Cablegate: Cgyool: Croatian and Bosnian Presidents

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021553Z Nov 92

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USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5//
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 02243

SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR ICFY JACKOVITCH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL: CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS
- MEET TO IRON OUT DIFFERENCES OVER B-H

REF: (A) ZAGREB 2226 (NOTAL)

- (B) ZAGREB 2224
- (C) ZAGREB 2223 (NOTAL)

1. FOLLOWING A PUBLIC EXCHANGE OF RECRIMINATORY
LETTERS BY PRESIDENTS IZETBEGOVIC AND TUDJMAN (REFS A
AND B), THE TWO LEADERS MET IN ZAGREB ON SUNDAY,
NOV 1, TO ATTEMPT TO IRON OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES.
TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE START OF THE MEETING
SHOWED B-H HDZ LEADER MATE BOBAN NEXT TO IZETBEGOVIC
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ON THE BOSNIAN SIDE OF THE TABLE, ALONG WITH B-H
PRESIDENCY ADVISOR HAJRUDIN SOMUN AND SEFKO OMERBASIC,
PRESIDENT OF "MESIHATA FOR CROATIA AND SLOVENIA".
THE CROATIAN SIDE INCLUDED DEFMIN SUSAK, TUDJMAN CHEF
D'CABINET JURE RADIC, AND GEN. SLOBODAN PRALJAK.
AFTER LENGTHY MEETINGS EXTENDING INTO SUNDAY EVENING,
THE TWO SIDES HAD REACHED AGREEMENT ON SEVERAL
SIGNIFICANT POINTS, WHICH WERE MADE PUBLIC NOV 2.

2. IZETBEGOVIC AND TUDJMAN CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE
END TO THE FIGHTING BETWEEN B-H AND HVO FORCES
"BECAUSE IT HARMS THE COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST
SERBIAN/MONTENEGRIN EXTREMIST FORCES." THOSE GUILTY
OF INSTIGATING THE B-H/CROAT CONFLICT WERE TO BE
REMOVED AND PUNISHED. A JOINT COMMISSION IS TO BE
FORMED TO INVESTIGATE THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE
CONFLICT. THE TWO LEADERS AGAIN CALLED FOR THE
FORMATION OF A JOINT COMMAND FOR B-H AND HVO FORCES.
THEY ANNOUNCED THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY IN
THE JOINT COMMISSION ON INTER-STATE AND MILITARY
COOPERATION, TO WHICH BOTH SIDES HAVE NOW NAMED THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES. IZETBEGOVIC PROMISED TO NOMINATE A
B-H AMBASSADOR TO CROATIA NEXT WEEK AND STRESSED THE
IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING EMBASSIES TO HELP RESOLVE
PROBLEMS.

3. THE PRESIDENTS CONDEMNED STEPS TAKEN BY THE
SO-CALLED "REPUBLIC OF KRAJINA" IN CROATIA AND THE
SO-CALLED "SERBIAN REPUBLIC" IN B-H TO FORM A
POLITICAL UNION. THEY TERMED IT A NEW ACT OF
AGGRESSION AGAINST TWO SOVEREIGN AND INTERNATIONALLY
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RECOGNIZED STATES (B-H AND CROATIA) AND CONDEMNED IT
AS A DIRECT CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST PEACE WHICH VIOLATES
THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
SANCTITY OF BORDERS. THEY WELCOMED THE UN DECISION

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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01
DODE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01
IO-19 L-03 ADS-00 MFLO-03 M-01 NSAE-00 OCS-06
OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PC-05 PM-02 PRS-01 P-01
RP-10 SCT-03 SDEL-00 SNP-00 SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00
SS-00 TRSE-00 T-01 ASDS-01 FMP-00 /081W
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O 021553Z NOV 92
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2569
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
USMISSION GENEVA
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
USMISSION USVIENNA
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USEC BRUSSELS
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1012

UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 02243

SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR ICFY JACKOVITCH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK PGOV PREL MOPS HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL: CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS
- MEET TO IRON OUT DIFFERENCES OVER B-H

ON FORMATION OF A WAR CRIMES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.

4. THE TWO PRESIDENTS SUPPORTED, IN PRINCIPLE, THE
DRAFT B-H CONSTITUTION UNVEILED LAST WEEK AT THE
GENEVA CONFERENCE. THEY INSISTED THAT THE FINAL TEXT
SHOULD ENSURE THE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS AND EQUALITY
OF THE MUSLIM AND CROATIAN PEOPLES IN B-H. FINALLY,
THEY PLEDGED TO MAKE A MAXIMUM EFFORT TO INCLUDE
LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE IN
THE POLITICAL PROCESS OF FORMING A FUTURE B-H.
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5. IZETBEGOVIC TOLD TUDJMAN THE B-H GOVERNMENT WAS
TO BE RESHUFFLED AND THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S
POSITION WOULD BE RESERVED FOR A BOSNIAN CROAT FROM
THE CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (HDZ). BOBAN FORMALLY
NOMINATED MIRO LASIC AS THE HDZ REPRESENTATIVE IN THE
B-H COLLECTIVE PRESIDENCY.
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6. FOLLOWING OCT 30 CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT
TUDJMAN REPORTED REF C, TUDJMAN MET WITH VANCE AND
OWEN, AFTER WHICH HE DECLARED, ONCE AGAIN, THAT "WE
RECOGNIZED BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA AS A SOVEREIGN STATE.
THE PROBLEM OF CONFLICT THERE MUST BE RESOLVED
PEACEFULLY BY MUSLIMS AND CROATS THEMSELVES." HE
ADDED THAT "THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS VITALLY
INTERESTED THAT PEACE IS ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY IN
THIS NEIGHBORING STATE."

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