US embassy cable - 04ZAGREB781

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Identifier:	04ZAGREB781
Wikileaks:	View 04ZAGREB781 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Zagreb
Created:	2004-04-30 13:37:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL KAWC KPAO HR Defense Reform
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 000781 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
THE HAGUE FOR JOHNSON AND KAYE 
BERLIN FOR GERLISZY 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/RPM (SHINAGLE) AND EUR/SCE (KABUMOTO) 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2014 
TAGS: PREL, KAWC, KPAO, HR, Defense Reform (Mil & NATO) 
SUBJECT: CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON 
GOTOVINA FOR THE PRESS 
 
REF: SECRETARY 006 

CLASSIFIED BY: ADCM NICHOLAS M. HILL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D) 
 
1.  (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER 
ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON 
ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN 
PRESS.  ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION 
MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER 
THAT "CROATIA CAN CONTINUE TO COUNT ON THE SUPPORT OF THE 
U.S., ADDING THAT CROATIA MUST CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT ITS 
OBLIGATIONS REGARDING COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE COURT." 
 
2.  (C) IN HIS CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MEETING WITH THE 
SECRETARY, ZUZUL DID NOT CONVEY THE SECRETARY'S POINT THAT, 
 
SIPDIS 
FOR US, GOTOVINA WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN OBSTACLE TO CROATIA'S 
FORWARD PROGRESS TOWARD NATO MEMBERSHIP.  THIS MESSAGE WILL 
LIKELY BECOME PUBLIC AFTER CROATIA'S APRIL 30 "26 PLUS ONE" 
MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN PROGRESS REVIEW IN BRUSSELS. 
FRANK 
 
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US embassy cable - 04ZAGREB781

CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON GOTOVINA FOR THE PRESS