Cablegate: Cgyool -- Zagreb Update Dec 8, 1992

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SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 8, 1992

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SUMMARY
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1. CROATIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR MORE
ACTION. TAX EVADERS TO BE THE TARGET OF ZAGREB'S
NEW FINANCIAL POLICE. SERBIAN LEADER IN CROATIA
CALLS FOR TOUGHER UN MANDATE. OSIJEK CITY COUNCIL
CHAIRMAN RETALIATES AGAINST CRITICAL NEWS STORY.
B-H PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC CONTINUES TALKS WITH
CROATIAN LEADERS IN MOSTAR. END SUMMARY.

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CROATIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CALLS FOR MORE ACTION
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2. THE CROATIAN COMMITTEE FOR THE PROMOTION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 10 -- THE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- THAT IT WANTS
TO DEVELOP NON-POLITICAL CRITERIA FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
AND TO ORGANIZE AN ACTIVE LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. THE COMMITTEE PLANS TO MAINTAIN A
POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT STANCE AND TO DIRECT
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION OF CROATS
LIVING IN SERBIAN-OCCUPIED PARTS OF CROATIA.

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ZAGREB PLANS "FINANCIAL POLICE" FOR 1993
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3. THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT
CROATIA WILL ESTABLISH ITS OWN SYSTEM OF
"FINANCIAL POLICE" STARTING IN 1993. THESE
OFFICIALS WILL BE A PART OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY
AND WILL CONCENTRATE ON TAX EVASION PROBLEMS. THE
INSPECTORS WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ACTION "ON
THE SPOT" AND CAN ASSESS PENALTIES OR CLOSE DOWN A
BUSINESS. SUCH PENALTIES OR CLOSURES CAN BE
APPEALED TO THE FINANCE MINISTRY OR TO THE
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT.
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DJUKIC CALLS FOR NEW MANDATE AND SERB VOTING
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4. SERBIAN NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENT MILAN DJUKIC
HAS ASKED THE UN TO EXPAND UNPROFOR'S MANDATE SO
THAT THE PEACEKEEPERS CAN DISARM MILITARY
FORMATIONS IN THE SO-CALLED "SERBIAN REPUBLIC OF
KRAJINA." DUKIC ALSO CALLED ON EVERYONE IN THE
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE

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ACTION EUR-01

INFO LOG-00 AID-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 PFIP-01 C-01 DODE-00
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OCS-06 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PC-05 PM-02 PRS-01
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INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
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AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MADRID
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
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SUBJECT: CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 8, 1992

UPCOMING ELECTIONS FOR THE SECOND HOUSE OF THE
PARLIAMENT. DUKIC SAID SUCH STEPS, AND THE FAIR
APPLICATION OF CROATIA'S LAWS AND CONSTITUTION TO
THE SERBIAN MINORITY, WOULD HELP PREVENT THE
OUTBREAK OF ANOTHER WAR IN THESE REGIONS.

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GLAVAS BANS SLOBODNA DALMACIJA JOURNALIST
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5. SHOWING HIS PIQUE OVER A CRITICAL "SLOBODNA
DALMACIJA" ARTICLE, OSIJEK CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
BRANIMIR GLAVAS REVOKED THE ACCREDITATION OF ITS
CORRESPONDENT BEFORE A MEETING OF SPLIT AND OSIJEK
GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON DECEMBER 7. THE "OFFENDING"
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JOURNALIST, DRAGO HEDL, HAD WRITTEN DECEMBER 5
THAT "IT WOULD SUIT GLAVAS BETTER TO HAVE 20 OF
HIS PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS THAN TO HAVE
ANYTHING WRITTEN ABOUT UNSOLVED CASES OF MURDER,
MAFIA, AND CRIMES IN OSIJEK."

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IZETBEGOVIC IN MOSTAR CONSULTS CROATIAN LEADERS
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6. PRESIDENT OF B-H ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC CONTINUED
HIS EFFORTS TO WOO CROATIAN LEADERS, MEETING WITH
OTHER OFFICIALS FROM THE HERCEG-BOSNA CROATIAN
UNION IN MOSTAR. TWO DAYS EARLIER, IZETBEGOVIC
HAD BEEN IN SPLIT WHERE HE MET WITH PRESIDENT OF
THE CROATIAN UNION HERCEG-BOSNA MATE BOBAN.
NEITHER PARTY WAS WILLING TO SAY MUCH, ALTHOUGH
BOBAN CHARACTERIZED THE TALKS AS THOSE "BETWEEN
TWO FRIENDS," HELD IN A BETTER ATMOSPHERE THAN
EVER BEFORE.

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