Cablegate: Cgyool -- Zagreb Update: Sept 28, 1992

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SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 28, 1992

SUMMARY
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1. AS UN/EC PEACE ENVOYS VANCE AND OWEN MET WITH
CROATIAN AUTHORITIES IN ZAGREB LAST FRIDAY, THE
COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT ERUPTED INTO DEBATE OVER THE
PASSAGE OF A LAW GRANTING AMNESTY TO SOME OF THOSE
WHO FOUGHT FOR SERBIA AGAINST CROATIA. A SECOND
SESSION OF CROATIA'S NEW NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL
APPROVED THE FORMATION OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO
PROMOTE MILITARY COOPERATION WITH B-H. LOCAL
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GOVERNMENTS HAVE ORDERED THE FIRST GROUP OF REFUGEES
TO LEAVE THEIR TEMPORARY RESIDENCES IN HOTELS AND
RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN THE PINK ZONE AROUND
SIBENIK. ETHNIC CLEANSING REPORTEDLY CONTINUES IN
THE BARANJA AREA (SECTOR EAST). DESPITE GOVERNMENT
EFFORTS TO PRIVATIZE REMAINING PUBLIC-OWNED
ENTERPRISES, FEWER THAN ONE-QUARTER HAVE BEEN SOLD
THUS FAR. A COURT-ORDERED SEARCH UNCOVERED LARGE
AMOUNTS OF EXPLOSIVES AND ARMS AT THE DOWNTOWN
ZAGREB PARTY HEADQUARTERS OF ULTRA-RIGHTIST LEADER
PARAGA. OVER THE WEEKEND, ALL LOCAL PAPERS GAVE
WIDE COVERAGE TO THE LATEST U.S. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
ATROCITIES IN B-H.

CROATIAN SABOR PASSES AMNESTY LAW
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2. DURING THE SECOND AND FINAL DAY OF ITS LATEST
SESSION (ON SEPTEMBER 25), CROATIA'S SABOR PASSED
THE AMNESTY LAW PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT TUDJMAN AFTER
SOME STORMY DEBATES. THE LEGISLATION EXCUSES ALL
THOSE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST CROATIA BUT DID NOT COMMIT
WAR CRIMES. THE LOCAL PRESS NOTED THAT THE ACTION
WAS
TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE VANCE-OWEN MEETINGS IN
ZAGREB TO PROVE THAT CROATIA IS DOING ITS PART TO
REESTABLISH PEACE IN CROATIA.

3. MOST OF THE OPPOSITION PARTIES WERE AGAINST THE
MEASURE. CROATIAN NATIONAL PARTY AND SOCIAL LIBERAL
PARTY LEADERS CALLED THE LAW ONE-SIDED, AND
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EXPRESSED DOUBT THAT IT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY
ADMINISTERED. THE CROATIAN PEASANT PARTY SUGGESTED
POSTPONING ENACTMENT OF THE LAW, SINCE SERBIAN
FORCES CONTINUE DAILY BOMBARDMENTS OF CROATIAN
TOWNS PARTICULARLY IN SLAVONIA. ULTRA-RIGHT LEADER
DOBROSLAV PARAGA ASSERTED THE LAW IS AN

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AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
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SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 28, 1992

ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE ENEMY. SABOR PRESIDENT STIPE
MESIC DEFENDED THE LAW BECAUSE IT APPLIES ONLY TO
THOSE WHO WERE "MISLED," NOT TO CRIMINALS.

4. ALL CROATIAN DAILIES FRONT-PAGED THE ISSUE, AND
A NUMBER FEATURED EDITORIALS EXPRESSING CONCERN
ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE LEGISLATION SINCE IT WAS
RUSHED THROUGH. ONE DAILY PUBLISHED A POLL
SEPTEMBER 28 IN WHICH ABOUT 55 PERCENT OF
RESPONDENTS SUPPORTED THE AMNESTY LAW, NEARLY 30
PERCENT WERE AGAINST, AND ABOUT 15 PERCENT WERE
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UNDECIDED.

SECOND SESSION OF CROATIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL
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5. ON SEPTEMBER 26, THE CROATIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL
HELD ITS SECOND SESSION IN ZAGREB. THE AGENDA
INCLUDED THE TUDJMAN-IZETBEGOVIC ADDENDUM TO THE
CROATIA/B-H FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND
ITS IMPLEMENTATION, THE ARMY'S ROLE IN PEACETIME,
CROATIA'S BORDER PROBLEMS WITH SLOVENIA, AND
INTERNAL SECURITY IN THE FACE OF TERRORIST AND
PARAMILITARY ACTIONS. THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A
COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE WITH B-H LEADERS IN ORDER TO
RESOLVE OUTSTANDING BILATERAL ISSUES, RESTRAIN
AGGRESSION AGAINST B-H, AND RESTORE PEACE.
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RETURN OF REFUGEES TO THE PINK ZONE OF SECTOR SOUTH
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6. FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT DECISION TO
STRIP SOME INDIVIDUALS OF REFUGEE STATUS, SIBENIK
MUNICIPAL LEADERS ORDERED DISPLACED PERSONS (CROATS)
FROM THE SKRADIN REGION AND THE DRNIS DISTRICT TO
LEAVE HOTELS IN SIBENIK AND VODICE AND RETURN TO
THEIR HOMES. THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP SO AFFECTED.

7. MEANWHILE, UNPROFOR REPRESENTATIVES IN SECTOR
SOUTH ASSERTED THAT THE PROBLEM IN THE PINK ZONE IS
THE DISARMAMENT OF PARAMILITARY FORMATIONS AND THE
"KRAJINA" MILITIA. UNPROFOR IS CONCENTRATING ON
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VILLAGES AROUND PERUCA, DRNIS, AND ZEMUNIK. THE
NEED TO CLEAR APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MINES IS ALSO
DELAYING THE SAFE RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS TO THE
PINK ZONE IN THIS AREA-

ETHNIC CLEANSING CONTINUES IN BARANJA

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NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01
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AMEMBASSY MADRID
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SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 28, 1992

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8. IN THE LAST 10 DAYS, 200 CROATS AND HUNGARIANS
HAVE BEEN EXPELLED FROM BARANJA IN SECTOR EAST--MOST
OF THEM FROM THE AREA BETWEEN BELI MANASTIR AND
HUNGARY. SERBIAN AUTHORITIES IN BARANJA HOPE THIS
WILL PREVENT THE ANNOUNCED RETURN OF CROATIAN
REFUGEES TO THIS TERRITORY. DURING THE LAST 15
DAYS, 11 PERSONS WERE ALSO KILLED IN BARANJA.

SABOR CALLS FOR MOVEMENT ON PRIVATIZATION
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9. DURING LAST WEEK'S SABOR SESSION, THE GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS PREPARING A LAW THAT WILL BREAK
APART THE STATE-OWNED ENERGY MONOPOLY "INA." THE
GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP MAJORITY CONTROL OVER THE
EXPLOITATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS ALTHOUGH OTHER
INVESTORS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO BUY SHARES.
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10. MEANWHILE, THE AGENCY FOR RESTRUCTURING AND
DEVELOPMENT OF CROATIA HAS ISSUED 600 DECISIONS
ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION OF OTHER REMAINING
GOVERNMENT-OWNED ENTERPRISES. THE ENTIRE WORTH OF
ALL THESE ENTERPRISES AMOUNTS TO 3.2 BILLION MARKS,
AND THEY EMPLOY 49,527 WORKERS. ABOUT HALF OF THE
SHARES WERE BOUGHT BY WORKERS IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT
FIRMS (THE CANDY ENTERPRISE "KRAS" AND THE SHIPYARD
"ULJANIK" IN PULA). PRIVATIZATION EFFORTS WILL
CONTINUE BECAUSE FEWER THAN ONE-FOURTH OF ELIGIBLE
FIRMS HAVE BEEN SOLD OFF THUS FAR. TO ACCELERATE
THE PROCESS, ENTERPRISES WILL ALSO BE OFFERED TO
FOREIGN PURCHASERS-

THREE TONS OF EXPLOSIVES AND ARMS FOUND IN HSP SEAT
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11. ON SEPTEMBER 26, A COURT-ORDERED SEARCH OF THE
ULTRA-RIGHTIST CROATIAN PARTY OF RIGHTS (HSP)
HEADQUARTERS UNCOVERED THREE TONS OF EXPLOSIVES AND
ARMS IN DOWNTOWN ZAGREB NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION.
THE SEARCH TOOK PLACE AS HSP LEADER DOBROSLAV PARAGA
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AND HIS LAWYER LOOKED ON. PARAGA TOLD A PRESS
CONFERENCE THAT THE SEARCH WAS IN REVENGE FOR HIS
CRITICISM OF THE AMNESTY LAW.

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NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-08 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01
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AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
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USMISSION GENEVA
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SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: SEPT 28, 1992

12. OVER THE WEEKEND, ALL LOCAL PAPERS GAVE WIDE
COVERAGE TO THE LATEST U.S. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CRIMES
IN B-H. THE PRESS HIGHLIGHTED THE U.S. SUBMISSION
TO THE UN OF A LIST OF 3,000 MUSLIM MEN, WOMEN, AND
CHILDREN KILLED IN SERB PRISON CAMPS NEAR BRCKO AS
WELL AS WASHINGTON'S CALL FOR THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON WAR CRIMES IN B-H.

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