US embassy cable - 04ZAGREB1576

S E C R E T ZAGREB 001576 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/03/2014 
TAGS: PINR, KAWC, PREL, UK, HR, War Crimes 
SUBJECT: BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON 
GOTOVINA 
 
 
1.  (U)  Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 
(b) and (d). 
 
 2.  (S)  The British government will send a senior diplomat 
to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the 
Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina 
and other intelligence and police matters, a UK embassy 
contact told RAO September 3. 
 
3.  (S)  The HMG envoy will request that the GOC: 1) state 
clearly that it intends to arrest Gotovina; 2) reform the 
police station in Zadar, which has been plagued with 
corruption; 3) commit to the prosecution of Zeljko Bagic 
(former national security advisor to the President) and 
Franjo Turek (head of the counter-intelligence agency POA) 
for covering up intercepted telephone conversations between 
Gotovina,s associates and government officials; and 4) 
commit to reform of the intelligence agency OA and the 
removal of its head Damir Loncaric. 
FRANK 
 
 
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