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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
94ZAGREB118	1994-01-11 16:05	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Zagreb

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111605Z Jan 94

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COM SIXTHFLT//N2//
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD//

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ZAGREB 000118 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA ALSO FOR BOSNIA 
 
E.O.  12356: NA 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV HR PGOV HR PGOV HR BK
SUBJECT:  TFSROL:  ZAGREB UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 
 
 
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27 BODIES FOUND IN KRIZANCEVO MASS GRAVE 
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¶1.  ON JANUARY 6 UNPROFOR TROOPS WERE PERMITTED TO 
EXHUME A MASS GRAVE NEAR KRIZANCEVO (NEAR VITEZ, CENTRAL 
B-H).   BRITISH UNPROFOR ELEMENTS INVESTIGATING THE 
SITUATION THERE ON DECEMBER 29 WERE  FORCED TO WITHDRAW 
AFTER ENCOUNTERING HEAVY FIRE FROM B-H ARMY POSITIONS. 
 
¶2.  ON JANUARY 8, AFTER UNPROFOR DID GET ACCESS TO THE 
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SCENE, UNPROFOR REPRESENTATIVE SIMON GHILL GAVE THE 
CROATIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL (HVO) A LIST OF NAMES PROVIDED 
BY THE B-H ARMY FOR THE 27 BODIES FOUND IN THE GRAVE. 
ALL 27 WERE LISTED BY THE B-H ARMY AS HVO FIGHTERS OF 
THE VITEZ BRIGADE.  THE HVO ASSERTS, HOWEVER, THAT MOST 
OF THE BODIES EXHUMED WERE DRESSED AS CIVILIANS.  SO 
FAR, 15 OF THE BODIES HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. 
 
¶3.  ACCORDING TO UNPROFOR, ANOTHER COMMON GRAVE NEAR THE 
KRIZANCEVO SITE CONTAINS AT LEAST 8 BODIES, ABOUT WHICH 
THE B-H ARMY SO FAR HAS PROVIDED NO INFORMATION.  IN 
ADDITION, HVO SOURCES SAY, THE B-H ARMY HAS REFUSED TO 
PERMIT RETRIEVAL OF SOME 15-20 BODIES LYING FOR THE LAST 
18 DAYS NEAR THE CONFRONTATION LINE.  THE B-H ARMY 
CLAIMS 74 CROATS IN ALL WERE KILLED DURING THE 
PRE-CHRISTMAS B-H ARMY OFFENSIVE NEAR KRIZANCEVO. 
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CROATIAN CITIZENS REPORTEDLY MOBILIZED TO FIGHT IN B-H 
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¶4.  THE CROATIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE (HHO) ISSUED A 
STATEMENT DECEMBER 29 CLAIMING THAT IN THE WEEKS 
PRECEDING THAT DATE SEVERAL THOUSAND CROATIAN CITIZENS 
BORN IN B-H HAD BEEN DRAFTED AND SENT TO THE B-H FRONT. 
THE HHO STATEMENT SAID MANY OF THE DRAFTEES ARE 
STUDENTS, RETIRED OR EVEN HANDICAPPED PERSONS.  THE HHO 
SAYS THEY WERE STATIONED IN CROATIAN MILITARY BARRACKS 
AND GIVEN UNIFORMS BEARING NO INSIGNIA.  THE COMMITTEE 
ALSO CLAIMS TO BE IN POSSESSION OF DOCUMENTS SHOWING 
THAT SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE CROATIAN ARMY, AFTER 
REFUSING TO BE TRANSFERRED TO B-H, WERE SUBJECTED TO 
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DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AND THREATENED WITH COURT MARTIAL. 
 
¶5.  MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SPOKESMAN GENERAL DRAGO KRPINA 
RESPONDED TO THE HHO CHARGES ON DECEMBER 31, SAYING 
"NONE OF THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE HHO STATEMENT ARE 
CORRECT."  HE EXPLAINED THAT UNDER CROATIAN ARMY'S 
MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN A SKELETON RESERVE BRIGADE WAS 
ESTABLISHED AND MANNED AT ONLY ONE QUARTER OF NORMAL 
BRIGADE STRENGTH, A FACT HE SAID REFUTES THE CHARGE THAT 
"SEVERAL THOUSAND" CROATIAN CITIZENS WERE MOBILIZED. 
WHERE THIS BRIGADE MIGHT BE DEPLOYED, ONCE ACTIVATED, 
"WILL BE DECIDED THROUGH STANDARD PROCEDURES," THE 
SPOKESMAN SAID,  ADDING THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER 
NATIVE BOSNIAN CROATS WOULD VOLUNTEER TO SERVE IN BOSNIA 
"TO DEFEND THE HEARTHS OF THEIR FOREFATHERS." 
 
¶6.  THE SPOKESMAN DID NOT EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT 
SOME STUDENTS, WHO BY LAW HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE 
THEIR STUDIES, MIGHT HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED 
AMONG THE DRAFTEES.  IF SO, HE SAID, THEIR CASES WILL BE 
RECONSIDERED.  WHILE KRPINA DENIED THAT ANYONE HAD 
 
 
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ACTION SS-00 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   AMAD-01  CIAE-00  C-01     OASY-00  DOEE-00 
      DS-00    EB-01    EUR-01   HA-09    H-01     IMMC-01  TEDE-00 
      INR-00   IO-16    LAB-01   L-01     ADS-00   NSAE-00  OIC-02 
      OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01   P-01     RPCS-01  SCT-03 
      SIL-00   SNP-00   SP-00    SR-00    SSO-00   STR-01   TRSE-00 
      T-00     USIE-00  RPE-01   SNIS-00  NISC-02    /050W 
                  ------------------18CE81  111511Z /38 
R 111605Z JAN 94 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0463 
INFO JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J3/J4/J5// 
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
USMISSION GENEVA 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USMISSION USNATO 
USEC BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// 
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COM SIXTHFLT//N2// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE// 
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 ZAGREB 000118 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA ALSO FOR BOSNIA 
 
E.O.  12356: NA 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV HR PGOV HR PGOV HR BK
SUBJECT:  TFSROL:  ZAGREB UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 
 
KNOWINGL 
Y BEEN MOBILIZED IN CONTRAVENTION OF CROATIA'S 
DEFENSE LAW, HE SAID THAT ANY SUCH CASES WHICH CAME TO 
LIGHT WOULD BE REEXAMINED.  HE ALSO SAID THAT NO ONE WHO 
REFUSED TO FIGHT IN B-H HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO 
DISCIPLINARY MEASURES.  KRPINA PROMISED TO INSPECT 
CLOSELY ANY DOCUMENTATION PRESENTED TO HIM ALLEGING SUCH 
DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AGAINST DRAFTEES. 
 
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REACTION TO BOMBING OF ORTHODOX EPARCHY RESIDENCE 
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¶7.  A POWERFUL EXPLOSION EARLY DECEMBER 24 MORNING 
SHATTERED THE CHRISTMAS CEASEFIRE CALM IN KARLOVAC, 
COMPLETELY DESTROYING ONE WING OF THE ORTHODOX EPARCHY 
RESIDENCE, PROPERTY OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, IN 
THE CENTER OF THE CITY.  SOME TEN SHOPS IN THE VICINITY 
ALSO WERE DAMAGED, AS WELL AS THE ROOF OF A NEARBY 
FRANCISCAN MONASTERY.  POLICE SAY A TIME BOMB APPARENTLY 
WAS THE CAUSE.  THE RESIDENCE HAD BEEN VACATED AND 
LOCKED SINCE SEPTEMBER 1991, WHEN MOST ORTHODOX CLERGY 
LEFT CROATIA.  A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN ORDERED 
BY CROATIAN AUTHORITIES. 
 
¶8. CROATIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CARDINAL FRANJO KUHARIC 
IMMEDIATELY ISSUED A STRONG CONDEMNATION.  "A CRIME HAS 
BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST THE LAW AND AGAINST PEACE," HE 
SAID.  "RESOLUTELY AND WITH BITTERNESS WE PROTEST 
AGAINST THIS CRIME, WHICH HAS TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES NOT 
ONLY FOR THE EPARCHY BUT ALSO FOR CROATIA.  DURING 
CHRISTMAS, A CEASEFIRE WAS AGREED UPON IN THIS SENSITIVE 
TERRITORY.  THE BOMBING HAS VIOLATED THIS CEASEFIRE.  WE 
REQUEST A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.  WE CONDEMN EACH ACT 
OF HATRED, VIOLENCE, AND REVENGE, BECAUSE IT IS AN 
ATTACK ON DIVINE AND HUMAN LAWS.  WHOEVER HAS COMMITTED 
THIS ACT IS AN ENEMY OF MAN AND THE NATION." 
 
¶9.   KARLOVAC DISTRICT GOVERNOR JOSIP JAKOVCIC ALSO 
CONDEMNED THE BOMBING AS A POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED 
CRIMINAL ACT.  JAKOVCIC SAID THAT THE PERPETRATORS "DID 
CROATIA NO FAVOR -- JUST THE OPPOSITE."  HE CALLED THE 
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BOMBING A PREMEDITATED ACT, DESIGNED TO DESTABILIZE THE 
KARLOVAC REGION. 
¶10.  ACCORDING TO KARLOVAC MILITARY CORPS COMMANDER 
GENERAL PAVAO MILJEVAC, THE BOMBING DID GREAT HARM TO 
THE FRAGILE CEASEFIRE IN SECTOR NORTH.  "WE MAINTAIN 
CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE OTHER SIDE," SAID MILJEVAC. 
"SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO RESPECTING THE 
CEASEFIRE.  THE EPARCHY RESIDENCE IS NEAR THE 
CONFRONTATION LINE, WHERE FORCES ARE VERY CLOSE.  AN 
ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT IS NOW POSSIBLE.  IT IS UP TO 
US TO PRESERVE PEACE.  WE WISH TO INFORM THE OTHER SIDE 
ABOUT THE DETAILS.  THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS 
THE GOVERNMENT, CONSIDERS THIS BOMBING A TERRORIST ACT, 
REGARDLESS OF WHO THE PERPETRATOR WAS."  (EMBASSY 
COMMENT: THE CHRISTMAS CEASEFIRE ESSENTIALLY HELD IN 
SECTOR NORTH AND THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. END 
COMMENT) 
 
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LEAKED DOCUMENTS IMPLICATE DEPUTY IN 1991 WAR CRIMES 
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ACTION SS-00 
 
INFO  LOG-00   AID-01   AMAD-01  CIAE-00  C-01     OASY-00  DOEE-00 
      DS-00    EB-01    EUR-01   HA-09    H-01     IMMC-01  TEDE-00 
      INR-00   IO-16    LAB-01   L-01     ADS-00   NSAE-00  OIC-02 
      OMB-01   PA-02    PM-01    PRS-01   P-01     RPCS-01  SCT-03 
      SIL-00   SNP-00   SP-00    SR-00    SSO-00   STR-01   TRSE-00 
      T-00     USIE-00  RPE-01   SNIS-00  NISC-02    /050W 
                  ------------------18CE85  111511Z /38 
R 111605Z JAN 94 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0464 
INFO JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J3/J4/J5// 
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
USMISSION GENEVA 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USMISSION USNATO 
USEC BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 
AMEMBASSY MADRID 
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// 
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
 
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COM SIXTHFLT//N2// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE// 
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
AMEMBASSY ATHENS 
AMEMBASSY ANKARA 
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 000118 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
AMEMBASSY VIENNA ALSO FOR BOSNIA 
 
E.O.  12356: NA 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV HR PGOV HR PGOV HR BK
SUBJECT:  TFSROL:  ZAGREB UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 
 
 
¶11.  A REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE OF THE 
WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE "GLOBUS" LEVELLED WAR CRIMES CHARGES 
AGAINST SABOR REPRESENTATIVE TOMISLAV MERCEP, KNOWN IN 
SOME CROATIAN CIRCLES AS THE DEFENDER OF VUKOVAR AND OF 
GOSPIC.  THE ARTICLE INCLUDES EXTRACTS FROM CROATIAN 
INTERIOR MINISTRY DOCUMENTS, CLASSIFIED AS "STATE 
SECRETS," WHICH CLAIM THAT SOME 20 EXECUTIONS WERE 
 
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CARRIED OUT IN 1991 BY A POLICE SQUAD LED BY MERCEP. 
THE KILLINGS ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE IN PAKRACKA POLJANA, 
WHERE THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT IN LATE 1993 PERMITTED UN 
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WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATORS TO EXAMINE A MASS GRAVE. 
INTERIOR MINISTER IVAN JARNJAK SAID DECEMBER 28 THAT AN 
INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED WAR CRIMES HAD ALREADY BEGUN. 
JARNJAK ALSO SAID HE DID NOT KNOW HOW THE DOCUMENTS WERE 
OBTAINED BY THE PRESS BUT THAT THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT 
IS INVESTIGATING THE LEAK. 
 
GALBRAITH 
 
 
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