Cablegate: Cgyool -- Zagreb Update: Nov 25, 1992

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USEC BRUSSELS
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1092
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USVIENNA
COMSIXTHFLT//N2//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5//
CTF SIXZERO//N2//
CTF SIXONE//N2//
CTF SIXTWO//N2//
CTF SIXSEVEN//JJOCC//
FOSIF ROTA SP

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SIPDIS

GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 25, 1992

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SUMMARY
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1. EC MONITORS "CLEAR" CROATIA OF ALLEGATIONS OF
NO-FLY BAN VIOLATIONS. SOME PROGRESS ON RESIDENCY
PERMITS ISSUED. MUP REPORTS AN INCREASE IN
CRIME. OPPOSITION ROUNDTABLE QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT
REDISTRICTING PLAN. SERB GUNNERS CONTINUE
SHELLING CROATIAN TOWNS. 14 SERBS INDICTED IN
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DUBROVNIK FOR ANTI-STATE ACTIVITY. END SUMMARY.

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ECMM - NO MILITARY FLIGHTS FROM CROATIA
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2. AT A NOVEMBER 24 PRESS CONFERENCE EC MONITOR
MISSION SPOKESMAN CHRIS POOLE SAID THAT NO
MILITARY PLANES HAD TAKEN OFF FROM THE FOUR
AIRPORTS UNDER OBSERVATION IN CROATIA. HE
CLARIFIED REMARKS REPORTEDLY MADE BY CEDRIC
THORNBERRY IN BELGRADE THAT MILITARY PLANES "FROM
CROATIA" WERE ALSO FLYING INTO B-H. POOLE SAID
THORNBERRY HAD IN FACT BEEN REFERRING TO MILITARY
AIRCRAFT TAKEOFFS FROM THE SERBIAN-CONTROLLED
AIRPORT IN UDBINA (SECTOR SOUTH) OF CROATIA.

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86,709 RESIDENCY PERMITS GRANTED
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3. MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR IVAN JARNJAK TOLD A
PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
SO FAR THIS YEAR HAD RECEIVED 122,825 CITIZENSHIP
REQUESTS. 86,709 WERE GRANTED AND 6,810
REJECTED. A STAFF OF 2,000 EMPLOYEES PROCESSES
2,000-2,500 REQUESTS DAILY. JARNJAK ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT THERE HAD BEEN CASES IN SEVERAL TOWNS WHERE
RESIDENCE PERMITS HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY PROCESSED.

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MUP TELLS PARLIAMENT THAT CRIME IS UP IN CROATIA
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4. THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (MUP) HAS
REPORTED TO PARLIAMENT THAT CRIME HAS INCREASED

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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00
CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01
IO-19 LAB-04 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 SIL-00 SNP-00 SP-00
SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 T-01 ASDS-01
RPE-00 /102W
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O 251549Z NOV 92
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2818
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
USIA WASHDC 2470
USDOC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
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USEC BRUSSELS
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1093
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USVIENNA
COMSIXTHFLT//N2//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5//
CTF SIXZERO//N2//
CTF SIXONE//N2//
CTF SIXTWO//N2//
CTF SIXSEVEN//JJOCC//
FOSIF ROTA SP

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SIPDIS

GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 25, 1992

DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1992. THE MUP HAS
ALREADY REGISTERED 19,449 CRIMINAL ACTS, WHICH IS
MORE THAN REPORTED IN ALL OF 1991. THE POLICE
DETAINED 42,095 SUSPECTS, INCLUDING MANY
RECIDIVISTS AND MINORS. THERE HAVE BEEN 2,753
BOMBINGS AND 837 ARSON FIRES, A 70.3 PERCENT
INCREASE OVER 1991. THESE CRIMINAL ACTS DAMAGED
OR DESTROYED 2,917 HOUSES, 457 CARS, 240 SHOPS AND
RESTAURANTS, 182 FARMS, AND 78 MONUMENTS.

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HNS ROUNDTABLE CRITICIZES ZUPANIJA PLANS
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5. THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR THE NEW "ZUPANIJA"
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION WERE
CRITICIZED AT A NOVEMBER 24 MULTI-PARTY ROUNDTABLE
SPONSORED BY THE CROATIAN NATIONAL PARTY (HNS).
HNS LEADER SAVKA DABCEVIC-KUCAR SAID THE LAW WAS
HURRIED. SHE CRITICIZED THE RE-DISTRICTING PLANS
AS BEING AN EFFORT TOWARD "STATE CENTRALISM."
ADDING MORE BUREAUCRATIC LAYERS WILL ALSO MEAN
MORE EXPENSE, SHE ARGUED. FORMER COMMUNIST PARTY
SDPH (SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CROATIA) LEADER
ZDRAVKO TOMAC SAID CROATIA IS OUT OF STEP WITH
INTERNATIONAL TRENDS TOWARD MAKING FEWER SMALL
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS. HSS (CROATIAN
PEASANTS'PATRY) LEADER DRAGO STIPAC CALLED THE
PROPOSED ZUPANIJA LAW "TOTAL IMPROVISATION IN AN
AWKWARD MOMENT."
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SERBS SHELL ZUPANJA, KARLOVAC, AND ZADAR REGION
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6. ON NOVEMBER 24, SERBIAN ARTILLERY DEPLOYED IN
NORTHEASTERN BOSNIA FIRED TEN SHELLS AT THE
VILLAGE OF BABINA GREDA IN THE ZUPANJA REGION,
DAMAGING MANY HOUSES. NO CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED.

7. IN SECTOR NORTH, SERBIAN ARTILLERY STATIONED
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IN TRZIC OPENED FIRE ON THE CROATIAN VILLAGE OF
OZANICI AND FROM THEIR BASE IN KOZINAC ATTACKED
THE VILLAGE OF SKOLAC. ONE HOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN
IN SAJEVAC.

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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00
CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01
IO-19 LAB-04 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 SIL-00 SNP-00 SP-00
SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 T-01 ASDS-01
RPE-00 /102W
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O 251549Z NOV 92
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2819
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
USIA WASHDC 2471
USDOC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY ANKARA
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ROME
AMEMBASSY VIENNA
USMISSION USNATO
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
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USEC BRUSSELS
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1094
USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USVIENNA
COMSIXTHFLT//N2//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5//
CTF SIXZERO//N2//
CTF SIXONE//N2//
CTF SIXTWO//N2//
CTF SIXSEVEN//JJOCC//
FOSIF ROTA SP

UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 ZAGREB 02505

SIPDIS

GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK
SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 25, 1992

8. FROM THEIR BASE IN MUSAPSTAN AND CRNO IN THE
ZADAR REGION (PINK ZONE OF SECTOR SOUTH), SERBS
OPENED FIRE AT THE CROATIAN DEFENSE LINE OF ZADAR
CITY. ONE CIVILIAN WAS INJURED. SERBIAN UNITS
OPENED FIRE FROM OCCUPIED PODGRADINE AT
POSEDARJE. THREE CROATIAN HOUSES WERE ALSO SET ON
FIRE IN CRNO.

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14 SDS SERBS INDICTED IN DUBROVNIK FOR WAR CRIMES
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9. THE MILITARY DISTRICT COURT IN SPLIT OPENED
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST 14 MEMBERS OF THE
SERBIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN DUBROVNIK. THEY ARE
ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR AND HELPING
THE YUGOSLAV ARMY AND SERBIAN EXTREMISTS. FIVE OF
THE ACCUSED ARE IN CUSTODY IN DUBROVNIK. THE REST
REMAIN AT LARGE.

NEITZKE

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