US embassy cable - 92ZAGREB558

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 00558 
 
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E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, War Crimes 
SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO 
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH 
 
 
1.  THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT THE MORNING OF APRIL 14 
CALLED IN THE DIPLOMATIC CORP TO EXPRESS ITS CONCERN 
OVER EVENTS IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.  PRESIDENT FRANJO 
TUDJMAN'S CHIEF OF CABINET, HRVOJE SARINIC, DELIVERED 
LETTERS (WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS) APPEALING TO WORLD 
LEADERS TO TAKE ACTION TO "END THE AGGRESSION AND 
DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE." 
 
2.  BELOW IS THE LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT BUSH. 
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PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: 
 
THE NUMBER OF CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS AND ESCALATING 
ATTACKS ON CROATIAN CITIES AND VILLAGES, AS WELL AS 
EXPULSIONS OF REMAINING CROATIAN AND NON-SERBIAN 
POPULATIONS FROM THE OCCUPIED AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
CROATIA, IS ASSUMING ALARMING PROPORTIONS. 
 
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR FEARS ABOUT THE WAR SPREADING TO 
NEIGHBOURING BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA HAVE BEEN REALIZED. 
THERE, THE SAME SCENARIO AND THE SAME TERRITORIAL 
PRETENSIONS ARE BEING INFLICTED UPON THE CROATIAN AND 
MOSLEM POPULATIONS.  HORRIBLE CRIMES ARE BEING 
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PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM AND THEY ARE BEING EXPELLED 
FROM THEIR HOMES IN ORDER TO ETHNICALLY "PURIFY" THE 
TERRITORY FOR A GREATER SERBIA.  THESE ACTIONS 
ENDANGER THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
PEACE-KEEPING FORCES, THE PEACE CONFERENCE ON 
YUGOSLAVIA, AND STABILITY IN THIS PART OF EUROPE. 
 
THE ALREADY-EXISTING 600,000 REFUGEES IN CROATIA HAVE 
BEEN JOINED IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS BY 65,000 MORE 
FROM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, AND THE NUMBERS ARE 
INCREASING DAILY.  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
CROATIA IS DOING ALL POSSIBLE TO ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED 
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BY THIS SENSELESS WAR, BUT DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION 
WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED AND THE NUMBER OF 
REFUGEES WITHIN CROATIA, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO 
RESOLVE THE HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE 
ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 
WITHOUT YOUR AID. 
 
WE APPEAL TO YOU TO USE YOUR PERSONAL INFLUENCE AND 
THE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION YOUR COUNTRY ENJOYS TO 
ACTIVATE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNDERTAKE 
ENERGETIC MEASURES AGAINST SERBIA, MONTENEGRO AND THE 
YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY, IN ORDER TO BRING TO A 
PERMANENT END THE AGGRESSION AND DEATH OF INNOCENT 
PEOPLE.  IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE INTERNATIONAL 
MECHANISM FOR HALTING THE AGGRESSION AGAINST THE 
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATES OF CROATIA AND 
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BE APPLIED. 
 
MORE CONCRETELY, IT IS NECESSARY TO SPEED UP THE 
DEPLOYMENT DATE ENVISIONED FOR THE PEACEKEEPING TROOPS 
AND THE RETREAT OF THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY FROM THE 
ENTIRE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA;  TO LIFT 
ALL AIR, SEA AND LAND BLOCKADES;  AND TO GUARANTEE THE 
RETURN OF ALL REFUGEES.  THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 
SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONSIDER A PEACE-KEEPING PLAN AND 
OPERATION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.  IT IS ALSO 
IMPERATIVE TO CONCLUDE THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONALLY 
DE-RECOGNIZING YUGOSLAVIA. 
 
HONOURABLE MR. PRESIDENT, THE EFFORTS BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO POLITICALLY RESOLVE THE 
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CRISIS ON THE TERRITORY OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAVE THUS 
FAR NOT BORNE FRUIT.  ON THE CONTRARY, SERBIA, 
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MONTENEGRO, AND THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL ARMY HAVE 
EXTENDED THEIR VIOLENCE TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IN ORDER 
 
 
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O 141317Z APR 92 
FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0747 
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 00558 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS:  PREL, YO 
SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN'S LETTER TO 
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH 
 
TO PREVENT THE CONVENING OF TALKS ON THE 
CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE 
CONCLUSION OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS.  IT IS 
THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER OTHER MEANS, IN 
ADDITION TO ALREADY EXISTING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL 
PRESSURE, IN ORDER TO HALT THE AGGRESSION AND TO 
GUARANTEE INTERNATIONAL PEACE, AS ENVISIONED IN THE 
UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. 
 
MR. PRESIDENT, IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES 
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AND PEACE BETWEEN NATIONS AND PEOPLES, FOR WHICH YOU 
HAVE INTERCEDED, I APPEAL TO YOU TO DO ALL IN YOUR 
POWER AND IN THE POWER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 
TO HALT THE BARBARIC AGGRESSION AND PREVENT FURTHER 
DESTRUCTION OF ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE 
DEATH AND SUFFERING OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
CIVILIANS, INNOCENT AND WEAK ELDERLY CITIZENS, WOMEN 
AND CHILDREN. 
 
IN THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY UNDERTAKE 
EFFECTIVE AND DECISIVE MEASURES, PLEASE ACCEPT, 
HONOURABLE MR. PRESIDENT, THE EXPRESSION OF MY DEEPEST 
RESPECT. 
 
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 
DR. FRANJO TUDJMAN 
 
ZAGREB, APRIL 13, 1992 
 
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3.  BY SEPTEL, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CROATIAN 
GOVERNMENT, WE ARE TRANSMITTING THE LETTER ADDRESSED 
TO THE SYG'S SPECIAL ENVOY, CYRUS VANCE, TO US UN FOR 
DELIVERY TO MR. VANCE.  THE ORIGINAL LETTER TO 
PRESIDENT BUSH AND FORMER SECRETARY VANCE WILL BE 
POUCHED TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
EINIK 
 
 
 
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