US embassy cable - 95ZAGREB3082

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BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT MILITARY MOVES

Identifier: 95ZAGREB3082
Wikileaks: View 95ZAGREB3082 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Zagreb
Created: 1995-08-12 15:38:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: War Crimes
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB 03082 
 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 ZAGREB 003082 
 
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BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSCE 
 
E.O. 12356: DECL: 8/12/00 
TAGS: War Crimes 
SUBJECT:  BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO 
          ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT 
          MILITARY MOVES 
 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1.  (C)  POLOFFS, REFCOORD, AND DART VISITED BIHAC AUGUST 
11 TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION AND DISCUSS 
POLITICAL/MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAKE OF THE GOC 
OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE "RSK" TERRITORY.  UN OFFICIALS 
COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INADEQUACY OF UN SAFE AREA POLICY 
WHICH ONLY PROTECTS BIHAC TOWN, WHILE THE ENTIRE POCKET IS 
IN RANGE OF SERB GUNS.  THEY DISCUSSED THE REFUGEE AND 
DISPLACED PERSON PROBLEM; CURRENTLY THERE ARE ABOUT 40,000 
DP'S IN THE BIHAC POCKET, AND PROBABLY BETWEEN 15-20,000 
REFUGEES LOYAL TO FIKRET ABDIC (AND POSSIBLY ALSO 
INCLUDING "RSK" SERBS) ON THE ROAD NEAR THE VILLAGE OF 
KRSTINJA IN CROATIA.  THE UN ASSESSES THAT A FULLY ARMED V 
CORPS WILL BE ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN IN ONE TO TWO WEEKS 
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TO SECURE THE ENTIRE UNA-SANSKI CANTON.  MEANWHILE, LOCAL 
OFFICIALS PROVIDED US WITH A SHOPPING LIST OF REQUIREMENTS 
FOR REBUILDING LIFE IN THE CANTON AND DISCUSSED THE GOOD 
RELATIONS BETWEEN MUSLIM AND CROAT RESIDENTS.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (U) POLOFFS, REFCOORD, AND DART VISITED BIHAC AUGUST 
11 TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION AND DISCUSS 
POLITICAL/MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAKE OF THE GOC 
OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE "RSK" TERRITORY. 
 
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UNPROFOR VIEWS ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION... 
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3.  (C) POLOFFS MET WITH THE DANISH UN COMMANDER, COL. 
JASPER HELSOE (PROTECT), AND CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER RUS 
BALLANTYNE (PROTECT) AT BANBAT HQ IN CORALICI.  THEY 
COMPLAINED THAT THE UN SAFE AREA POLICY WAS GROSSLY 
INADEQUATE IN THE CASE OF BIHAC, WHERE ONLY THE TOWN WAS 
PROTECTED, BUT THE ENTIRE POCKET WAS IN RANGE OF SERB 
GUNS.  THEY NOTED THAT THE POWER STATION AND WATER 
TREATMENT PLANT ARE BOTH OUTSIDE OF THE SAFE AREA AND WERE 
FREQUENTLY TARGETED 
 
4.  (U) BOTH STRESSED THAT IT WAS ALL THEY COULD DO TO 
MANAGE THE VARIOUS FLOWS OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE 
CANTON THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE 
LAST FOUR YEAR.  THE SMALL SIZE OF THE BIHAC POCKET MEANT 
THAT ANY TIME SHELLING STARTED, LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE 
WOULD FLEE, USUALLY TO BIHAC TOWN, SEVERELY TAXING LIMITED 
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SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.  THEY ESTIMATED THAT 20 PERCENT OF 
THE AREA'S POPULATION FLED FROM ABDIC CONTROLLED TERRITORY 
TOWARD THE SOUTH.  ABDIC'S "REPUBLIC OF WESTERN BOSNIA" 
ALSO CONTAINED ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THE AVAILABLE FARM 
LAND.  AS A RESULT, LOCAL AUTHORITIES WERE FORCED TO FEED 
MORE PEOPLE FROM LESS LAND.  THIS PROBLEM, COUPLED WITH 
THE INABILITY OF AID CONVOYS TO REACH THE POCKET, HAS 
CREATED A CONTINUING PROBLEM FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS TRYING TO 
SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.  PRODUCE WAS OFTEN 
CONSUMED BEFORE THE HARVEST AND LITTLE WAS RESERVED TO 
PROVIDE SEEDS FOR THE NEXT PLANTING. 
 
5.  (U) THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 40,000 DP'S IN THE BIHAC 
POCKET, AND PROBABLY BETWEEN 15-20,000 REFUGEES LOYAL TO 
FIKRET ABDIC (AND POSSIBLY ALSO INCLUDING "RSK" SERBS) ON 
THE ROAD NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KRSTINJA IN CROATIA.  HELSOE 
HAD BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AT OBTAINING CLEARANCE FROM THE GOC 
TO VISIT THESE PEOPLE THE DAY BEFORE (SIMILAR PROBLEMS 
WITH ACCESS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY UNHCR AND ICRC, SEPTEL). 
HELSOE SAID HE NEEDED BOTH ACCESS TO THE REFUGEES FROM THE 
GOC AND ASSURANCES FROM THE GOBH THAT THESE MEN WOULD BE 
COVERED BY THE AMNESTY SHOULD THEY WISH TO RETURN HOME TO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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O 121538Z AUG 95 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6885 
INFO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XOX/IN/POLAD// 
DIA WASHDC 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
USLO SKOPJE 
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
COMSIXTHFLT //N2// 
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5/ECPOLAD// 
JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK 
AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-5PMA/J21// 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 04 ZAGREB 003082 
 
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BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSCE 
 
E.O. 12356: DECL: 8/12/00 
TAGS:  MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL BK HR 
SUBJECT:  BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO 
          ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT 
          MILITARY MOVES 
 
VELIKA KLADUSA.  THE UN NEEDS TO HELP ESTABLISH THE 
CREDIBILITY OF THE GOBH WITH REFUGEES WHO ARE SCARED OF 
RETRIBUTION.  THERE ARE RUMORS AMONG THE REFUGEES THAT 100 
ABDIC FOLLOWERS ARE STILL IN JAIL IN BIHAC FROM LAST YEAR, 
WHEN THE GOBH OFFERED AN AMNESTY (NOTE: CANTON OFFICIALS 
CONFIRMED TO US THAT THERE ARE SOME ABDIC FOLLOWERS STILL 
IN JAIL UNDER WAR CRIMES CHARGES.)  THE UN WOULD LIKE GOBH 
OFFICIALS, POSSIBLY AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL, TO TALK TO 
THE REFUGEES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME BACK. 
 
6.  (U) WE HEARD FROM BOTH THE UN AND CANTON OFFICIALS 
THAT A DEAL FOR RETURNING THE ABDIC REFUGEES TO VELIKA 
KLADUSA HAD BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOC, GOBH, ABDIC, AND 
REFUGEE REPRESENTATIVES, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 11.  IN AN 
ASIDE, GOBH OFFICIALS OPINED THAT ABDIC MUST BE IN CROATIA 
IF HE HAD SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.  (NOTE: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO 
PASS THROUGH THE REFUGEES ON OUR RETURN FROM BIHAC WE WERE 
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TOLD BY PEOPLE ON THE ROAD THAT ABDIC WAS PERSONALLY 
LEADING THE COLUMN.  WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE HEAD 
OF THE COLUMN TO TRY TO FIND ABDIC BECAUSE REFUGEES WERE 
BLOCKING THE ROAD AND WE HAD TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.) 
 
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7.  (C) UN OFFICIALS IN CORALICI NOTED THAT AS A RESULT OF 
THE HV DEFEAT OF THE "ARSK," THE PRESSURE ON BIHAC'S 
NORTHERN BORDER WAS RELIEVED AND V CORPS COULD REDIRECT 
ABOUT 10-12,000 TROOPS TO THE FRONT LINE WITH THE BSA. 
ACCORDING TO THE UN, V CORPS NOW HAS A "LIFETIME" SUPPLY 
OF AMMUNITION (BALLANTYNE NOTED THAT ON ONE OCCASION HE 
SAW TEN 10 TON TRUCKS MOVING SOUTH CARRYING AMMO AND 
WEAPONS FOR V CORPS), AT LEAST FOUR TANKS, APC'S, AND 
ARTILLERY TAKEN FROM ABDIC'S "REPUBLIC OF WESTERN BOSNIA." 
V CORPS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST AND EXPECTS TO 
TAKE PRIJEDOR.  THE UN CITED RUMORS THAT THE HVO AND V 
CORPS HAVE ALREADY LINKED UP AT KULEN VAKUF, ABOUT 30 
KILOMETERS SOUTHEAST OF BIHAC ON THE CROATIAN BORDER. 
 
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CANTON GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES - AID NEEDS 
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8.  (U)  IN BIHAC TOWN, THE DELEGATION MET WITH CANTON 
GOVERNOR VELADZIC, PRESIDENT OF THE CANTON GOVERNMENT 
FERIZOVIC, AND CANTON PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT ADEM BORIC. 
ALL THREE WERE EUPHORIC THAT THE CANTON HAD FINALLY BEEN 
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LIBERATED FROM SERBIAN ENCIRCLEMENT.  ONLY ONE FRONT 
REMAINED INSTEAD OF FOUR, FERIZOVIC OFTEN REPEATED.  EVEN 
SO, ALL AREAS OF THE CANTON STILL REMAINED WITHIN REACH OF 
BSA HEAVY WEAPONS.  BIHAC SAFE AREA WAS SHELLED REGULARLY, 
RECEIVING 6 SHELLS LATE ON AUGUST 9.   THE GOVERNOR 
OUTLINED A LONG WISH LIST OF ITEMS THAT THE AREA 
DESPERATELY NEEDED. HE WAS CRITICAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY'S LACK OF IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE CHANGING 
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION.  FIVE DAYS AFTER ITS LIBERATION, 
ONLY A "SYMBOLIC QUANTITY" OF ASSISTANCE HAD ARRIVED 
DESPITE OPEN ROADS FROM CROATIA, VELADZIC INSISTED. 
(NOTE:  THE QUICKEST ROUTE FROM ZAGREB TO VELIKA KLADUSA, 
THROUGH VOJNIC, WAS BLOCKED IN CROATIA ON AUGUST 11 BY 
FLEEING COLUMNS OF REFUGEES LOYAL TO OPPORTUNISTIC MUSLIM 
LEADER FIKRET ABDIC.  SEE SEPTEL.  END NOTE.) 
 
9.  (U)  ONLY ONE CONVOY HAD ARRIVED IN THE AREA FOR 13 
MONTHS, FERIZOVIC STATED  THE POCKET'S POPULATION HAD 
BEEN CUT OFF FOR FOUR YEARS AND EVERYONE INSIDE, EITHER IN 
THEIR OWN HOME OR DISPLACED, SUFFERED EQUALLY.  VELADZIC'S 
WISH LIST FOLLOWS IN HIS ORDER OF NECESSITY: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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      ADS-00   M-00     NSAE-00  OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-01    PM-00 
      PRS-01   P-01     SCT-00   SP-00    SSO-00   SS-00    STR-01 
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O 121538Z AUG 95 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6886 
INFO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XOX/IN/POLAD// 
DIA WASHDC 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
USLO SKOPJE 
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
COMSIXTHFLT //N2// 
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5/ECPOLAD// 
JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK 
AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-5PMA/J21// 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 04 ZAGREB 003082 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSCE 
 
E.O. 12356: DECL: 8/12/00 
TAGS:  MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL BK HR 
SUBJECT:  BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO 
          ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT 
          MILITARY MOVES 
 
     --   IMMEDIATE NEEDS WERE FOOD, SHOES, AND CLOTHING, 
          ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN; 
 
     --   MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, VETERINARY 
          SU 
PPLIES, RESERVE PARTS FOR HOSPITAL MACHINES; 
 
     --   SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BOOKS; 
 
     --   SHELTER MATERIALS FOR IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM 
          HOUSING; 
 
     --   IMPROVEMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS DESTROYED BY 
          SHELLING; 
 
     --   IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNAL SERVICES SUCH AS WATER, 
          ELECTRICITY, TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, 
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          AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL; 
 
     --   BUSES AND TRUCKS TO BE USED FOR INTER-MUNICIPAL 
          PUBLIC TRANSPORT; 
 
10.  (U) VELADZIC BELIEVED THAT THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY 
NOW EXISTED TO START UP "REAL" LIFE AGAIN.  THE ENCLAVE 
WANTED TO STOP ITS DEPENDENCY ON HUMANITARIAN HELP AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE.  HE URGED THAT ASSISTANCE BE DIRECTED TOWARDS 
RESTARTING INDUSTRIES AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO EARN A 
LIVELIHOOD, SO THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE DEPENDENT ON AID. 
 
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POLITICAL SITUATION IN BIHAC AND CAZIN 
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11.  (U) CANTON PRESIDENT FERIZOVIC STRESSED THAT, 
ALTHOUGH NINETY PERCENT MUSLIM, THE CANTON WELCOMED ALL 
NATIONALITIES.  HE STRESSED THAT A GENERAL AMNESTY WOULD 
BE GRANTED FOR EVERYONE WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, 
BUT WAR CRIMINALS (PARTICULARLY ABDIC) WOULD BE PURSUED. 
FERIZOVIC SAID THAT THERE IS EXTREMELY GOOD COOPERATION 
WITH THE CROATIAN POPULATION WHICH COULD BE AN EXAMPLE FOR 
THE REST OF BOSNIA.  (THIS POINT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY 
BALLANTYNE, WHO NOTED THERE IS AN HVO BRIGADE WITH V 
CORPS.)  IT WAS PROUDLY NOTED THAT THE CANTONAL GOVERNMENT 
WAS FORMED IN 15 DAYS AFTER THE MAY 27 MEETING OF THE 
LOCAL PARLIAMENT.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTERS COME FROM 
BOTH THE DOMINANT MUSLIM SDA AND ALSO THE CROAT HDZ. 
 
12.  (U) FERIZOVIC SAID THAT AT LEAST IN BIHAC, THE 
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FEDERATION AND REPUBLIC GOVERNMENTS ARE FULLY INTEGRATED. 
THE CANTONAL AUTHORITIES ARE MOVING TO ESTABLISH BORDER 
CONTROLS AND ARE PURSUING CONTACTS WITH THE GOC ON ISSUES 
SUCH AS ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION AND MAIL. 
 
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VILLAGE SCENES 
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13.  (U) DURING OUR DRIVE THROUGH THE POCKET WE SAW LIFE 
RETURNING TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY.  A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WERE OUT AND ABOUT EVEN IN THE TOWNS, SUNBATHING, 
AND PLAYING IN THE RIVERS.  THE BIHAC AUTHORITIES AND V 
CORPS ESCORT SHOWED US OUTLYING VILLAGES DESTROYED BY THE 
"ARSK."  IN ZAVALJE, A CROATIAN VILLAGE, ONE OLD WOMAN HAD 
RETURNED THAT SAME DAY TO CHECK ON HER PROPERTY.  IT HAD 
BEEN LIBERATED ONLY DAYS BEFORE.  IN THE MUSLIM VILLAGE OF 
SOKOLAC, LIBERATED BY THE ABH A FEW MONTHS BEFORE, WE MET 
AN ELDERLY MAN WHO RETURNED TO HIS BURNED OUT HOUSE AND 
PROPERTY EVERY SO OFTEN TO FIX SMALL DETAILS IN HIS HOUSE 
AND TO CUT HIS LAWN. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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INFO  LOG-00   AID-00   AMAD-01  CIAE-00  SMEC-00  OASY-00  SRPP-00 
      EB-01    FBIE-00  H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-06    L-01 
      ADS-00   M-00     NSAE-00  OIC-02   OMB-01   PA-01    PM-00 
      PRS-01   P-01     SCT-00   SP-00    SSO-00   SS-00    STR-01 
      TRSE-00  T-00     USIE-00  SNIS-00  NISC-01  PMB-00   PRME-01 
      PRMC-01  DRL-09   G-00       /030W 
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O 121538Z AUG 95 
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6887 
INFO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 
CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//J3/J4/J5/POLAD// 
CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//DO/LG/XOX/IN/POLAD// 
DIA WASHDC 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMCONSUL MUNICH 
USLO SKOPJE 
AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA 
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 
HQ JTF PP NAPLES IT//CA/POLAD// 
COMSIXTHFLT //N2// 
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ4/ECJ5/ECPOLAD// 
JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK 
AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO 
NATO EU COLLECTIVE 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-5PMA/J21// 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 04 OF 04 ZAGREB 003082 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEU 
USVIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSCE 
 
E.O. 12356: DECL: 8/12/00 
TAGS:  MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL BK HR 
SUBJECT:  BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO 
          ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT 
          MILITARY MOVES 
 
14.  SARAJEVO MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. 
 
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