Cablegate: Cgyool-Humanitarian Assistance Update No. 38

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201444Z Aug 92

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STATE FOR D/EEA/JOHN MENZIES AND EUR/EE/ALEC MALLY
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STATE PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD
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SECDEF ALSO FOR ISA/GLOBAL AFFAIRS
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SUBJECT: CGYOOL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE NO. 38

REF: STATE 237028

1. THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF, DAILY
UPDATE ON THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SITUATION IN
THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WITH REGARD TO CONVOYS,
COORDINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF U.S.-DONATED
ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS.

AIRPORT UPDATE
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2. THE SARAJEVO AIRLIFT IS ON AGAIN WITH 26 PLANES
SCHEDULED TO FLY TODAY. UNPROFOR REPORTS THAT BOTH
THEY AND UNHCR WERE READY TO RESUME FLYING YESTERDAY
BUT APPARENTLY ALL THE PILOTS HAD BEEN GIVEN LEAVE
AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO FLY THE PLANES.

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3. REGARDING THE INCIDENT THAT HALTED THE FLIGHTS,
UNPROFOR REPORTS THAT GENERAL NAMBIAR FINDS THE
EVIDENCE IMPLICATING SERB FORCES INCONCLUSIVE. IN
FACT, UNPROFOR CLAIMS THAT THE BRITISH PLANE SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN FLYING OVER CROAT/MUSLIM-CONTROLLED
TERRITORY WHEN LOCKED-ON BY UNIDENTIFIED
ANTI-AIRCRAFT RADAR.
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JOINT COMMISSION UPDATE
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4. THE "JOINT COMMISSION" SET UP TO OVERSEE AND
MONITOR THE PROCESS OF RESTORATION OF THE CRO?IAN
GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY IN THE "PINK ZONES" WILL
ATTEMPT TO MEET TOMORROW (AUGUST 21). THE COMMISSION
FAILED TO HOLD ITS SECOND SESSION A WEEK AGO WHEN THE
CROATS REFUSED TO MEET CERTAIN PRE-CONDITIONS
DEMANDED BY THE SERBS. UNPROFOR IS HOPEFUL THAT THE
MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE THIS TIME.

5. THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS AGEED IN PRINCIPLE TO
RETURN THE EXHUMED CORPSES OF SERBS WHO DIED FIGHTING
IN THE AREA OF THE MILJEVICI PLATEAU. THEY HAVE ALSO
AGREED TO RELEASE A NUMBER OF PRISONERS HELD IN
OSIJEK AND CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES. RUMOR HAS IT
THAT A PARDON MAY ALSO BE FORTHCOMING FROM PRESIDENT
TUDJMAN'S OFFICE.

6. THE SERBS IN TURN HAVE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO LET
A GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS INSPECT THE PERUCA
DAM WITH A VIEW TO MAKING IT OPERATIONAL BEFORE THE
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AUTUMN RAINS. FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD APPARENTLY RISK
CREATING AN "ECOLOGICAL DISASTER."

UNHCR-ZAGREB UPDATE
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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 ACDA-16 AGRE-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 COME-00
C-01 CISA-02 EB-01 FDRE-00 HA-09 HHS-06 H-01
INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00
NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01
RP-10 SIL-01 SP-01 SR-01 SSO-00 SS-01 STR-20
TRSE-00 T-01 USIE-00 VO-06 DTC-01 /116W
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FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1776
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE
USEC BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5// IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
CTF SIXZERO//N2//
CTF SIXONE//N2//
CTF SIXTWO//N2//
CTF SIXSEVEN//JOCC//
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SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP//
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STATE FOR D/EEA/JOHN MENZIES AND EUR/EE/ALEC MALLY
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STATE PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME AND FHA/OFDA/DRD
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SECDEF ALSO FOR ISA/GLOBAL AFFAIRS
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E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE NO. 38

7. CONVOY (HCR-Z 4) TO BIHAC/TOPUSKO CONSISTING OF
TWO TRUCKS AND 48 TONS OF MEDICINES, POWDERED MILK
FOR CHILDREN AND BULK FOOD RETURNED SAFELY TO ZAGREB
TODAY (AUGUST 21). THE ONLY DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED
ON THE TRIP WAS AT A SERB CHECKPOINT WHERE THE CONVOY
WAS FORCED TO GO BACK 30 KILOMETERS FOR A SLIP OF
PAPER BEFORE THEY COULD PASS THROUGH.
8. OFDA CONSULTANT TIM KNIGHT, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE
ABOVE CONVOY, REPORTS THAT THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE
SUPPLIES WERE UNLOADED TOOK THREE DIRECT HITS SHORTLY
AFTER THEY LEFT. HE WAS UNABLE TO STATE HOW MANY
PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. THE BIHAC
HOSPITAL HOUSES 800 PATIENTS MOST OF WHOM, ACCORDING
TO KNIGHT, ARE OF CHILDREN WOUNDED IN THE SEIGE OF
THE CITY. MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE SCARCE.

9. KNIGHT REPORTS A VERY TENSE AND DIFFICULT
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SITUATION IN BIHAC. THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY HARD HIT
BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE RANDOM SHELLING. DAILY, THERE
IS AN "EVENING SHELLING" AND A "MORNING SHELLING."
KNIGHT NOTED THAT ONE CAN SEE THE SIGNS OF MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL FATIGUE ON THE FACES OF THE RESIDENTS. A
MORE COMPLETE REPORT FROM KNIGHT WILL FOLLOW.

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