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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
95ZAGREB1796	1995-05-09 18:45	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Zagreb

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CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB  01796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR 
VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
 
E.O. 12356:  N/A 
TAGS: 
SUBJECT:  CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO 
          FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 
 
 
¶1.  CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT 
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SUMMARY 
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¶2.  ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH LED A GROUP THROUGH 
FORMER SECTOR WEST TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, NOVA 
GRADISKA, AND PAKRAC.  AT THE MONUMENT IN JASENOVAC 
COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE INFAMOUS 
CONCENTRATION CAMP THERE, THE AMBASSADOR LAID A WREATH. 
THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH LOCAL SERB LEADERS IN PAKRAC WHO 
SAID THAT THE MAIN ISSUE NOW IS HOW TO OBTAIN GUARANTEES 
OF THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE SERB POPULATION OF 
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WESTERN SLAVONIA, SO THAT REMAINING SERBS CAN BE 
CONVINCED TO STAY.  THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY ALSO VISITED A 
GYMNASIUM IN NOVA GRADISKA WHERE ABOUT 150-200 MOSTLY 
ELDERLY (AND PRESUMABLY SERB) DETAINEES FROM THE OKUCANI 
AREA ARE STILL BEING HELD ON SECURITY GROUNDS.  AT THE 
SAME TIME, PREVIOUSLY DISPLACED CROATS ARE APPARENTLY 
ALREADY RETURNING TO THE TOWN.  SOME SHOPS IN OKUCANI 
APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN LOOTED SINCE THE MAY 5 VISIT BY 
POLOFF AND DATT.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶3.  ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH, POLOFFS, DAO, PAO, AND 
APPROXIMATELY 30 MEMBERS OF THE ZAGREB PRESS CORPS DROVE 
THROUGH FORMER SECTOR WEST, TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, 
OKUCANI, NOVA GRADISKA AND PAKRAC.  THE FOCUS OF THE TRIP 
WAS PEACEFUL REINTEGRATION, SPECIFICALLY, GOC TREATMENT 
OF THE SERB POPULATION AND MILITARY PRISONERS.  IT BEGAN 
WITH A TOUR OF JASENOVAC, A NOW NEARLY DESERTED TOWN 
WHICH WAS THE LOCATION OF THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP 
RUN BY THE FASCIST GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA DURING WORLD WAR 
II.  THE AMBASSADOR LAID A WREATH, ACCOMPANIED RY 
PROMINENT CROATIAN SERB MILORAD PUPOVAC (WHO HAD COME AT 
THE AMBASSADOR'S INVITATION). 
 
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LOCAL SERB OFFICIALS IN PAKRAC TELL THEIR STORY 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
¶4.  THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH VELJKO DJAKULA AND OBRAD 
IVANOVIC, LOCAL SERB LEADERS IN PAKRAC WHO HAD BEEN 
ARRESTED BY THE CROATS LAST WEEK AND THEN RELEASED. 
(NOTE: DJAKULA, A SERB MODERATE, WAS ONE OF THE SIGNERS 
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OF THE DARUVAR AGREEMENT IN 1993 WHICH, HAD IT NOT BEEN 
LOCKED BY KNIN AND BELGRADE, WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT 
MODEST ECONOMIC COOPERATION RETWEEN ZAGREB AND THE SECTOR 
WEST SERBS.  IVANOVIC WAS THE MAYOR OF SERB-OCCUPIED 
PAKRAC.  DJAKULA SAID HIS MAIN OBJECTIVE AT PRESENT WAS 
TO OBTAIN GUARANTEES OF THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE 
SERB POPULATION OF WESTERN SLAVONIA.  HE SAID THAT SERBS 
ARE READY TO PEACEFULLY REINTEGRATE INTO CROATIA IF THE 
GOC SHOWS THAT IT IS READY TO CARRY OUT THIS GOAL 
PEACEFULLY.  ON THAT POINT, DJAKULA WAS DOUBTFUL, GIVEN 
EXPERIENCES SO FAR. 
 
¶5.  DJAKULA DESCRIBED EVENTS DURING THE HV OFFENSIVE AND 
ACCUSED THE ARMY OF BREAKING PRIOR AGREEMENTS TO AVOID 
HOSTILITIES.  HE SAID THAT, AFTER ARTILLERY FIRE BEGAN 
EARLY MAY 1, SERBS IN PAKRAC TOOK WEAPONS FROM THE 
COLLECTION SITES, BUT WERE ORDERED NOT TO RETURN FIRE. 
THEY REQUESTED A CEASEFIRE WITH THE HV THROUGH THE UN AND 
LATER THAT MORNING AGREED TO TURN OVER THEIR SMALL ARMS 
WITHIN 24 HOURS AND REMAINING HEAVY WEAPONS IN 4 DAYS. 
REPEATED REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS TO FINALIZE THE WRITTEN 
GUARANTEES, HOWEVER, WERE DELAYED RY THE CROATS UNTIL 
AROUND 1400 HOURS WHEN ARTILLERY FIRE ERUPTED FROM ALL 
SIDES.  THE SERBS HAD NO CHOICE RUT TO SURRENDER.  THE HV 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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O 091845Z MAY 95 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5707 
INFO CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN// 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J21// 
COM SIXTHFLT//N2// 
NSC WASHDC 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK 
USLO SKOPJE 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USMISSION GENEVA 
 
 
AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 
AMEMBASSY AMMAN 
AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 
AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 
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AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR 
VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
 
E.O. 12356:  N/A 
TAGS: 
SUBJECT:  CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO 
          FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 
 
ARRESTED "ARSK" TROOPS AND TOOK THEM TO HOLDING AREAS. 
 
¶6.  SERB LEADERS DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THEIR FIGHTERS 
WERE TAKEN AND WHERE, OR HOW MANY WERE CASUALTIES. 
ALLEGATIONS OF MASSACRES WERE GETTING WIDE PLAY AMONG THE 
SERB POPULATION, ACCORDING TO DJAKULA.  IN MANY CASES, 
SERB FAMILIES DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO FAMILY 
MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN ROUNDED UP RY CROATIAN FORCES. 
DJAKULA CLAIMED GUNFIRE IN THE PAKRAC AREA CONTINUED 
SPORADICALLY.  SERBS WERE SCARED THAT THOSE WHO 
SURRENDERED WERE BEING SHOT BY CROAT SOLDIERS EXACTING 
REVENGE. 
 
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¶7.  DJAKULA CLAIMED TO HAVE HEARD THAT THE UN WAS 
INVESTIGATING WAR CRIMES IN THE AREA.  HE ALSO REPORTED 
ONE INCIDENT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT IN WHICH A TRUCK SEEKING 
TO FLEE AT NIGHT FROM ADVANCING CROATIAN FORCES HAD BEEN 
FIRED UPON AND 7 OF ITS EIGHT OCCUPANTS KILLED.  THE 
AMBASSADOR IN TURN INFORMED HIM OF THE INCIDENT NEAR THE 
SAVA RIVER BRIDGE WHERE A GROUP OF CIVILIANS HAD BEEN 
KILLED UNDER AS YET TO BE EXPLAINED CIRCUMSTANCES. 
DJAKULA HAD APPARENTLY NOT YET HEARD OF THE INCIDENT.  HE 
CITED A SEPARATE CASE WHERE A SMALL NUMBER OF CIVILIANS 
WERE KILLED BY AN HV PATROL. 
 
¶8.  THE AMBASSADOR ASSURED DJAKULA THE USG WOULD DO ITS 
BEST TO INVESTIGATE BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS.  THE 
AMBASSADOR AND DJAKULA AGREED THAT UNHCR AND ICRC SHOULD 
BE MONITORING RELEASES.  ADDITIONALLY, DJAKULA STATED 
THAT THERE WERE A FEW PROMINENT LOCAL SERBS IN JAIL IN 
BJELOVAR: MLADEN KULIC, COLONEL HARAMBASIC, SAVO 
RADOSEVIC.  HE SAID HE HAD HEARD THAT KULIC HAD BEEN 
BEATEN.  (NOTE: EMBASSY WILL MAKE A FOLLOWUP VISIT MAY 9 
TO SEE THESE INDIVIDUALS--AS WELL AS OTHER DETAINEES. 
REFCOORD WILL ALSO BE CHECKING WITH UNHCR AND ICRC TO SEE 
WHETHER THEY ARE MONITORING THE STATUS OF RELEASED 
PRISONERS.) 
 
¶9.  INFLUENTIAL CROATIAN SERB LEADER MILORAD PUPOVAC ALSO 
ATTENDED THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DJAKULA.  PUPOVAC 
SAID THAT A NUMBER OF ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ZAGREB 
TO BUILD CONFIDENCE WITH ITS SERB COMMUNITY. 
 
--DETAINEES, WHETHER CIVILIAN OR MILITARY, MUST BE 
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RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES. 
 
--THE HV MUST WITHDRAW AND BE REPLACED BY AN 
INTERNATIONAL FORCE. 
 
--THE DISCUSSION ON HOW TO GUARANTEE SERB RIGHTS MUST BE 
STARTED NOW. 
 
--SERBS MUST BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH CROATIAN 
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND WHAT IT OFFERS THEM. 
 
--SERBS IN FORMER SECTOR WEST NEED TO FORGE STRONG TIES 
TO SERBS IN THE REST OF CROATIA. 
 
--THE GOC MUST SHOW THAT IT RESPECTS ITS OWN LAWS AND 
APPLIES THEM FAIRLY TO THE SERB COMMUNITY. 
 
¶10.  THE AMBASSADOR ASKED WHAT KIND OF GUARANTEES SERBS 
WOULD NEED TO CONVINCE THEM TO STAY IN CROATIA.  DJAKULA 
SUGGESTED A CONTINUING INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND 
EVENTUALLY SOME KIND OF AUTONOMY UNDER A POLITICAL 
SOLUTION.  SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA WOULD CONTINUE TO 
DEPEND ON UNHCR AND ECMM AS GUARANTORS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 
THE AMBASSADOR TOLD DJAKULA THAT THE U.S. SUPPORTS A 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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O 091845Z MAY 95 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5708 
INFO CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN// 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J21// 
COM SIXTHFLT//N2// 
NSC WASHDC 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK 
USLO SKOPJE 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USMISSION GENEVA 
 
 
AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 
AMEMBASSY AMMAN 
AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 
AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 
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AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR 
VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
 
E.O. 12356:  N/A 
TAGS: 
SUBJECT:  CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO 
          FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 
 
CONTINUED UNCRO PRESENCE IN THE SECTOR ALONGSIDE CIVIL 
CROATIAN AUTHORITIES.  HE ALSO SAID THAT THE SECTOR 
SHOULD BE DEMILITARIZED ONCE SECURITY HAD BEEN 
ESTABLISHED.  DATT NOTED THAT THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY WAS 
FORCED TO DETOUR BETWEEN NOVSKA AND OKUCANI BECAUSE OF A 
FIREFIGHT AND ASKED IF DJAKULA KNEW OF ANY SERB UNITS 
STILL OPERATING IN THE AREA, BECAUSE THAT WOULD PROVIDE A 
PRETEXT FOR A CONTINUED HV PRESENCE.  DJAKULA KNEW OF NO 
ORGANIZED RESISTANCE AND SUGGESTED THERE WERE STILL 
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AFRAID TO SURRENDER. 
 
¶11.  THE AMBASSADOR ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN 
DISPLACED CROATS RETURNED TO CLAIM THEIR LAND AND HOW 
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DJAKULA THOUGHT THE URGE TO TAKE REVENGE COULD BE 
STEMMED.  DJAKULA BELIEVED THAT FEAR AND SELF-INTEREST 
WOULD BALANCE EACH OTHER AND BRING PEACE.  SERBS WHO 
WILLINGLY RETURNED TO THE AREA WOULD NOT COME BACK TO 
MAKE TROUBLE, BUT BY NECESSITY WOULD BE COMMITTED TO 
SOLVING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES.  HOWEVER, 
DJAKULA SAID HE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO TELL PEOPLE TO 
RETURN OR STAY BECAUSE HE WOULD BE BLAMED IF ANYBODY WAS 
MISTREATED.  HE COULD NOT TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF 
LEADING THE COMMUNITY INTO THE UNKNOWN BECAUSE EVERY 
WRONG STEP WOULD BE USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES BY KNIN, 
PALE, AND ZAGREB.  SERBS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES 
INDIVIDUALLY.  ULTIMATELY, MOST PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY 
WANT TO REMAIN, BUT THE SERBS NEEDED A COOLING OFF 
PERIOD.  WHAT DJAKULA TERMED "PRESSURE" BY THE GOC  ON 
PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION IMMEDIATELY ON WHETHER THEY 
WERE STAYING OR GOING WAS EXCESSIVE.  (NOTE: ACCORDING TO 
DJAKULA, 95 PERCENT OF THE SERBS IN THE PAKRAC AREA HAVE 
STAYED IN THEIR HOMES.)  ONLY WHEN GUARANTEES THAT HUMAN 
RIGHTS WOULD BE PROTECTED WERE DEMONSTRATED WOULD HE MAKE 
A DECISION ABOUT TAKING HIS OWN CROATIAN CITIZENSHIP 
PAPERS. 
 
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ELDERLY DETAINEES STILL HELD 
---------------------------- 
 
¶12.  THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY VISITED A GYMNASIUM IN NOVA 
GRADISKA WHICH IS SERVING TO HOLD ABOUT 150-200 MOSTLY 
ELDERLY DETAINEES FROM THE OKUCANI AREA.  UNLIKE THE 
POPULATION OF PAKRAC, PEOPLE IN OKUCANI WERE ROUNDED UP 
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AND TAKEN TO DETENTION CENTERS.  POLOFF TALKED TO A FEW 
OF THE DETAINEES WHO SAID THEY HAD BEEN WELL TREATED BY 
POLICE AND RECEIVED GOOD FOOD AND MEDICAL CARE FOR THE 
FIRST TIME IN YEARS.  WHILE WE WERE AT THE SITE, RELIEF 
WORKERS WERE BRINGING IN FRESH BREAD.  THESE DETAINEES 
WERE, HOWEVER, BORED AND WANTED TO GO HOME; THEY HAD NO 
IDEA WHEN THE POLICE WOULD LET THEM LEAVE.  AT LEAST A 
FEW WERE UNCERTAIN WHETHER THEY WOULD ACCEPT THE GOC 
OFFER TO REMAIN IN CROATIA OR LEAVE FOR BOSNIAN SERB 
TERRITORY.  IN CONTRAST TO THE ELDERLY SERBS STILL BEING 
DETAINED, FORMERLY DISPLACED CROATS REPORTEDLY ARE 
ALREADY BEING RETURNED TO OKUCANI TO REPAIR AND REOPEN 
BUSINESSES. 
 
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LOOTING IN OKUCANI 
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¶13.  WHEN POLOFF AND DATT VISITED OKUCANI ON MAY 5, THEY 
NOTED SOME INSTANCES OF LOOTING.  BY MAY 8, HOWEVER, 
SHOPS THAT EARLIER HAD BEEN LARGELY UNTOUCHED APPEARED TO 
HAVE BEEN LOOTED.  THEY HAD HAD THEIR WINDOWS BROKEN OUT 
IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH SHELLFIRE, SHELVES WERE 
STRIPPED, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL LITTERED THE FLOORS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5709 
INFO CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XP/IN// 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5-PMA/J21// 
COM SIXTHFLT//N2// 
NSC WASHDC 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK 
USLO SKOPJE 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 
USMISSION GENEVA 
 
 
AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 
AMEMBASSY AMMAN 
AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 
AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 

 
 
 
 
 
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AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
USNMR SHAPE BE//POLAD// 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
HQUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5// 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 04 OF 04 ZAGREB 001796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE ALSO FOR DS/OP/EUR 
VIENNA FOR BOSNIA; USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
 
E.O. 12356:  N/A 
TAGS: 
SUBJECT:  CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO 
          FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 
 
DESPITE THE LOOTING, ONE OLD WOMAN THE AMBASSADOR TALKED 
WITH TRIED TO SPREAD THE BLAME.  SHE SAID THAT AFTER THE 
INITIAL ARTILLERY FIRE, RESIDENTS TOOK EVERYTHING THEY 
COULD.  WHEN ASKED IF HV TROOPS LOOTED ANY OF THE STORES, 
SHE REPLIED THAT EVERYONE DID. 
 
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¶14.  THIS VISIT BROUGHT TO LIGHT SOME INDICATIONS THAT 
THE EARLY CROATIAN SENSITIVITY IN HANDLING DETAINEES MAY 
BE ERODING.  THE REFUSAL TO LET OLD MEN AND WOMEN BACK TO 
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THEIR HOMES AFTER BEING HELD ALMOST A WEEK IS 
INEXCUSABLE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT CROATS ARE 
RETURNING FROM OUTSIDE THE SECTOR TO OPEN BUSINESSES. 
MOREOVER, THE FRESH LOOTING IN OKUCANI, IN AN ENVIRONMENT 
WHERE THERE IS LITTLE OR NO RESIDENT CIVILIAN POPULATION 
REMAINING, SUGGESTS AT THE VERY LEAST A DEGREE OF 
LAXNESS, PERHAPS EVEN ACQUIESCENCE, ON THE PART OF SOME 
CIVIL AND MILITARY POLICE. 
 
GALBRAITH 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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