Cablegate: Cgyool-Icrc Reports Release of 87 Detainees.

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STATE FOR IO, D/EEA/JOHN MENZIES AND EUR/EE
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STATE PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME, FHA/FFP AND
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USMISSION GENEVA FOR DON PRESSLEY AND USDEL ICFY
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SECDEF ALSO FOR ISA/GLOBAL AFFFAIRS
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E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL-ICRC REPORTS RELEASE OF 87 DETAINEES.
LACK OF SPACE PREVENTS FURTHER RELEASES

1. ICRC-ZAGREB REPORTS THE RELEASE, ON NOVEMBER 3,
OF 87 PRISONERS FROM B-H CAMPS. SIXTY-ONE PRISONERS
HELD BY SERBIAN FORCES IN KAMENICA (NEAR DRVAR) HAVE
BEEN RELEASED AND TRANSFERED BY ICRC TO THE TRANSIT
CENTER IN KARLOVAC (REPUBLIC OF CROATIA) RUN BY
UNHCR. ANOTHER GROUP OF 25 SERBIAN PRISONERS, HELD
BY MUSLIM FORCES IN BIHAC AND CAZIN, HAVE BEEN
RELEASED AND TRANSFERED BY ICRC VIA CROATIA TO OSIJEK
AND FROM THERE TO THE FRY. ONE FREED DETAINEE CHOSE
TO STAY IN THE BIHAC AREA.

2. ICRC-ZAGREB ALSO REPORTS THAT THE PLANNED RELEASE
OF OVER 3,000 PRISONERS AT THE MANJACA CAMP HAS BEEN
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED, IN PART BECAUSE UNHCR HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO FIND PLACES FOR THE RELEASED DETAINEES
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CURRENTLY IN KARLOVAC AND IN PART BECAUSE SERBIAN
AUTHORITIES HAVE YET TO ORDER THEIR RELEASE (SEE
PARA. 4). THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS APPARENTLY
REFUSED OR BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL TRANSIT
FACILITIES INSIDE CROATIA. (COMMENT: PROCESSING FOR
THE 1,000 EX-DETAINEES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHOM THE
U.S. HAS OFFERED TO TAKE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
COMPLETED UNTIL LATE DECEMBER.)

3. THE TRANSIT FACILITY AT KARLOVAC IS PRESENTLY
FULL. ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO HOUSE 2,000 DETAINEES,
500 PLACES HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE OF THE DANGER POSED
BY A SEVERELY DAMAGED ORTHODOX CHURCH WHICH IS
ADJACENT TO THE FACILITY AND COULD COLLAPSE AT ANY
MOMENT. ICRC HOPES THAT THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT WILL
AT LEAST PERMIT UNHCR TO REPLACE THESE 500 PLACES
WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST.
4. THE LACK OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM RADOVAN KARADZIC TO
THE SERBIAN AUTHORITIES RUNNING THE MANJACA CAMP ARE
REPORTEDLY ANOTHER ELEMENT COMPLICATING THE RELEASE
OF THE PRISONERS. DURING A RECENT VISIT TO MANJACA,
OFDA CONTRACTOR TOM BRENNAN RECEIVED THE IMPRESSION
THAT THE SERBS RUNNING THE CAMP WOULD BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO BE RID OF THE PRISONERS IF THEY WERE ONLY TO
RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO DO SO. ICRC-ZAGREB OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED THESE IMPRESSIONS, ADDING THAT UNSC
RESOLUTION 780 CREATING A WAR CRIMES COMMISSION
APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A VISIBLE IMPACT ON THE ATTITUDES
OF THE CAMP AUTHORITIES.

5. REFERING TO THE SITUATION IN JAJCE, OUR
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INTERLOCUTORS, WHILE DISCLAIMING ANY DIRECT KNOWLEDGE
OF SERBIAN INTENTIONS, SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE SIMILAR SITUATIONS DEVELOPING IN THE

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STATE FOR IO, D/EEA/JOHN MENZIES AND EUR/EE
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STATE PASS TO AID FOR EUR/RME, FHA/FFP AND
FHA/OFDA/DRD
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USMISSION GENEVA FOR DON PRESSLEY AND USDEL ICFY
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SECDEF ALSO FOR ISA/GLOBAL AFFFAIRS
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E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL-ICRC REPORTS RELEASE OF 87 DETAINEES.
LACK OF SPACE PREVENTS FURTHER RELEASES

NEAR FUTURE IN OTHER LOCALITIES IN NORTHERN BOSNIA.
IN PARTICULAR, THEY FEAR AN EXODUS FROM COMMUNITIES
NORTH OF TRAVNIK SUCH AS MAGLAJ AND ZAVIDOVICI.
MEANWHILE, THEY COMMENTED THAT THE AUTHORITIES IN
TUZLA, UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE B-H GOVERNMENT
IN SARAJEVO AND WITH ROADS VIRTUALLY INACCESSIBLE
FROM THE SOUTH, HAVE BEEN FORCED TO NEGOTIATE WITH
SERBIAN FORCES IN THE HOPE OF ESTABLISHING A
PROTECTED CORRIDOR FOR RELIEF SUPPLIES FROM
BELGRADE. ICRC-ZAGREB OFFICIALS DID NOT DISCOUNT A
POSSIBLE SERB ATTACK ON TRAVNIK ITSELF BUT NOTED THAT
THE CITY APPEARED TO BE WELL DEFENDED.

NEITZKE

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