF MANY IN REF A TO THE "RSK," AN ENTITY 
WHICH NO COUNTRY RECOGNIZES.  IT IS NOT AN 
APPELLATION USED BY ANYONE IN CROATIA OUTSIDE OF THE 
UNPAS, INCLUDING CROATIAN SERBS.  IT HAS NO LEGAL 
STANDING AND NO GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES WORTHY OF THE 
NAME.  ITS SO-CALLED OFFICIALS ARE IN MANY CASES 
PERSONALLY PERSECUTING NOT ONLY CROATS AND HUNGARIANS 
AND OTHER MINORITIES BUT ALSO MODERATE SERBS AS 
WELL.  THROUGHOUT THIS REPORT, "RSK" SHOULD BE 
REPLACED WITH, AS APPROPRIATE, "THE UNITED NATIONS 
PROTECTED AREAS," "THE UNPAS," OR, WHERE NECESSARY, 
"THE UNPA SERBS." 
 
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COMPLETELY SECRETLY.  THERE HAVE BEEN ALLEGATIONS, 
WHICH WE CANNOT SUBSTANTIATE, THAT PERSONS UNDER THIS 
OFFICE, HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 
AGAINST CROATIANS OF SERBIAN NATIONALITY.  READERS 
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INFERENCE FROM OUR MERE MENTION OF THE OFFICE, AS WE 
DID IN REF B. 
 
¶15.  PARA 8, LAST TWO LINES:  WE SUGGEST SUBSTITUTING 
//AND "BORDER POLICE," ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN A 
CONTINUING PATTERN OF MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 
AGAINST NON-SERBIAN POPULATIONS AND AGAINST MODERATE 
SERBS.// 
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¶16.  PARA 9, LINE 4: DELETE// "CIVIL."// 
 
¶17.  REF A, NOTE 4: OVER 400,000 IS AN ACCEPTED 
FIGURE FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CROATIAN CITIZENS 
DISPLACED. 
 
¶18.  PARA 10: REPLACE WITH //IN PRACTICE THERE HAVE 
BEEN NUMEROUS SUBSTANTIATED REPORTS OF POLITICAL AND 
OTHER EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF 
CROATIA IN 1992.  A CRITICAL DISTINCTION MUST BE MADE 
BETWEEN SUCH CRIMES COMMITTED ON CROATIAN GOVERNMENT 
CONTROLLED TERRITORY, COMPARATIVELY FEW IN NUMBER, 
AND DOCUMENTED KILLINGS IN AREAS UNDER LOCAL SERBIAN 
CONTROL, WHICH WERE FAR MORE NUMEROUS AND OFTEN 
INVOLVED DIRECT COMPLICITY OF LOCAL SERBIAN 
AUTHORITIES.  THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 
CROATIA HAVE PLEDGED THAT ALL CRIMES AGAINST CITIZEN 
WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. 
WITHIN MOST PARTS OF THE UNPAS, THE SITUATION IS 
INCOMPARABLY WORSE.  IN THE AREAS UNDER THE CONTROL 
OF THE SO-CALLED KNIN GOVERNMENT, MURDERS OCCUR 
REGULARLY AND NO PERPETRATORS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO 
JUSTICE.  IN SECTOR EAST, FOR EXAMPLE, A SERBIAN 
EXTREMIST WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE GUNMAN IN THREE 
SEPARATE MURDERS COMMITTED IN THE SUMMER OF 1992.  HE 
WAS DETAINED AND RELEASED TWICE BY THE ETHNIC SERBIAN 
"AUTHORITIES" AND THEN ALLOWED TO CROSS OVER INTO 
SERBIA AFTER HIS THIRD ARREST.// 
 
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¶20.  REF A, NOTE 6: ADD //ON NOVEMBER 27, SENIOR 
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE ARREST 
OF FOUR POLICEMEN FROM PODRAVSKA SLATINA AND VOCIN ON 
SUSPICION OF THE THE MURDER OF A 62-YEAR OLD CROATIAN 
CITIZEN OF SERBIAN NATIONALITY.// 
 
¶21.  PARA 13: DELETE "RSK" AND REPLACE WITH //SERBIAN 
EXTREMISTS//. 
 
¶22.  REF A, NOTE 7: COMMENT: UNPROFOR CIVIL POLICE 
AND UNPA SECTOR OFFICIALS (PROTECT) WERE THE SOURCES 
FOR MANY DETAILS.  IN ADDITION, SENIOR UNPROFOR 
OFFICIALS HAVE GONE ON THE RECORD DETAILING THE STATE 
OF LAWLESSNESS IN THE SERBIAN-CONTROLLED PARTS OF THE 
UNPAS. 
 
¶23.  REF A, NOTE 8: ADD//THERE HAVE BEEN VIRTUALLY NO 
REPORTS IN 1992 OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS FROM 
AREAS UNDER CROATIAN CONTROL.  PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
FORCED TO LEAVE CROATIAN-CONTROLLED AREAS BUT THEIR 
WHEREABOUTS HAVE TENDED TO BE KNOWN.  FOR EXAMPLE, 
DURING AND IN THE IMMEDIATE WAKE OF LAST YEAR'S WAR, 
SOME 85,000 CROATIANS OF SERBIAN NATIONALITY 
REPORTEDLY WENT TO SERBIA AND OTHERS TO 
SERBIAN-CONTROLLED PARTS OF THE UNPAS.// 
 
¶24.  REF A NOTE 9: ADD TO END OF LINE 5 //THREATS OF 
BODILY HARM OR DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY AND PERSONAL 
INVECTIVES WERE SOMETIMES USED TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE 
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WITH ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS.// 
¶25.  REF A, NOTE 10: SUBSTITUTE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 
17 WITH // THE GOVERNMENT REPLACED AND FIRED SOME 
POLICE OFFICIALS WHO DID NOT TAKE SUFFICIENTLY 
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OF DETAINEES.//  COMMENT: LOSING A GOVERNMENT JOB IS 
SERIOUS IN THIS TIME OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. 
 
¶26.  REF A, NOTE 11: THE SOURCE WHO DESCRIBED THE 
ACTIONS OF THE SO-CALLED MAYOR OF DALJ SAID THAT HE 
BEAT PEOPLE WHOM HE ACCOSTED IN THE STREETS AND 
PHYSICALLY ABUSED OTHERS WHOM HE WAS TRYING TO THROW 
OUT OF THEIR HOMES.  Q-2:  THE CROATS CLAIM THAT 
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VIRTUALLY ALL THE SERBIAN POWS THEY HELD HAVE BEEN 
TRADED BACK TO SERBIA FOR CROATIAN POWS EARLIER THIS 
YEAR.  CONDITIONS IN THE CROATIAN POW CAMPS HAD NOT 
BEEN MADE AN ISSUE BY LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS 
GROUPS. 
 
¶27.  REF A, NOTE 12: JUDICIAL AND/OR PROSECUTORIAL 
ARREST WARRANTS ARE USED.  TIME LIMITS FOR FORMAL 
INDICTMENTS VARY DEPENDING ON THE KIND AND 
SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHARGES AND MAY RANGE FROM DAYS TO 
MONTHS.  CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS ARE REPORTED TO BE 
OBSERVED AND LEGAL DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN THE SUBJECT 
OF GENERAL CRITICISM. 
 
¶28.  REF A, NOTE 13: OUR VERY LIMITED FILES CONTAIN 
NO BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE ITEMS SPECIFIED IN 
THE 1991 REPORT WHICH WAS COMPILED IN BELGRADE. 
 
¶29.  PARA 21: DELETE //AND "RSK" OFFICIALS//. 
 
¶30.  RE PARA 22: DELETE OLD PARA AND ADD // THE 
DELIBERATE EXPULSION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THEIR HOMES 
BASED ON THEIR NATIONALITY, WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN 
¶1992.  MOST OF THE EXCESSES OF THIS NATURE COMMITTED 
BY CROATIAN EXTREMISTS OCCURRED IN 1991 WITH SOME 
RESIDUAL REVENGE TAKING OCCURRING IN 1992 ALONG THE 
CEASEFIRE LINES.  IT IS THE OFFICIAL PRACTICE OF 
SERBIAN AUTHORITIES IN THE UNPAS TO DRIVE OUT OR 
ELIMINATE NON-SERBIAN INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREAS UNDER 
THEIR CONTROL.  SUCH ATROCITIES AGAINST NON-SERBS 
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THOUSANDS.// 
 
¶31.  REF A, PARA 23: START LINE ONE WITH //THE 
CROATIAN LEGAL SYSTEM CONSISTS OF//.  THIS AVOIDS ONE 
USE OF "COURT" IN THAT SENTENCE. 
 
¶32.  REF A, NOTE 14: COMMENT: DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY 
COURTS HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS 
DEFENDANTS IN CIVIL COURTS.  THE CROATS HAVE BEEN 
CRACKING DOWN ON LAWLESS ELEMENTS, INCLUDING BOTH 
DEMOBILIZED SOLDIERS WHO HAD TURNED TO CRIMINAL 
ACTIVITIES AND SERBIAN FIFTH COLUMNISTS AND 
COLLABORATORS.  THE IN ABSENTIA INDICTMENTS INVOLVE 
MOSTLY SERBS WHO ASSISTED THE JNA IN LAST YEAR'S 
ATTACKS AND/OR WHO WERE ACTIVE IN SERBIAN 
PARAMILITARY GANGS. 
 
¶33.  REF A, NOTE 15: AN ATTORNEY IS PROVIDED TO 
INDIGENT DEFENDANTS. 
 
¶34.  REF A, NOTE 16: THESE CASES ARE INACTIVE OR 
FORMAL INDICTMENTS WERE NOT PURSUED. 
 
¶35.  REF A, NOTE 17: INTERNATIONAL LEGAL EXPERTS WHO 
QUERIED SERBIAN AUTHORITIES REGARDING THEIR SO-CALLED 
LEGAL SYSTEM FOUND THE ANSWERS EVASIVE, INACCURATE, 
AND MENDACIOUS.  A SECOND RELIABLE SOURCE SAID THE 
LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE SERBIAN-CONTROLLED PARTS OF THE 
UNPAS DOES NOT EXIST.  SO-CALLED "JUDGES" CARRY OUT 
EXTREMIST POLICIES DIRECTLY AGAINST NON-SERBIAN 
MINORITIES.  EMBOFF WAS PRESENT AT THESE 
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¶36.  REF A, NOTE 18: POLICE ARE MAKING A CONCERTED 
EFFORT TO SEIZE SOME OF THE INCREASING QUANTITIES OF 
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THE SOCIETY.  SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED THAT MORE 
HOMES AND PREMISES ARE BEING SEARCHED THAN IS 
NECESSARY.  IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL. 
 
¶37.  REF A, LINE 30: DELETE REFERENCE TO "RSK" AND 
SUBSTITUTE //UNPA SERBIAN OFFICIALS//. 
 
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS MEDIA HAVE DETAILED THE SPECIFIC 
ACTIVITIES OF SERBIAN EXTREMISTS IN THE UNPAS.  IN 
SECTOR EAST, SERBIAN PARAMILITARIES, INCLUDING THUGS 
FROM SERBIA WHO WORK FOR THE TERRORIST ARKAN, FORCE 
THEIR WAY INTO HOUSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING A 
"CENSUS" OF PEOPLE AND BELONGINGS.  NON-SERBS, 
INCLUDING HUNGARIANS AND SLOVAKS, ARE THEN PRESSURED 
BY PHYSICAL INTIMIDATION TO SIGN OVER THEIR PROPERTY 
AND LEAVE.  IN ISOLATED HOMESTEADS, GUNMEN WALK 
THROUGH THE TARGETED FARMYARDS SHOOTING AT WINDOWS 
AND PEOPLE IN THE HOUSES.  CREDIBLE REPORTS FROM 
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS HAVE DOCUMENTED FORCIBLE 
ENTRY INTO HOMES AND THEN THE MURDER OR ASSAULT OF 
THE OCCUPANTS, MOSTLY OLD WOMEN AND MEN.  MURDERS OF 
MOSTLY ELDERLY CROATS TAKE PLACE IN SECTOR SOUTH ON 
AN ALMOST WEEKLY BASIS. 
 
¶39.  REF A, NOTE 20: THE CULPRITS, WHO STRUCK AT 
NIGHT, HAVE NOT BEEN CONCLUSIVELY IDENTIFIED.  IT IS 
BELIEVED THAT CROATS, PROBABLY DISPLACED FROM BARANJA 
AND SLAVONIA, MOTIVATED BY REVENGE, WERE 
RESPONSIBLE. 
 
¶40.  REF A, PARA 35: REPLACE "ETHNIC CLEANSING" WITH 
//FORCED RESETTLEMENT//.  THE TERM ETHNIC CLEANSING 
SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE SPECIFIC PATTERN OF 
TERRORIST CLEARING ACTIONS OF BOSNIAN SERBS. 
 
¶41.  REF A, NOTE 21: GO AHEAD AND USE THE EC REPORT 
THAT YOU HAVE IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH ITS 
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YOU MAY WISH TO ENSURE THAT THE TERM "SOLDIERS" 
REALLY MEANT THE CROATIAN ARMY (HV), RATHER THAN 
CRIMINALS AND EXTORTIONISTS DRESSED IN KHAKI.  WE ARE 
AWARE OF NO SUCH CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AGAINST 
GROUPS OF VILLAGES. 
 
¶42.  REF A, NOTE 22: NEW START FOR PARA 38 //IN THE 
EARLY MONTHS OF ATTACKS IN 1991 BY THE JNA AND 
SERBIAN PARAMILITARIES, CROATIAN VILLAGES AND 
CROATIAN SECTIONS OF TOWNS SUCH AS LIPIK, NUSTAR, AND 
VINKOVCI WERE DESTROYED IN AN EFFORT TO FORCE CROATS 
TO FLEE.// 
 
¶43.  REF A, NOTE 23: ADD//THE FORMERLY LARGELY 
CROATIAN VILLAGES OF ERDUT AND ILOK IN SECTOR EAST 
HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIR NON-SERBIAN POPULATIONS 
WITH SLOVAKS, CROATS, AND HUNGARIANS FORCED TO 
EMIGRATE IN FEAR OF THEIR LIVES.  NO SECTOR-BY-SECTOR 
BREAKDOWN IS AVAILABLE.  400,000 WAS CITED IN OUR 
INTRODUCTION.// 
 
¶44.  REF A, PARA 41: DELETE THE "RSK" AND REPLACE 
WITH //SERBIAN EXTREMISTS//. 
 
¶45.  REF A, NOTE 24: WE DO NOT SEE HOW A STATEMENT OF 
REPORTED HVO DEPLOYMENTS IS RELEVANT.  FOR THE RECORD 
THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH 
HVO FORCES MAY BE DEPLOYED IN B-H, RANGING FROM THE 
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT POSITION THAT NO UNITS ARE 
DEPLOYED TO ALLEGATIONS THAT AT TIMES MANY THOUSANDS 
OF SUCH TROOPS HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN BOSNIA.  DELETE 
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REF TO B-H REPORT.  EACH REPORT SHOULD STAND ON ITS 
OWN. 
 
¶46.  RE PARAS 42-52: PLEASE RETAIN FROM DRAFT B.  WE 
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3238 
 
 
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TAGS: PHUM ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR ELAB KSPR HR BK
SUBJECT:  1992 ROATIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EMBASSY 
-         COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT'S RE-DRAFT 
 
PROPERLY NUANCED. 
 
¶47.  REF A, NOTE 26: AUTHORITY FOR FREQUENCY 
ASSIGNMENT IS REPORTEDLY DIVIDED BETWEEN NATIONAL AND 
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  THE MUNICIPAL AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IS NOW BEING RE-ORGANIZED AND A 
BILL ON THE NEW PARISHES WAS PASSED ONLY AT THIS 
WEEK'S SABOR SESSION.  CROATIA HAS NO CRISPLY 
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FUNCTIONING FCC-LIKE AGENCY.  GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 
WHO DISCUSSED THIS QUESTION RAISED THE MATTER OF 
ECONOMIC VIABILITY, SPECIFICALLY WHETHER OR NOT THERE 
WAS A SUFFICIENT ADVERTISING BASE TO MAKE ECONOMIC 
SENSE FOR MULTIPLE NEW STATIONS.  THE GOVERNMENT IS 
PROBABLY NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS POLICY 
IT WANTS AND WHAT MAKES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL GOOD 
SENSE.  FOR THESE AND PROBABLY OTHER REASONS, THERE 
IS LITTLE INCENTIVE TO MOVE FAST, AND SO FAR, LITTLE 
PUBLIC PRESSURE OR EVIDENCE OF CONCERN. 
 
¶48.  PARA 50: DELETE "RSK" AND REPLACE WITH 
//SERBIAN-CONTROLLED UNPA AREAS//. 
 
¶49.  REF A, NOTE 27: ADD //THIS RIGHT IS ENJOYED BY 
OTHER NATIONALITIES IN CROATIA, INCLUDING CROATIANS 
OF SERBIAN AND MUSLIM NATIONALITY.  HOWEVER, IN 
SERBIAN-CONTROLLED UNPAS IN CROATIA THESE RIGHTS ARE 
NOT RESPECTED OR ENJOYED.// 
 
¶50.  REF A, NOTE 28: THERE ARE TWO MOSQUES IN 
CROATIA, AND SOME HALF DOZEN OR SO ISLAMIC COMMUNITY 
CENTERS WHICH SERVE AS LOCATIONS FOR PRAYER AND 
WORSHIP.  OF THESE, THE ONE IN DUBROVNIK WAS 
DESTROYED BY SERBIAN SHELLING AND ANOTHER IN OSIJEK 
WAS DAMAGED, ALSO BY SERBIAN ARTILLERY. 
 
¶51.  REF A, PARA 55: REPLACE LAST SENTENCE WITH //AN 
ORTHODOX CHURCH IN VARAZDIN WAS BOMBED AND SLIGHTLY 
DAMAGED BY A DISGRUNTLED CROATIAN REFUGEE WHO WAS 
ARRESTED AND WILL BE TRIED FOR THE CRIME.// 
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¶52.  PARA 56: REPLACE WITH //THE JEWISH COMMUNITY 
CENTER IN ZAGREB SERVES AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP FOR 
BELIEVERS AND THERE IS A SERBIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL 
IN DOWNTOWN ZAGREB.  ONE OF CROATIA'S TWO MAJOR 
MOSQUES IS ALSO LOCATED IN ZAGREB.  THE JEWISH CENTER 
WAS REBUILT WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN 
1992 AFTER A BOMBING LAST YEAR.  THE SERBIAN 
CATHEDRAL HAS REMAINED UNDAMAGED THROUGHOUT THE WAR. 
THE MOSQUE SERVES NOT ONLY A RELIGIOUS FUNCTION BUT 
ALSO HAS BEEN THE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE FOR HUNDREDS OF 
BOSNIAN REFUGEES.// JUSTIFICATION: PARA AS IN REF A 
SUGGESTS THAT FUNCTIONING/NONFUNCTIONING 
CHARACTERISTIC IS AN INDICATOR OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION 
RATHER THAN AN INDICATOR OF SOCIAL DISLOCATION 
PRODUCED BY THE WAR. 
 
¶53.  REF A, NOTE 29: ADD //THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO 
FREEDOM OF RELIGION FOR NON-ORTHODOX BELIEVERS IN 
SERBIAN-CONTROLLED AREAS OF THE UNPAS.// 
 
¶54.  REF A, NOTE 30: THE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS USUALLY CITE THE FIGURE OF "MORE THAN 
1/4TH OCCUPIED." 
 
¶55.  REF A, PARA 59, LINE 6: REPLACE WITH //NO CROATS 
OR MUSLIMS WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN 
SERBIAN-CONTROLLED PARTS OF THE UNPAS.  A NUMBER OF 
SERBIAN FAMILIES DID RETURN TO THE 
CROATIAN-CONTROLLED PART OF SECTOR WEST AND TO THE 
AREA AROUND OSIJEK (CLOSE TO UNPA SECTOR EAST).// 
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¶56.  REF A, NOTE 31: CLARIFICATION: THERE ARE POLICE 
CHECKPOINTS THROUGHOUT FREE CROATIA BUT MOST ARE 
DIRECTED AT ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE 
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FRONT LINES, SUCH AS KARLOVAC AND NEAR THE SECTORS, 
POLICE CHECKPOINTS ARE DESIGNED TO CATCH SHIPMENTS OF 
ILLEGAL ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, SERBIAN INFILTRATORS AND 
AGENTS, AND SMUGGLERS.  PROMINENT AND NOT SO 
PROMINENT CROATIANS OF SERBIAN NATIONALITY TRAVEL 
FREELY AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD, INCLUDING TO 
SERBIA FOR MEETINGS WITH BELGRADE OFFICIALS, WITHOUT 
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¶57.  REF A, NOTE 32: IT IS UNWISE FOR NON-SERBIAN 
CROATS TO TRAVEL IN SERBIAN-CONTROLLED PORTIONS OF 
THE UNPAS.  EVERYONE TRAVELLING IN THE 
CROATIAN-CONTROLLED PORTION OF SECTOR WEST NEEDS 
PROPER IDENTIFICATION AND PAPERS.  FOREIGNERS AND 
MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NO 
PROBLEMS TRAVELLING IN FREE CROATIA BUT SHOULD 
EXERCISE CAUTION IN NON-FREE UNPA AREAS. 
 
¶58.  REF A, NOTE 33: IN THE EYES OF THE BOSNIAN 
GOVERNMENT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE DRAFT-AGE MALES 
LIABLE FOR MILITARY SERVICE WHO WERE EVADING SUCH 
SERVICE.  WE ARE NOT AWARE THAT THOSE WHO WERE 
RETURNED HAD EVER BEEN ACCORDED REFUGEE STATUS. 
 
¶59.  REF A, PARA 62 LINE ONE: ADD //CROATS HAVE 
HAD//.  A FIRST REFERENCE TO "CDU" SHOULD BE SPELLED 
OUT AS "CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION." 
 
¶60.  PARA 63: OUR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IS MORE 
ACCURATE.  ONLY A VERY FEW WESTERN OBSERVERS CALLED 
THE ELECTIONS SERIOUSLY FLAWED.  WE ARE AWARE OF NO 
SUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS OF INTIMIDATION OF VOTERS 
AND MEDIA ACCESS IN THE CAMPAIGN WAS GENERALLY 
CONSIDERED FAIR. 
 
¶61.  REF A, NOTE 34: IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT ANY 
OF THE SHORTCOMINGS ALLEGED CHANGED THE RESULTS. THE 
HDZ IS WELL-ORGANIZED AND RAN AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN. 
THE OPPOSITION WAS FRAGMENTED AND DID A MUCH LESS 
EFFECTIVE JOB IN GETTING ITS MESSAGE ACROSS. 
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¶62.  REF A, PARA 65: DELETE "RSK" AND REPLACE WITH 
//SERBIAN-CONTROLLED PARTS OF THE UNPAS//. 
 
¶63.  REF A, NOTE 35: THE THIRTEEN SERBS WERE 
DESIGNATED AND NOW SIT IN PARLIAMENT.  CROATIA HAS 
ITS OWN ELECTION LAWS AND IS PRESENTLY COMPLETING 
LAWS ABOUT ELECTING THE HOUSE OF PARISHES. 
¶64.  REF A, NOTE 36: HELSINKI WATCH CONTACTS TOLD US 
THAT THEY HAVE HAD VERY GOOD ACCESS THROUGHOUT 1992, 
AND IN 1991 AS WELL. 
 
¶65.  REF A, NOTE 37: MUSLIMS AND THE OTHER 
NATIONALITIES IN CROATIA HAVE NOT BEEN MAJOR TARGETS 
OF DISCRIMINATION.  THERE HAVE BEEN NONE OF THE 
FRENCH- OR GERMAN-STYLE ANTI-FOREIGN RIOTS, STONINGS, 
OR MOB SCENES.  MAZOWIECKI BASED HIS CRITIQUE LARGELY 
ON NUMBERS, I.E., THAT MORE SERBS THAN CROATS HAD NOT 
YET ACQUIRED CITIZENSHIP.  THEREFORE, THEY ARE 
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. 
 
¶66.  REF A, NOTE 38: THE STATEMENT WAS BASED ON 
DISCUSSIONS WITH WOMEN IN CROATIA, PRESS ARTICLES OF 
CRIMINAL AND COURT ACTIVITIES, AND RESPONSES OF 
VISITING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS. 
 
¶67.  REF A, NOTE 39: AN INCREASE IN REPORTING OF 
ABUSE MAY BE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS SUCH AS 
INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS ISSUES. 
 
¶68.  REF A, NOTE 40: CERTAIN CLERICAL STAFF HAVE A 
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RIGHT TO STRIKE BUT "ESSENTIAL SERVICES" PERSONNEL 
MUST REMAIN ON DUTY.  RETENTION OF POLICE PERSONNEL 
ON DUTY IS AN ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TOPIC.  IN 1991, 
VIRTUALLY ALL OF SERBS IN THE SERBIAN-DOMINATED 
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SUBJECT:  1992 CROATIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EMBASSY 
-         COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT'S RE-DRAFT 
 
CONTRIBUTING DIRECTLY TO THE BREAKDOWN OF LAW AND 
ORDER THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. 
 
¶69.  REF A, NOTE 41: MOST OF THE STRIKERS AGREED TO 
ACCEPT AN IMPROVEMENT IN WAGES AND MODEST CHANGES IN 
WORKING CONDITIONS. 
 
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