US embassy cable - 95ZAGREB2881

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SECDEF WASHDC//ISA/ISP// 
 
UNCLAS ZAGREB 002881 
 
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STATE FOR EUR A/S HOLBROOKE 
USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL OSCE 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: War Crimes 
SUBJECT:  PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RESPONDS TO AKASHI ON THE 
          SIX POINTS FROM KNIN NEGOTIATIONS 
 
 
FOLLOWING IS THE HINA TRANSLATION OF PRESIDENT 
TUDJMAN'S RESPONSE TO THE SIX POINTS NEGOTIATED IN KNIN 
BY UNPF YASUSHI AKASHI. 
 
BEGIN TEXT: 
YOUR EXCELLENCY, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FAX WHICH I 
RECEIVED AT 9:30 PM TODAY ENCLOSING PROPOSALS BY THE 
REBEL SERB LEADERSHIP IN KNIN, I STATE THE FOLLOWING: 
 
1.  IT IS SURPRISING THAT YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF 
UNCRO -- THE UNITED NATIONS' PEACE KEEPING FORCES, 
WHICH UNDER THAT NAME GOT THE MANDATE IN THE REPUBLIC 
OF CROATIA BY A UN RESOLUTION, WHILE YOU MENTION THE 
KNIN LEADERSHIP AND RSK; 
 
2.  WE FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT UNCRO BE DEPLOYED ONLY 
ALONG THE BORDER TOWARDS THE BIHAC POCKET.  OUR DEMAND 
WAS AND STILL IS THAT UNCRO TAKE OVER THE CONTROL OF 
THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BORDERS BETWEEN THE 
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REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA, BUT AT THE 
SAME TIME BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND SERBIA, 
THAT IS, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.  THIS 
REPRESENTS A BURNING ISSUE IN THE LIGHT OF NEW 
DEPLOYMENT OF YUGOSLAV ARMY TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS 
THE DANUBE RIVER; 
 
3.  IN CONNECTION WITH THE ITEM NUMBER 2, WE REFUSE 
THAT UN MILITARY OBSERVERS FOR BORDER CONTROL BE 
DEPLOYED ONLY IN THE AREA OF MT. DINARA. 
 
4.  REBEL SERB LEADERS AGAIN WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE 
OVER UN AND UNCRO WHICH CAN BE SEEN FROM THEIR PROPOSAL 
TO LET HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOYS ENTER BIHAC ONLY IF AT 
THE SAME TIME THEY RECEIVE HUMANITARIAN AID. 
 
5.  SUCH PROPOSALS ARE NO BASIS FOR A PEACEFUL 
REINTEGRATION AND DO NOT CONTAIN ANSWERS TO ANY OF THE 
CONDITIONS I MADE DURING THE TALKS WITH YOU ON 
SATURDAY, 29 JULY, 1995, WHEN I EXPLICITLY SAID THAT 
THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CROATIAN REBEL SERBS COULD 
START UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 
     A)  THE CROATIAN AUTHORITIES SHALL NOT CONDUCT 
TALKS WITH MILAN MARTIC, WHO WAS PUT BY THE 
INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IN DEN HAGUE ON THE 
LIST OF WAR CRIMINALS, AS WELL AS WITH NO OTHER PERSON 
SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF 
 
     B)  DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS SHALL BE CONDUCTED ON THE 
OPENING OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS WHICH RUN THROUGH THE 
OCCUPIED AREAS, ESPECIALLY OF THE ZAGREB-KNIN-SPLIT 
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     C)  AT THE SAME TIME, TALKS ON THE IMMEDIATE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CROATIAN CONSTITUTION ON THE 
OCCUPIED AREAS SHALL BEGIN, AS WELL AS THE TALKS ON THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT 
ON SERB ETHNIC COMMUNITY'S RIGHTS. 
 
6.  ONLY ON THESE BASES IS IT POSSIBLE TO REACH A 
PEACEFUL SOLUTION AND START THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS 
BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
CROATIAN AUTHORITIES AND THE CROATIAN REBEL SERBS. 
 
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