Cablegate: Cgyool -- Zagreb Update Dec 24, 1992

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USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USVIENNA
COMSIXTHFLT//N2//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5//

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GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL HR ETRD PHUM PREL HR
SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 24, 1992

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SUMMARY
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1. KRIVOKUCA MURDER UNDER INTENSE INVESTIGATION.
UNPROFOR FALLS SHORT IN REQUEST FOR CHRISTMAS
VISITS TO SECTOR SOUTH. SPLIT SUMMONS 29 EX-JNA
TO ANSWER FOR WAR CRIMES. NEW TRADE LAW PAVES WAY
FOR CONCESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. END SUMMARY.

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MURDER OF LABOR ACTIVIST GETS TOP PRIORITY
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2. THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DECEMBER 17 MURDER OF
FORMER LABOR UNION LEADER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST
MILAN KRIVOKUCA IS SAID TO BE RECEIVING PRIORITY
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ATTENTION FROM ZAGREB POLICE OFFICIALS. NO
DETAILS OF THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY HAVE BEEN MADE
PUBLIC. COLLEAGUES FROM THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC
UNION, A NEW POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH KRIVOKUCA
WAS ASSOCIATED, HAVE ASKED FOR A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF POLITICAL MOTIVES
WERE INVOLVED. THE SPLIT WEEKLY "NEDJELJNA
DALMACIJA" RAISED THE QUESTION ON DECEMBER 24 OF
WHETHER KRAJINA SERBS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
CULPRITS. KRIVOKUCA, A CROATIAN OF SERBIAN
NATIONALITY, REPORTEDLY HAD SOUGHT UNPROFOR
COOPERATION TO HELP RESTART POLITICAL CONTACTS
WITH SERBIAN MODERATES IN THE SERBIAN-CONTROLLED
PARTS OF THE UNPAS.

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UNPROFOR FAILS WITH CHRISTMAS VISITS PLAN
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3. THE ZADAR CITY ASSEMBLY HAS COMPLAINED THAT
UNPROFOR FAILED TO ARRANGE THE VISIT OF CROATIAN
DISPLACED PERSONS TO THEIR VILLAGES AND CHURCHES
IN UN-CONTROLEED SECTOR SOUTH. UNPROFOR
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REPORTEDLY ARRANGED VISITS TO ONLY THREE LOCATIONS
IN ALL OF SECTOR SOUTH. UNPROFOR ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, OF THE SEVERAL HUNDRED CATHOLIC
CHURCHES WHICH USED TO EXIST IN SECTOR SOUTH, ONLY
THREE REMAIN, ONE EACH IN OBROVAC, BENKOVAC, AND
NOVIGRAD.

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SPLIT COURT INDICTS 29 FOR WAR CRIMES
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4. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN SPLIT CHARGED 29
MEMBERS OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY (JNA)
WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ATTACK

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ACTION SIL-00

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CA-02 CEA-01 CIAE-00 COME-00 CTME-00
C-01 OASY-00 DODE-00 ITCE-00 CISA-02 DS-00 EB-01
EXME-00 EUR-01 E-01 FRB-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00
INR-01 IO-19 ITC-01 JUSE-00 LAB-04 L-03 ADS-00
MFLO-03 NSAE-00 OCS-06 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-08 PA-02
PC-05 PM-02 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-03 SDEL-00 SNP-00
SP-00 SR-00 SSO-00 SS-00 STR-17 TRSE-00 T-01
USIE-00 ASDS-01 RPE-00 /102W
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FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3178
INFO 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
USEC BRUSSELS
WHITE HOUSE WASHDC 1271
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USMISSION GENEVA
USMISSION USVIENNA
COMSIXTHFLT//N2//
CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N22//
USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GM//ECJ3/ECJ5//

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SIPDIS

GENEVA PASS USDEL ICFY - JACKOVICH; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CSCE

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL HR ETRD PHUM PREL HR
SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 24, 1992

ON SPLIT (SEPTEMBER 14, 1991 -- JANUARY 23,
1992). THE ACCUSED ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT AND
OTHER OFFENSIVE ACTION WHICH LEFT FIVE DEAD, 27
INJURED, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OF SOME 19.3 MILLION
DOLLARS. ONLY ONE OF THOSE INDICTED, FORMER JNA
REGIONAL COMMANDER GENERAL NIKOLA MLADENIC, IS IN
CROATIAN CUSTODY.

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PARLIAMENT PASSES ECON CONCESSIONS LAW
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5. THE CROATIAN SABOR PASSED A LAW ON DECEMBER 23
REGULATING CONCESSIONS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SPECIALIZED PROJECTS. AMONG
ITS PROVISIONS IS THE RIGHT FOR BOTH CROATIAN AND
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FOREIGN COMPANIES TO HOLD A CONCESSION FOR UP TO
99 YEARS. THE LAW ALSO GIVES PARLIAMENT THE RIGHT
TO CLEAR ON GOVERNMENT GRANTED CONCESSIONS AND
GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS A ROLE IN DETERMINING THE
PRICE TO BE PAID FOR A CONCESSION IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE AREAS.

NEITZKE

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