voa.305usisbel,
DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179544
TITLE=BOSNIA / CONTACT GROUP (L)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=THE HAGUE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
/// EDS: CONTACT GROUP MEETS AT 18:30 G-M-T. THIS REPORT CAN
BE USED UNTIL THE MEETING ENDS, PROBABLY ABOUT 21 G-M-T ///
INTRO: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE BOSNIA CONTACT GROUP ARE
MEETING THIS EVENING IN THE HAGUE TO DECIDE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOSNIA. V-O-A'S RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS
FROM THE DUTCH CAPITAL THAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.
TEXT: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, BRITAIN,
FRANCE, AND GERMANY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH A SITUATION WHICH
FINDS THE BOSNIAN SERBS OPENLY DEFYING THE UNITED NATIONS AND
RESPONDING TO NATO AIR STRIKES BY TAKING U-N PERSONEL HOSTAGE.
THE FRENCH PROPOSAL TO RE-GROUP UNITED NATIONS TROOPS IN MORE
DEFENSIBLE POSITIONS IS BEING DISCUSSED HERE. U-S OFFICIALS
ACCOMPANYING SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER TO THE
NETHERLANDS SAY THE UNITED STATES OPPOSES PROPOSALS TO ABANDON
THE MUSLIM ENCLAVES IN EASTERN BOSNIA AND TO CONSOLIDATE FORCES
AROUND SARAJEVO AS A WAY TO REDUCE THE DANGER TO U-N TROOPS.
THE UNITED STATES IS STILL NOT WILLING TO COMMIT AMERICAN
GROUND TROOPS TO BOSNIA AND IT DOES NOT WANT TO PUT THE
SOLDIERS OF ITS ALLIES AT RISK. AT THE SAME TIME, SECRETARY OF
STATE CHRISTOPHER IS PUSHING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TROOPS TO BE
GIVEN ADDITIONAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND CALLING FOR TOUGHER RULES
OF ENGAGEMENT TO TAKE ON THE BOSNIAN SERBS.
THE FRENCH U-N TROOPS' RECAPTURE OF A BRIDGE POST TAKEN BY THE
SERBS IN SARAJEVO SATURDAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF FORCEFUL
ACTIONS FAVORED BY THE UNITED STATES.
HOWEVER, MILITARY OPTIONS TO WIN THE FREEDOM FOR THE U-N HOSTAGES
ARE LIMITED. U-S OFFICIALS SAY COMMANDO RAIDS HAVE NOT BEEN
RULED OUT, BUT THEY POINT OUT EVEN THE BEST PLANS CANNOT WIN
FREEDOM FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LOCATED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
PLACES.
THE CONTACT GROUP FOREIGN MINISTERS ARE ALSO DISCUSSING THEIR
LIMITED DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS. AMERICAN OFFICIALS SAY NEGOTIATIONS
WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC HAVE PRODUCED AN
AGREEMENT THAT IS ABOUT 85 PERCENT COMPLETE. THE ARRANGEMENT
WOULD SUSPEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA IN EXCHANGE FOR
SERBIA'S RECOGNITION OF BOSNIA.
THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES STRONGER CONTROLS ON THE SERBIAN-BOSNIAN
BORDER. THE DISAGREEMENT CENTERS ON SERBIA'S DESIRE FOR AND END
TO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WHILE THE CONTACT GROUP INSISTS ON BEING
ABLE TO STOP THE PROCESS IF IT APPEARS SERBIA IS NOT LIVING UP
TO ITS COMMITMENTS.
THE MINISTERS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO GET PRESIDENT
MILOSEVIC TO USE HIS INFLUENCE WITH BOSNIAN SERBS DESPITE STRONG
EVIDENCE THAT PREVIOUS GESTURES BY BELGRADE HAVE SHOWN LITTLE
RESULT IN CHANGING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE BOSNIAN SERBS. (SIGNED)
NEB/RP/SKH/JWH
29-May-95 8:37 AM EDT (1237 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179542
TITLE=BOSNIA U-N (S)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
/// EDS: THIS CAN BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE REPORTS ON THE E-U
AND CONTACT GROUP MEETINGS ///
INTRO: UNITED NATIONS SOLDIERS IN BOSNIA ARE BEING REDEPLOYED TO
PREVENT BOSNIAN SERBS FROM TAKING ADDITIONAL HOSTAGES. DAVID
FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO MORE THAN 300 U-N PEACEKEEPERS ARE
NOW BEING HELD TO PREVENT FURTHER NATO AIRSTRIKES.
TEXT: U-N SOLDIERS ARE BEING WITHDRAWN FROM FRONTLINE
OBSERVATION POSTS IN THE BOSNIAN SERB SURROUNDED ENCLAVES IN
EASTERN BOSNIA. U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE MOVE COMES AFTER MORE
PEACEKEEPERS WERE CAPTURED ON SUNDAY WHEN BOSNIAN SERB FORCES
MOVED INTO U-N POSITIONS AROUND GORAZDE. ONE GROUP OF BRITISH
SOLDIERS ESCAPED BY CRASHING THROUGH A BOSNIAN SERB CHECKPOINT IN
AN ARMORED VEHICLE.
U-N OFFICIALS HERE ADMIT THE SITUATION IS, IN THEIR WORDS,
"GETTING OUT OF HAND." BOSNIAN SEBBS HAVE NOW CAPTURED A NUMBER
OF U-N LIGHT TANKS AND ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, AND U-N
OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE ON ALERT TO PREVENT ANOTHER INCIDENT LIKE
SATURDAY'S ASSAULT AGAINST A U-N CHECKPOINT BY BOSNIAN SERBS
MASQUERADING AS FRENCH TROOPS. FRENCH SOLDIERS LATER RE-CAPTURED
THE POST, KILLING FOUR BOSNIAN SERB SOLDIERS AND CAPTURING FOUR
OTHERS.
BOSNIAN SERB MILITARY COMMANDER RATKO MLADIC IS DEMANDING U-N
OFFICIALS RELEASE THEM AND APOLOGIZE TO THE FAMILIES OF THE SERB
SOLDIERS KILLED, OR HE SAYS, HE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF
U-N HOSTAGES. (SIGNED)
NEB/DF/SKH/JWH
29-May-95 8:17 AM EDT (1217 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179538
TITLE=BOSNIA-CONTACT GROUP (S)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=THE HAGUE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
/// ED'S: MAY BE USED AFTER MEETING BEGINS AT 18:30 GMT MONDAY.
IT SHOULD BE USED AFTER INFO ABOUT THE E-U FOREIGN MINISTERS
MEETING IN BRUSSELS. ///
INTRO: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE BOSNIA CONTACT GROUP MEET THIS
EVENING AT THE HAGUE TO DISCUSS THEIR OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH
THE RENEWED CRISIS IN BOSNIA. RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM THE
DUTCH CAPITAL, THEIR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.
TEXT: THE FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA,
BRITAIN, GERMANY, AND FRANCE ARE MEETING (LATE MONDAY) AT THE
FRENCH EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE. THEY ARE TO DISCUSS A FRENCH PLAN
TO RE-INFORCE U-N TROOPS IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA WITH ADDITIONAL
ARTILLERY AND STRENGTHENED RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
OFFICIALS ACCOMPANYING SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER TO
THE NETHERLANDS SAY THE UNITED STATES IS NOT IN A POSITION TO
FORCE ITS ALLIES TO PUT THEIR SOLDIERS AT MORE RISK IN BOSNIA,
BUT BELIEVES THE BOSNIAN SERBS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
INTIMIDATE THE UNITED NATIONS. WHILE THE UNITED STATES IS STILL
NOT WILLING TO COMMIT GROUND TROOPS, IT WILL PROVIDE MILITARY
EQUIPMENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS AS REQUIRED.
U-S OFFICIALS SAY COMMANDO RAIDS COULD BE ONE OPTION TO FREE U-N
PERSONNEL HELD HOSTAGE BY BOSNIAN SERBS, BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE
BEST OPERATION COULD FAIL TO LOCATE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HELD AT
WIDELY-SEPARATED LOCATIONS.
ON THE DIPLOMATIC SIDE, THE CONTACT GROUP MINISTERS WILL DECIDE
HOW TO PROCEED WITH SERBIA'S PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC. U-S
OFFICIALS SAY AN ARRANGEMENT TO SUSPEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
AGAINST SERBIA IN EXCHANGE FOR SERBIAN RECOGNITION OF
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IS 85-PERCENT COMPLETE. (SIGNED)
NEB/RP/SKH/RAE
29-May-95 6:39 AM EDT (1039 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-
TITLE= BRITAIN / BOSNIA (S-ONLY)
BYLINE= ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE= LONDON
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BRITAIN IS SENDING 12-HUNDRED MORE TROOPS TO BOSNIA AND
PUTTING FIVE-THOUSAND OTHERS ON STANDBY. WE HAVE MORE ON THE
STORY IN THIS REPORT FROM V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA IN
LONDON.
TEXT: BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY MALCOLM RIFKIND SAYS BRITAIN IS
_NOT_ SENDING ADDITIONAL SOLDIERS TO BOSNIA TO GET INVOLVED IN A
WAR AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERBS. MR. RIFKIND TOLD REPORTERS THEY
ARE BEING SENT TO BOSNIA TO PROTECT THE 33-HUNDRED OTHER BRITISH
SOLDIERS SERVING UNDER U-N COMMAND.
HE ONCE AGAIN STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE BOSNIAN SERBS FOR TAKING
MORE THAN 300 U-N HOSTAGES -- 33 OF THEM BRITISH SOLDIERS.
// RIFKIND ACT //
WE HAVE EMPHASIZED TO THE BOSNIAN SERBS THAT THE
PROTECTION OF BRITISH PERSONNEL WE DESCRIBE AS A VITAL
BRITISH INTEREST AND THEREFORE THEY SHOULD _NOT_ IN
ANY WAY UNDERESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE CONSEQUENCES
THAT WOULD FLOW IF ANY OF OUR BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE
HARMED. THEY ARE THERE AS PEACEKEEPERS. THEY ARE
_NOT_ THERE FIGHTING A WAR AND IT IS DESPICABLE THAT
PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE GONE TO BOSNIA TO HELP THE
CAUSE OF STABILITY AND PEACE SHOULD BE TREATED IN THIS
WAY.
// END ACT //
MR. RIFKIND SAYS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS _NOT_ IN THE HABIT
OF SABRE-RATTLING (OR MAKING IDLE THREATS). HE SAYS BRITISH
OFFICIALS ARE TAKING A HARD LINE AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERBS -- AND
THEY MEAN IT. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/SKH/ART
29-May-95 10:31 AM EDT (1431 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179546
TITLE= BRITAIN / BOSNIA (S-ONLY)
BYLINE= ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE= LONDON
CONTENT=
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// RERUNNING TO ADD NUMBER //
INTRO: BRITAIN IS SENDING 12-HUNDRED MORE TROOPS TO BOSNIA AND
PUTTING FIVE-THOUSAND OTHERS ON STANDBY. WE HAVE MORE ON THE
STORY IN THIS REPORT FROM V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA IN
LONDON.
TEXT: BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY MALCOLM RIFKIND SAYS BRITAIN IS
_NOT_ SENDING ADDITIONAL SOLDIERS TO BOSNIA TO GET INVOLVED IN A
WAR AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERBS. MR. RIFKIND TOLD REPORTERS THEY
ARE BEING SENT TO BOSNIA TO PROTECT THE 33-HUNDRED OTHER BRITISH
SOLDIERS SERVING UNDER U-N COMMAND.
HE ONCE AGAIN STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE BOSNIAN SERBS FOR TAKING
MORE THAN 300 U-N HOSTAGES -- 33 OF THEM BRITISH SOLDIERS.
// RIFKIND ACT //
WE HAVE EMPHASIZED TO THE BOSNIAN SERBS THAT THE
PROTECTION OF BRITISH PERSONNEL WE DESCRIBE AS A VITAL
BRITISH INTEREST AND THEREFORE THEY SHOULD _NOT_ IN
ANY WAY UNDERESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE CONSEQUENCES
THAT WOULD FLOW IF ANY OF OUR BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE
HARMED. THEY ARE THERE AS PEACEKEEPERS. THEY ARE
_NOT_ THERE FIGHTING A WAR AND IT IS DESPICABLE THAT
PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE GONE TO BOSNIA TO HELP THE
CAUSE OF STABILITY AND PEACE SHOULD BE TREATED IN THIS
WAY.
// END ACT //
MR. RIFKIND SAYS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS _NOT_ IN THE HABIT
OF SABRE-RATTLING (OR MAKING IDLE THREATS). HE SAYS BRITISH
OFFICIALS ARE TAKING A HARD LINE AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERBS -- AND
THEY MEAN IT. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/SKH/ART
29-May-95 10:34 AM EDT (1434 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179559
TITLE=CLINTON - BOSNIA - MEMORIAL DAY (S & L)
BYLINE=DAVID BORGIDA
DATELINE= WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
// EDITORS: IT'S A SHORT CR WITHOUT THE
OPTIONAL MATERIAL OR A LONG CR IF YOU
INCLUDE THE OPTS. IT'S TWO CRS IN ONE! //
INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON -- MARKING MEMORIAL DAY IN THE UNITED
STATES -- IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S FALLEN MILITARY HEROES
AND CALLING FOR A REDEDICATION TO THE VISION OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES. HIS COMMENTS WERE MADE AS HE CLOSELY
MONITORS DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNIA. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT DAVID
BORGIDA REPORTS.
TEXT: PRESIDENT CLINTON IS BEING BRIEFED REGULARLY ON THE
SITUATION IN BOSNIA, BUT HE DID _NOT_ DISCUSS IT PUBLICLY MONDAY.
HOWEVER, HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, ANTHONY LAKE, SOUGHT TO
ASSURE AMERICANS A DIRECT U-S COMBAT ROLE IS _NOT_ IMMINENT. HE
TOLD REPORTERS THE TWO THOUSAND U-S MARINES ON A THREE-SHIP TASK
FORCE IN THE ADRIATIC SEA ARE THERE, IN HIS WORDS, "PURELY AS A
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE." HE SAID _NO_ DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO
SEND THEM INTO COMBAT.
PRESIDENT CLINTON -- IN HIS ADDRESS TO MILITARY VETERANS GATHERED
AT THE NEARBY ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY-- THANKED THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN PAST WARS, SAYING THEY TAUGHT THE NATION AN
IMPORTANT LESSON.
// CLINTON ACTUALITY //
TODAY MORE THAN EVER WE RE-DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE
VISION FOR WHICH THEY LIVED. GENERATIONS BEFORE OURS
MET CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM, DEFEATED THE
THREATS OF FASCISM AND COMMUNISM AND NOW IT IS FOR US
TO RISE TO THE NEW CHALLENGES POSED BY THE FORCES OF
DARKNESS AND DISINTEGRATION IN THIS AGE AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
// END ACTUALITY //
// OPT // THE PROGRAM AT THE CEMETERY INCLUDED MUSIC AND THE
TRADITIONAL "TAPS" -- PLAYED BY A MEMBER OF THE U-S ARMY BAND.
// ACTUALITY //
TAPS
// FADE ACTUALITY //
// OPT // EARLIER, THE PRESIDENT UNVEILED A NEW POSTAGE STAMP
HONORING PRISONERS OF WAR AND MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE VIETNAM
WAR. AT A WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY, HE SAID VIETNAM HAS MADE
PROGRESS IN HELPING TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS OF M-I-A'S. BUT HE
SAID HE WILL NOT STOP IN HIS EFFORT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT
UNRESOLVED M-I-A CASES.
// OPT // THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THERE MUST BE THE
FULLEST POSSIBLE ACCOUNTING OF M-I-A'S BY VIETNAM BEFORE
WASHINGTON WOULD ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH HANOI.
// OPT // THE STAMP DESIGN INCLUDES A PAIR OF MILITARY
IDENTIFICATION TAGS ("DOGTAGS") EMBOSSED WITH THE WORDS "P-O-W
AND M-I-A -- NEVER FORGOTTEN." IT IS THE SECOND U-S STAMP ISSUED
HONORING P-O-W'S AND M-I-A'S. THE FIRST WAS IN 1970. // END OPT
//
PRESIDENT CLINTON IS PLANNING A QUIET DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS
HE MARKS THE REST OF MEMORIAL DAY. (SIGNED)
NEB/BORG/ART
29-May-95 1:28 PM EDT (1728 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179552
TITLE=E-U / BOSNIA (L-UPDATE)
BYLINE=JOHN FRASER
DATELINE= BRUSSELS
CONTENT=
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/// EDS NOTE: THIS WILL STAND FOR USE UNTIL THE END OF THE BOSNIA
CONTACT GROUP MEETING IN HOLLAND, EXPECTED ABOUT 21 OR 22 GMT ///
INTRO: EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN MINISTERS, WHO HAVE BEEN MEETING
IN BRUSSELS TO DISCUSS THE BOSNIA CRISIS, HAVE DEMANDED THE
RELEASE OF THE MORE THAN 300 U-N PEACEKEEPERS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN
HOSTAGE. THEY HAVE ALSO AGREED THAT THE UNITED NATIONS OPERATION
IN BOSNIA HAS TO BE MADE MORE SECURE. JOHN FRASER REPORTS FROM
BRUSSELS.
TEXT: A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE 15 E-U FOREIGN MINISTERS
CONDEMNS AS ODIOUS THE TAKING OF THE U-N HOSTAGES. IT ALSO
CONDENMS THE SHELLING OF CIVILIAN TARGETS BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS.
THE E-U FOREIGN MINISTERS EXPRESS THEIR FULL SUPPORT FOR THE
UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BOSNIA, AND CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE
AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF THE U-N HOSTAGES.
BRITAIN HAS AGREED TO SEND AS MANY AS SIX-THOUSAND OR SO TROOPS
TO BOSNIA. BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY DOUGLAS HURD SAYS THERE
SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION ON THE NEED TO
GIVE BETTER PROTECTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN
BOSNIA..
/// HURD ACT ///
THERE IS, MORE OR LESS, AGREEMENT ON TWO PRINCIPLES
HERE. ONE IS THAT THE U-N FORCE NEEDS TO BE LESS
VULNERABLE. IT NEEDS TO REORGANIZE ITS DISPOSITIONS (OR
ITS TROOPS) SO THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE AT RISK. SECOND,
IT NEEDS TO BE STRONGER. WE HAVE MADE OUR DECISIONS IN
THAT RESPECT.
/// END ACT ///
MR. HURD ADDS THAT THE BRITISH DECISION TO SEND EXTRA FORCES TO
BOSNIA WILL GIVE THE U-N COMMANDERS THERE A RESERVE OF TROOPS ON
WHICH THEY CAN CALL, AND WILL ALSO MEAN NEW ARTILLERY AND TANKS.
HE HAS URGED THE OTHER COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE BOSNIAN
PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO SEND IN EXTRA TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
THE FOCUS NOW SHIFTS TO HOLLAND, WHERE FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE
FIVE-NATION CONTACT GROUP MEET MONDAY EVENING, AND NATO FOREIGN
MINISTERS MEET TUESDAY. BOSNIA IS EXPECTED TO LEAD THEIR AGENDA.
MR. HURD SAYS THE RELEASE OF THE U-N HOSTAGES REMAINS THE
PRIORITY, AND SAYS THERE ARE CONSTANT EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO ACHIEVE
THIS. HOWEVER, HE DECLINES TO GO FURTHER.
ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT, THERE IS AN AGREEMENT IN SIGHT FOR THE
LIFTING OF SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SERBS
AGREEING TO RECOGNIZE BOSNIA HERZEGOVENIA. THIS COULD LEAD TO
MORE PRESSURE FROM SERBIA ON THE BOSNIAN SERBS TO SIGN THE
INTERNATIONAL PEACE PLAN. (SIGNED)
NEB/JF/SKH/PW
29-May-95 11:42 AM EDT (1542 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179544
TITLE=BOSNIA / CONTACT GROUP (L)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=THE HAGUE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
/// EDS: CONTACT GROUP MEETS AT 18:30 G-M-T. THIS REPORT CAN
BE USED UNTIL THE MEETING ENDS, PROBABLY ABOUT 21 G-M-T ///
INTRO: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE BOSNIA CONTACT GROUP ARE
MEETING THIS EVENING IN THE HAGUE TO DECIDE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOSNIA. V-O-A'S RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS
FROM THE DUTCH CAPITAL THAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.
TEXT: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, BRITAIN,
FRANCE, AND GERMANY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH A SITUATION WHICH
FINDS THE BOSNIAN SERBS OPENLY DEFYING THE UNITED NATIONS AND
RESPONDING TO NATO AIR STRIKES BY TAKING U-N PERSONEL HOSTAGE.
THE FRENCH PROPOSAL TO RE-GROUP UNITED NATIONS TROOPS IN MORE
DEFENSIBLE POSITIONS IS BEING DISCUSSED HERE. U-S OFFICIALS
ACCOMPANYING SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER TO THE
NETHERLANDS SAY THE UNITED STATES OPPOSES PROPOSALS TO ABANDON
THE MUSLIM ENCLAVES IN EASTERN BOSNIA AND TO CONSOLIDATE FORCES
AROUND SARAJEVO AS A WAY TO REDUCE THE DANGER TO U-N TROOPS.
THE UNITED STATES IS STILL NOT WILLING TO COMMIT AMERICAN
GROUND TROOPS TO BOSNIA AND IT DOES NOT WANT TO PUT THE
SOLDIERS OF ITS ALLIES AT RISK. AT THE SAME TIME, SECRETARY OF
STATE CHRISTOPHER IS PUSHING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TROOPS TO BE
GIVEN ADDITIONAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND CALLING FOR TOUGHER RULES
OF ENGAGEMENT TO TAKE ON THE BOSNIAN SERBS.
THE FRENCH U-N TROOPS' RECAPTURE OF A BRIDGE POST TAKEN BY THE
SERBS IN SARAJEVO SATURDAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF FORCEFUL
ACTIONS FAVORED BY THE UNITED STATES.
HOWEVER, MILITARY OPTIONS TO WIN THE FREEDOM FOR THE U-N HOSTAGES
ARE LIMITED. U-S OFFICIALS SAY COMMANDO RAIDS HAVE NOT BEEN
RULED OUT, BUT THEY POINT OUT EVEN THE BEST PLANS CANNOT WIN
FREEDOM FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LOCATED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
PLACES.
THE CONTACT GROUP FOREIGN MINISTERS ARE ALSO DISCUSSING THEIR
LIMITED DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS. AMERICAN OFFICIALS SAY NEGOTIATIONS
WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC HAVE PRODUCED AN
AGREEMENT THAT IS ABOUT 85 PERCENT COMPLETE. THE ARRANGEMENT
WOULD SUSPEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA IN EXCHANGE FOR
SERBIA'S RECOGNITION OF BOSNIA.
THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES STRONGER CONTROLS ON THE SERBIAN-BOSNIAN
BORDER. THE DISAGREEMENT CENTERS ON SERBIA'S DESIRE FOR AND END
TO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WHILE THE CONTACT GROUP INSISTS ON BEING
ABLE TO STOP THE PROCESS IF IT APPEARS SERBIA IS NOT LIVING UP
TO ITS COMMITMENTS.
THE MINISTERS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO GET PRESIDENT
MILOSEVIC TO USE HIS INFLUENCE WITH BOSNIAN SERBS DESPITE STRONG
EVIDENCE THAT PREVIOUS GESTURES BY BELGRADE HAVE SHOWN LITTLE
RESULT IN CHANGING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE BOSNIAN SERBS. (SIGNED)
NEB/RP/SKH/JWH
29-May-95 8:37 AM EDT (1237 UTC)
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DATE=5/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179553
TITLE=YUGO SITREP (L)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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/// EDS: THIS IS THE LATEST ON THE MILITARY SITUATION IN BOSNIA
AND CAN BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE DIPLOMATIC STORIES FROM EITHER
FRASER IN BRUSSELS OR PEMSTEIN IN THE HAGUE ///
INTRO: BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS ARE PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA TO SUPPORT BELEAGUERED UNITED NATIONS
PEACEKEEPERS UNDER THREAT FROM THE SERBS. IN SARAJEVO, THE U-N
COMMAND IS APPEALING TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO QUICKLY
DECIDE WHETHER TO ESCALATE ITS CONFRONTATION WITH THE BOSNIAN
SERBS OR TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN
CORRESPONDENT WAYNE COREY REPORTS.
TEXT: BRITAIN SAYS THE FIRST REINFORCEMENTS FOR ITS TROOPS IN
BOSNIA WILL LEAVE ON TUESDAY AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE COUNTRY
LATER THIS WEEK.
TWO BRITISH ARTILLERY BATTERIES AND A UNIT OF MILITARY ENGINEERS
ARE BEING DEPLOYED. THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL BRITISH FORCES ARE
ON STANDBY ALERT.
THE PLANNED AND POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENTS WERE ANNOUNCED IN LONDON
AFTER BOSNIAN SERB FORCES CAPTURED MORE THAN 30 BRITISH
PEACEKEEPERS IN THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE.
AMERICAN AND FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ORDERED INTO
THE ADRIATIC SEA AS THE COLLAPSING U-N MISSION IN BOSNIA
STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE.
U-N PEACEKEEPERS IN OR AROUND SARAJEVO ARE SAID TO BE UNDER SIEGE
FROM THE SERBS, WHO APPEAR DETERMINED TO ADD EVEN MORE HOSTAGES
TO THE HUNDREDS OF U-N TROOPS THEY NOW HOLD.
THE SERBS HAVE CAPTURED TANKS, ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND
OTHER U-N WEAPONS AS WELL AS PEACEKEEPERS. U-N OFFICIALS FEAR
THE SERBS COULD USE THE WEAPONS TO ATTACK U-N OR BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT FORCES.
THE U-N COMMAND IN SARAJEVO SAYS PEACEKEEPERS IN DANGER HAVE BEEN
ORDERED TO DESTROY THEIR WEAPONS BEFORE THE SERBS CAN GET THEM.
THE COMMAND HAS APPEALED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
QUICKLY DECIDE WHETHER TO ESCALATE ITS CONFRONTATION WITH THE
SERBS OR TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.
WHILE HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE WORSENING
CRISIS IN BOSNIA, FIGHTING AMONG THE WARRING FORCES THERE GOES
ON.
THERE HAVE BEEN RENEWED, HEAVY SHELLING ATTACKS BETWEEN SERB AND
CROAT FORCES IN NORTHEASTERN BOSNIA. AND, SARAJEVO RADIO SAYS
THE SERBS HAVE INTENSIFIED ATTACKS AGAINST THE U-N/DECLARED SAFE
AREA OF GORAZDE IN THE EAST.
MEANWHILE, IN CROATIA, REBEL SERBS HAVE DISMISSED THE MODERATE
PRIME MINISTER OF THEIR SELF-DECLARED BREAKAWAY GOVERNMENT,
BORISLAV MIKELIC.
MR. MIKELIC, WHO IS CLOSE TO SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC, OPPOSED THE RAPID UNIFICATION OF THE SO-CALLED
CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN SERB STATES. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179543
TITLE=YUGO SITREP (S)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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// EDS NOTE: THIS SHOULD BE USED ALONG WITH OTHER
BOSNIA-RELATED CRS OR INFO FROM BRUSSELS AND THE HAGUE //
INTRO: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI
WILL INFORM THE SECURITY COUNCIL WITHIN 24-HOURS OF PROPOSED
CHANGES IN THE U-N MANDATE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. V-O-A CENTRAL
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT WAYNE COREY REPORTS.
TEXT: THE U-N ENVOY TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, YASUSHI AKASHI,
SAYS THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL WILL
EXPLAIN WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS CAN DO BEST IN BOSNIA.
SPEAKING IN ZAGREB, MR. AKASHI SAYS MR. BOUTROS-GHALI WILL
REQUEST THE COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE ON EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND
HOW TO DO IT.
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SECURITY COUNCIL DISAGREE ON WHO
SHOULD DECIDE ON ANY FURTHER NATO AIR STRIKES AGAINST THE BOSNIAN
SERBS.
MR. AKASHI SAYS THE SERBS ARE IN A HIGHLY EMOTIONAL STATE BECAUSE
OF THE AIR STRIKES AGAINST A SERB AMMUNITION DUMP LAST WEEK. BUT
HE SAYS THE INTENSE SERB REACTION SHOULD EVENTUALLY SUBSIDE.
MEANWHILE, SARAJEVO RADIO SAYS SERB FORCES HAVE INTENSIFIED THEIR
ATTACKS ON THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE. THE ATTACKS ARE SAID
TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE SERB CAPTURE OF MORE THAN 30-BRITISH
PEACE-KEEPERS WHO MANNED OBSERVATION POSTS IN THE AREA. (SIGNED)
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29-May-95 8:37 AM EDT (1237 UTC)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179551
TITLE=YUGO SITREP UPDATE (S)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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/// EDS NOTE: NEW INFO THRUOUT ///
INTRO: AS INTENSE AND HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL TALKS ARE HELD ON
THE WORSENING CRISIS IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, THERE IS RENEWED
FIGHTING IN THE COUNTRY. V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT
WAYNE COREY REPORTS.
TEXT: HEAVY SHELLING ATTACKS ARE REPORTED IN NORTHEASTERN
BOSNIA, WHERE SERB AND CROAT FORCES CONFRONT EACH OTHER ALONG A
STRATEGIC CORRIDOR THAT LINKS SERB-HELD TERRITORY.
THE SERBS ARE ALSO SAID TO HAVE INTENSIFIED THEIR ATTACKS ON THE
MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE. THE SERBS EARLIER CAPTURED MORE THAN
30 BRITISH SOLDIERS AND TOOK OVER UNITED NATIONS OBSERVATION
POSTS THERE.
IN SARAJEVO, A TANK ROUND HAS HIT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE U-N
COMMANDER IN BOSNIA, BRITISH GENERAL RUPERT SMITH. NO ONE IN
THE BUILDING WAS HURT.
WHILE ROUNDING UP MORE U-N HOSTAGES, THE SERBS HAVE ALSO SEIZED
U-N TANKS, ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, AND OTHER WEAPONS. THE
SERBS COULD USE THESE WEAPONS TO ATTACK BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS
OR U-N POSITIONS.
U-N SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI WILL INFORM THE
SECURITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS CAN DO IN
BOSNIA AND WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL GUIDANCE.
A U-N SPOKESMAN IN SARAJEVO HAS APPEALED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO QUICKLY DECIDE WHETHER TO ESCALATE ITS CONFRONTATION
WITH THE SERBS OR TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. (SIGNED)
NEB/WC/SKH/BG
29-May-95 11:16 AM EDT (1516 UTC)
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DATE=5/31/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179678
TITLE=BOSNIA OPTIONS (L)
BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI --
FACING AN EVOLVING SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN BOSNIA -- HAS
SUBMITTED A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER, INCLUDING A TRANSITION FROM PEACEKEEPING TO ENFORCEMENT
ACTION. HIS PROPOSALS COME AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF
HOSTAGE-TAKING BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND BRITISH
TROOPS ON STAND-BY. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON REPORTS:
TEXT: MR. BOUTROS-GHALI SAYS IF UNPROFOR IS TO REMAIN IN BOSNIA
-- HE WOULD THEN RECOMMEND RE-GROUPING THE 22-THOUSAND
PEACEKEEPERS, POSSIBLY REDUCING THE FORCE EVENTUALLY. UNDER THIS
PLAN, THE U-N WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP TROOPS IN THE SAFE AREAS
UNDER NEW AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED WITH THE PARTIES. BUT U-N
SOLDIERS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE FORCE TO DEFEND THEM.
MEANWHILE, THE TROOPS WOULD CONTINUE THEIR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
OPERATION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE CONTROL OVER SARAJEVO AIRPORT --
WHICH THEY NOW DO NOT HAVE.
HOWEVER, THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IF THE AIM OF SENDING
REINFORCEMENTS -- WHICH THE BRITISH ARE CONTEMPLATING -- IMPLIES
THE USE OF FORCE AND AN ESCALATION OF THE WAR, THEN UNPROFOR MUST
CEASE TO EXIST. HE RECOMMENDS UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE
CREATION OF A MULTINATIONAL FORCE UNDER THE COMMAND OF
TROOP-CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES, AS WAS THE CASE IN SOMALIA AND IN
HAITI.
SENIOR U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES
ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS IN BOSNIA. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE
BELIEVES THE U-N IS NOT CAPABLE OF RUNNING A WAR AND THE
COUNTRIES THAT WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES FROM PEACEKEEPING TO
ENFORCEMENT MUST ACCEPT RESPONSIBLITY FOR A NEW OPERATION. U-N
OFFICIALS ALSO SAY MR. BOUTROS-GHALI CONSIDERS BOTH OPTIONS
VIABLE AND LEAVES THE DECISION ENTIRELY IN THE HANDS OF THE
SECURITY COUNCIL.
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS PRESENTED TWO OTHER OPTIONS WHICH ARE
NOT SCENARIOS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKELY CONSIDER AND WHICH HE
HIMSELF DOES NOT SUPPORT. THEY CALL FOR MAINTAINING THE STATUS
QUO OR A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL. U-N AIDES SAY QUITTING BOSNIA
ENTIRELY WOULD LEAVE ITS CIVILIANS EXPOSED TO EVEN WORSE HORROR
THAN THEY HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED.
IN HIS REPORT, MR. BOUTROS-GHALI CALLS FOR A NEW STRATEGY FOR THE
PEACE PROCESS -- POSSIBLY EVEN A NEW FORMAT FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
U-N OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE THAT CURRENT PEACE EFFORTS ARE GETTING
NOWHERE, BUT BELIEVE A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION
FOR THE BOSNIAN CONFLICT.
/// REST OPT ///
THE USE OF NATO AIR POWER, OFFICIALS SAY, DOES NOT FIGURE
PROMINENTLY IN THE REPORT. THEY SAY THE U-N RETAINS THE OPTION
TO CALL FOR STRIKES -- AS IT DID TWICE LAST WEEK. BUT THE TAKING
OF HUNDREDS OF PEACEKEEPERS AS HOSTAGES TO THWART FURTHER
NATO ACTION HAS INTRODUCED AN ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY INTO THE
SITUATION. (SIGNED)
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31-May-95 2:49 PM EDT (1849 UTC)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179669
TITLE=BOSNIA OPTIONS (S)
BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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INTRO: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS-BOUTROS GHALI
HAS PROPOSED CHANGING THE U-N FORCE IN BOSNIA TO A MULTINATIONAL
OPERATION -- AS WAS THE CASE IN SOMALIA AND HAITI -- IF
GOVERNMENTS ARE DETERMINED TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO THE COUNTRY.
THIS WAS AMONG A SERIES OF OPTIONS PRESENTED TO THE SECURITY
COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING THE RECENT BREAKDOWN OF U-N
EFFECTIVENESS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON REPORTS:
TEXT: MR. BOUTROS-GHALI SAYS ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS -- SUCH AS
WHAT THE BRITISH ARE CONTEMPLATING -- WOULD IMPLY THE USE OF
FORCE AND WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A PEACEKEEPING MISSION.
HE SUGGESTS THE SECURITY COUNCIL -- IF IT WANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE
U-N MANDATE IN THIS WAY -- SHOULD CREATE A MULTINATIONAL FORCE
THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE COMMAND OF COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTING
SOLDIERS.
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ALTERNATELY PROPOSED RE-DEPLOYING AND
REDUCING THE CURRENT U-N MISSION. THE U-N WOULD KEEP A PRESENCE
IN THE SAFE AREAS, BUT THE PEACEKEEPERS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
USE FORCE TO DEFEND THEM.
THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS -- A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OR MAINTAINING THE
STATUS QUO -- ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIKELY SCENARIOS THE SECURITY
COUNCIL WOULD ENDORSE AT THIS TIME.
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT DIPLOMATS THINK ABOUT
A NEW STRATEGY ON THE PEACE PROCESS -- POSSIBLY A NEW FORMAT FOR
NEGOTIATIONS -- TO PROD THE PARTIES TOWARD A POLITICAL
SETTLEMENT.
THE FINAL DECISION ON THE FATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN BOSNIA
RESTS WITH THE 15 GOVERNMENTS ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. (SIGNED)
NEB/EJ/BG
31-May-95 12:52 PM EDT (1652 UTC)
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DATE=5/31/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179690
TITLE=BOSNIA OPTIONS - OVERNITER (S&L ONLY)
BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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///USE OPTIONAL MATERIAL FOR LONG CR///
INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL WILL BEGIN
CONSIDERATION THURSDAY OR FRIDAY ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
RE-VAMPING THE U-N OPERATION IN BOSNIA, INCLUDING A PROPOSAL TO
TRANFORM IT TO AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION -- NOT UNDER U-N COMMAND.
SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI HAS SUBMITTED A RANGE OF
OPTIONS AIMED AT ACCOMMODATING A CHANGING SITUATION IN THE FORMER
YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC. V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON
REPORTS:
TEXT: INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
RELUCTANT TO START A SOMALIA-TYPE OPERATION IN BOSNIA PITTING
THEIR TROOPS AGAINST THE WARRING PARTIES. BUT WESTERN DIPLOMATS
EXPECT ADDITIONAL TROOPS WILL BE GOING IN TO REINFORCE AND
PROTECT THE PEACEKEEPERS.
THE BRITISH ARE CONTEMPLATING SENDING SEVERAL THOUSAND ADDITIONAL
MEN. BUT IT APPEARS THEY WOULD WEAR THE BLUE U-N HELMETS AND
SUBMIT TO U-N COMMAND.
SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS-GHALI HAD WARNED A NEW MULTINATIONAL
FORCE WOULD HAVE TO BE CREATED, COMMANDED BY TROOP CONTRIBUTING
COUNTRIES -- IF SENDING REINFORCEMENTS MEANT AN ESCALATION OF THE
WAR AND THE USE OF FORCE.
DIPLOMATS PREDICT THE SECURITY COUNCIL MIGHT RE-WRITE THE MANDATE
OF UNPROFOR -- PROVIDING FOR SOME RE-DEPLOYMENT OF THE
PEACEKEEPERS. THE U-N IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A PRESENCE IN THE
SO-CALLED SAFE AREAS -- BUT UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS NOT YET
CLEAR.
U-N OFFICIALS REJECT THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL AT
THIS TIME OR SIMPLY MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO.
///REST OPT FOR LONG VERSION///
BUT THE FATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN BOSNIA IS CONSIDERED A
CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. SECRETARY-GENERAL
BOUTROS-GHALI CALLED IT A "TRULY DEFINING MOMENT" THAT WILL
IMPACT DECISIVELY ON THE U-N'S STANDING FOR YEARS TO COME.
THE U-N WITHDREW FROM SOMALIA LAST YEAR, AFTER U-N TROOPS ENGAGED
IN PITCHED BATTLES WITH THE SOMALIS BUT FAILED TO END THE WAR.
IT HAS YET TO RECOVER FROM WHAT CRITICS HAVE DESCRIBED AS A
HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE THAT PROVED THE U-N'S INEFFECTIVENESS.
THE FOCUS IN BOSNIA -- AND THROUGHOUT THE BALKANS -- REMAINS ON A
POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS BEGUN DISCUSSING
WITH HIS AIDES A NEW STRATEGY FOR NEGOTIATIONS -- PERHAPS EVEN A
NEW FORMAT -- ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CURRENT PEACE PROCESS IS
GOING NOWHERE FAST. (SIGNED)
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31-May-95 4:44 PM EDT (2044 UTC)
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DATE=5/31/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179655
TITLE=BOSNIA RELIEF (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=GORDON MARTIN
DATELINE=GENEVA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: INTERNATIONAL AID AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POSSIBLE RISK TO THEIR OPERATIONS IF THERE IS FURTHER SUSTAINED
FIGHTING IN BOSNIA. MEANWHILE, RED CROSS OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO
GET PERMISSION TO VISIT U-N HOSTAGES HELD BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS.
GORDON MARTIN REPORTS FROM GENEVA.
TEXT: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED
CROSS, CORNELIO SOMMARUGA, IS ANXIOUS TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE
CAPTURED UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THIS ACCESS MAY SOON BE GRANTED.
I-C-R-C DELEGATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THE HANDFUL OF
BOSNIAN SERB SOLDIERS HELD BY U-N FORCES.
MR. SOMMARUGA SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE I-C-R-C TO MAKE SUCH
VISITS TO SEE THAT PRISONERS ARE BEING HELD IN CONDITIONS THAT
COMPLY WITH THE THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION, WHICH LAYS DOWN
GUIDELINES FOR HUMANITARIAN TREATMENT.
IN AN EXPLICIT WARNING TO THEIR SERB CAPTORS, HE INSISTS
PRISONERS MUST NOT BE BARTERED FOR SOME POLITICAL CONCESSION
AND NO ONE, EITHER CIVILIAN OR COMBATANT, MUST BE USED AS A
HUMAN SHIELD.
// SOMMARUGA ACT //
IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE HELD AS PRISONERS, YOU HAVE TO TREAT
THEM ACCORDING TO HUMAN DIGNITY. YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THE
I-C-R-C TO WORK. WE WILL ALSO ALWAYS HAVE TO REPEAT
THAT RESPECT OF THE RED CROSS EMBLEM IS ESSENTIAL IN
ORDER TO BRING ALSO IN A DIFFICULT HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION SOME HUMANITY.
// END ACT //
MR. SOMMARUGA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT RED CROSS ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN
HAMPERED BY EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK. BUT HE INSISTS THAT THE RED
CROSS WILL NOT SIMPLY LEAVE PEOPLE TO THEIR FATE.
// OPT SOMMARUGA ACT //
THE PRIORITY FOR THE RED CROSS ARE THE VICTIMS. OUR
MANDATE ASKS US TO BE PRESENT WHERE THERE ARE VICTIMS OF
ARMED CONFLICT. IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE FIELD,
WITHDRAWAL OF OTHER HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS,
WITHDRAWAL OF BLUE HELMETS (OR PEACE-KEEPERS), OR
OBSERVERS, THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THE I-C-R-C
DETERMINATION TO BE IN THE FIELD AND TO ASSIST AND
PROTECT ALL VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICTS.
// END ACT., END OPT //
AND MR. SOMMARUGA POINTS OUT THAT IN ANY CASE THE I-C-R-C HAS
NEVER RELIED ON U-N FORCES FOR PROTECTION.
RON REDMOND, SPOKESMAN FOR THE U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES, SAYS THAT SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO HARASSMENT OF
U-N-H-C-R STAFF. AID CONVOYS ARE STILL RUNNING, THOUGH NOT
THROUGH BOSNIAN SERB-CONTROLLED AREAS.
MR. REDMOND SAYS THE LAST FOOD TRUCKS GOT INTO SARAJEVO JUST
BEFORE THE NATO AIR STRIKES LAST WEEK.
// REDMOND ACT ///
THE LAST OF THE FOOD IN THE CITY HAS NOW BEEN
DISTRIBUTED. PEOPLE WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE A RATION
EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO THEY SHOULD BE OKAY FOR A COUPLE OF
WEEKS. AFTER THAT, IF WE DON'T START GETTING ASSISTANCE
IN THERE, IT COULD BECOME SERIOUS. BECAUSE WE'VE NOT
HAD ANY AIRLIFT FLIGHTS INTO SARAJEVO SINCE APRIL 8TH.
// END ACT //
MR. REDMOND SAYS HIS AGENCY WILL BE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED IF
FOOD TRUCKS CANNOT GET INTO SARAJEVO SOON. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179654*
TITLE=BOSNIA RELIEF (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=GORDON MARTIN
DATELINE=GENEVA
CONTENT=
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// RERUNNING TO CORRECT NUMBER //
INTRO: INTERNATIONAL AID AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POSSIBLE RISK TO THEIR OPERATIONS IF THERE IS FURTHER SUSTAINED
FIGHTING IN BOSNIA. MEANWHILE, RED CROSS OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO
GET PERMISSION TO VISIT U-N HOSTAGES HELD BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS.
GORDON MARTIN REPORTS FROM GENEVA.
TEXT: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED
CROSS, CORNELIO SOMMARUGA, IS ANXIOUS TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE
CAPTURED UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THIS ACCESS MAY SOON BE GRANTED.
I-C-R-C DELEGATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THE HANDFUL OF
BOSNIAN SERB SOLDIERS HELD BY U-N FORCES.
MR. SOMMARUGA SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE I-C-R-C TO MAKE SUCH
VISITS TO SEE THAT PRISONERS ARE BEING HELD IN CONDITIONS THAT
COMPLY WITH THE THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION, WHICH LAYS DOWN
GUIDELINES FOR HUMANITARIAN TREATMENT.
IN AN EXPLICIT WARNING TO THEIR SERB CAPTORS, HE INSISTS
PRISONERS MUST NOT BE BARTERED FOR SOME POLITICAL CONCESSION
AND NO ONE, EITHER CIVILIAN OR COMBATANT, MUST BE USED AS A
HUMAN SHIELD.
// SOMMARUGA ACT //
IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE HELD AS PRISONERS, YOU HAVE TO TREAT
THEM ACCORDING TO HUMAN DIGNITY. YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THE
I-C-R-C TO WORK. WE WILL ALSO ALWAYS HAVE TO REPEAT
THAT RESPECT OF THE RED CROSS EMBLEM IS ESSENTIAL IN
ORDER TO BRING ALSO IN A DIFFICULT HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION SOME HUMANITY.
// END ACT //
MR. SOMMARUGA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT RED CROSS ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN
HAMPERED BY EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK. BUT HE INSISTS THAT THE RED
CROSS WILL NOT SIMPLY LEAVE PEOPLE TO THEIR FATE.
// OPT SOMMARUGA ACT //
THE PRIORITY FOR THE RED CROSS ARE THE VICTIMS. OUR
MANDATE ASKS US TO BE PRESENT WHERE THERE ARE VICTIMS OF
ARMED CONFLICT. IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE FIELD,
WITHDRAWAL OF OTHER HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS,
WITHDRAWAL OF BLUE HELMETS (OR PEACE-KEEPERS), OR
OBSERVERS, THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THE I-C-R-C
DETERMINATION TO BE IN THE FIELD AND TO ASSIST AND
PROTECT ALL VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICTS.
// END ACT., END OPT //
AND MR. SOMMARUGA POINTS OUT THAT IN ANY CASE THE I-C-R-C HAS
NEVER RELIED ON U-N FORCES FOR PROTECTION.
RON REDMOND, SPOKESMAN FOR THE U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES, SAYS THAT SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO HARASSMENT OF
U-N-H-C-R STAFF. AID CONVOYS ARE STILL RUNNING, THOUGH NOT
THROUGH BOSNIAN SERB-CONTROLLED AREAS.
MR. REDMOND SAYS THE LAST FOOD TRUCKS GOT INTO SARAJEVO JUST
BEFORE THE NATO AIR STRIKES LAST WEEK.
// REDMOND ACT ///
THE LAST OF THE FOOD IN THE CITY HAS NOW BEEN
DISTRIBUTED. PEOPLE WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE A RATION
EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO THEY SHOULD BE OKAY FOR A COUPLE OF
WEEKS. AFTER THAT, IF WE DON'T START GETTING ASSISTANCE
IN THERE, IT COULD BECOME SERIOUS. BECAUSE WE'VE NOT
HAD ANY AIRLIFT FLIGHTS INTO SARAJEVO SINCE APRIL 8TH.
// END ACT //
MR. REDMOND SAYS HIS AGENCY WILL BE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED IF
FOOD TRUCKS CANNOT GET INTO SARAJEVO SOON. (SIGNED)
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DATE=5/31/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179651
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (L)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS
DATELINE=ZAGREB
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THERE WAS A FRESH FLARE-UP OF FIGHTING IN SARAJEVO
WEDNESDAY, AMID A CONTINUING CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE U-N
PEACEKEEPING FORCE AND BOSNIAN SERB FORCES. BUT AS WE HEAR FROM
V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN ZAGREB, U-N OFFICIALS ARE SUGGESTING
NEGOTIATIONS COULD BEGIN SOON FOR THE RELEASE OF THE MORE THAN
300 PEACEKEEPERS HELD CAPTIVE BY THE SERBS.
TEXT: FIGHTING FLARED ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SARAJEVO BEFORE
DAWN WEDNESDAY, BUT DIED DOWN A FEW HOURS LATER. U-N OFFICIALS
HERE SAY SERB FORCES APPARENTLY TRIED BUT FAILED TO CAPTURE
BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT POSITIONS OVERLOOKING A KEY ACCESS ROUTE INTO
THE CITY.
U-N OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT AN UPSURGE OF FIGHTING AROUND THE
BESIEGED GOVERNMENT ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE, IN EASTERN BOSNIA.
THERE, TOO, THEY SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT TERRITORIAL
GAINS FOR THE SERBS, WHO HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO SEIZE GOVERNMENT
POSITIONS IN THE HILLS EAST AND NORTH OF THE POCKET.
BUT THE OFFICIALS SAY SERB FORCES HAVE NOW TAKEN OVER ALL BUT ONE
OF THE U-N OBSERVATION POSTS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF GORAZDE.
BRITISH AND UKRAINIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN THE ENCLAVE ARE AMONG THE
MORE THAN 300 U-N SOLDIERS TAKEN HOSTAGE BY THE SERBS SINCE LAST
WEEK'S NATO AIRSTRIKES.
ON THE SURFACE, THERE IS NO PROGRESS TOWARD A SOLUTION OF THE
HOSTAGE CRISIS. SERB LEADERS HAVE SAID THE PEACEKEEPERS COULD
BE RELEASED IN A MATTER OF HOURS IF NATO AND THE U-N ISSUE A
PUBLIC PROMISE THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE AIR STRIKES. BOTH
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REJECTED THE DEMAND.
FOR THE RECORD, U-N SPOKESMAN CHRISTOPHER GUNNESS INSISTS THAT
THE WORLD BODY WILL NOT BACK DOWN.
///GUNNESS ACT///
I THINK YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE SORT OF ROBUST AND
RESOLUTE RESPONSE WHICH GENERAL SMITH (U-N BOSNIA
COMMANDER RUPERT SMITH) AND OTHERS IN THE U-N HAVE
TAKEN SO FAR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS WHOLE EPISODE IS
RESOLVED IN A MANNER WHICH THE UNITED NATIONS FINDS
ACCEPTABLE.
///END ACT///
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, U-N OFFICIALS ARE NO LONGER PUBLICLY
WARNING THE SERBS THAT FURTHER AIR STRIKES COULD BE IMMINENT.
AND MR. GUNNESS SUGGESTED THAT FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE RELEASE
OF THE HOSTAGES COULD BEGIN SOON.
HE RECALLED A SIMILAR CRISIS LAST NOVEMBER, WHEN SERB FORCES
SEIZED DOZENS OF U-N TROOPS FOLLOWING NATO AIRSTRIKES IN
RESPONSE TO A MAJOR SERB OFFENSIVE IN THE NORTHWESTERN ENCLAVE OF
BIHAC. AFTER A PERIOD OF CONFRONTATION, QUIET NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN
THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THE RELEASE OF THE U-N CAPTIVES. U-N
OFFICIALS ARE CLEARLY HOPING FOR A SIMILAR OUTCOME TO THE CURRENT
CRISIS. (SIGNED)
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DATE=5/31/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179640
TITLE= BOSNIA SITREP (S UPDATE)
BYLINE= DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE= SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: NEW FIGHTING HAS BROKEN OUT AROUND SARAJEVO, WITH BOTH
BOSNIAN-SERBS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES USING ARTILLERY AND TANKS.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY BOSNIAN SERBS MAY HAVE INFILTRATED SARAJEVO IN
A STOLEN U-N VEHICLE. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: FOR AN HOUR BEFORE DAWN, THE HILLS AROUND SARAJEVO
ECHOED WITH THE SOUND OF UNRESTRICTED TANK, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR
FIRE. IT WAS THE MOST SERIOUS FIGHTING AROUND THE CAPITAL SINCE
NATO AIR STRIKES LAST WEEK. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO REPORTS THAT
ANY SHELLS FELL ON THE CITY ITSELF.
HEAVY FIGHTING HAS ALSO TAKEN PLACE IN THE EASTERN BOSNIAN
ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE, AND IN NORTHERN BOSNIA AROUND A NARROW
CORRIDOR USED BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS TO SUPPLY THEIR TERRITORY IN
WESTERN BOSNIA.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY U-N PEACEKEEPERS OUTSIDE THE U-N'S HEADQUARTERS
IN SARAJEVO BELIEVE THEY SPOTTED AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER
THAT WAS CAPTURED LAST WEEK BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS. THE BOSNIAN
SERBS ATTACKED A U-N CHECKPOINT ON SATURDA Y DRESSED AS FRENCH
SOLDIERS AND THE U-N REMAINS ON RED ALERT HERE.
SOME BRITISH ARMY RE-INFORCEMENTS HAVE NOW BEGUN TO ARRIVE IN
CENTRAL BOSNIA. U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE
SATISFIED BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FOR ASSURANCES THAT THE NEW
TROOPS ARE NOT THERE TO COVER A BRITISH WITHDRAWAL. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179635
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: NEW FIGHTING HAS BROKEN OUT AROUND THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL,
SARAJEVO, WITH BOTH BOSNIAN SERBS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES USING
ARTILLERY AND TANKS IN THE MOST SERIOUS CONFRONTATION IN THE PAST
WEEK. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: JUST BEFORE DAWN THE HILLS AROUND SARAJEVO ECHOED WITH THE
SOUNDS OF TANK, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE.
IT WAS THE MOST SERIOUS FIGHTING IN A WEEK AND WAS SIMILAR TO THE
FIGHTING THAT PROMPTED THE LATEST ROUND OF NATO AIR STRIKES.
HEAVY FIGHTING ALSO TOOK PLACE IN THE EASTERN BOSNIAN ENCLAVE OF
GORAZDE, WHERE THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ABANDONED ALL OF ITS
FRONTLINE POSITIONS.
BRITISH ARMY REINFORCEMENTS HAVE NOW BEGUN TO ARRIVE IN THE
CROATIA PORT CITY OF SPLIT, BUT BOSNIAN PRESIDENT ALIJA
IZETBEGOVIC HAS SAID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MUST FIRST EXPLAIN IN
DETAIL THE MISSION OF THE NEW TROOPS BEFORE THEY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO DEPLOY INTO BOSNIA. THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT IS WORRIED THAT
THE NEW TROOPS' MISSION MAY NOT BE THERE TO SUPPORT EXISTING
TROOPS IN BOSNIA, BUT RATHER TO COVER THEIR WITHDRAWAL. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-179638
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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// RE-RUNNING W/CQ CR #. NO CHANGES //
INTRO: NEW FIGHTING HAS BROKEN OUT AROUND THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL,
SARAJEVO, WITH BOTH BOSNIAN SERBS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES USING
ARTILLERY AND TANKS IN THE MOST SERIOUS CONFRONTATION IN THE PAST
WEEK. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: JUST BEFORE DAWN THE HILLS AROUND SARAJEVO ECHOED WITH THE
SOUNDS OF TANK, ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE.
IT WAS THE MOST SERIOUS FIGHTING IN A WEEK AND WAS SIMILAR TO THE
FIGHTING THAT PROMPTED THE LATEST ROUND OF NATO AIR STRIKES.
HEAVY FIGHTING ALSO TOOK PLACE IN THE EASTERN BOSNIAN ENCLAVE OF
GORAZDE, WHERE THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ABANDONED ALL OF ITS
FRONTLINE POSITIONS.
BRITISH ARMY REINFORCEMENTS HAVE NOW BEGUN TO ARRIVE IN THE
CROATIA PORT CITY OF SPLIT, BUT BOSNIAN PRESIDENT ALIJA
IZETBEGOVIC HAS SAID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MUST FIRST EXPLAIN IN
DETAIL THE MISSION OF THE NEW TROOPS BEFORE THEY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO DEPLOY INTO BOSNIA. THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT IS WORRIED THAT
THE NEW TROOPS' MISSION MAY NOT BE THERE TO SUPPORT EXISTING
TROOPS IN BOSNIA, BUT RATHER TO COVER THEIR WITHDRAWAL. (SIGNED)
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DATE=05/31/95
TYPE=U-S OPINION ROUNDUP
NUMBER=6-09006
TITLE=BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA WORSENS
BYLINE=ANDREW N. GUTHRIE
TELEPHONE=619-3335
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
EDITOR=GE
CONTENT=(EDITORS WATCH CN AND NEB WIRE AND UPDATE INTRO OR TEXT
AS NECESSARY)
INTRO: U-S NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO BE ALMOST ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON
THE WORSENING SITUATION IN THE BALKANS, AS THE BOSNIAN
SERBS CONTINUE THEIR DEFIANT POSTURE TOWARD THE UNITED
NATIONS PEACEKEEPRS. THIS DESPITE REINFORCEMENTS OF
BRITISH TROOPS AND THE CONVERGENCE IN THE AREA OF A
LARGE AMOUNT OF ALLIED FIREPOWER INCLUDING FRENCH AND
U-S WARSHIPS. WE GET A SAMPLING OF THE LATEST COMMENTS
NOW FROM ___________ IN TODAY'S OPINION ROUNDUP.
TEXT: U-S ENVOY ROBERT FRASURE IS HEADING TO BELGRADE FOR NEW
TALKS WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC AS PART
OF A DIPLOMATIC EFFORT TO SOLVE THE CRISIS IN
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS HOW THE U-S
MEDIA VIEW THIS LATEST TURN OF EVENTS, BEGINNING WITH
"THE ORLANDO [FLORIDA] SENTINEL."
VOICE: [BEGIN OPT] "TO MODIFY AN EXPRESSION FROM [THE RECENT
U-S AWARD-WINNING POPULAR MOTION PICTURE] FORREST GUMP'S
MOTHER, 'RECKLESS IS AS RECKLESS DOES.' [END OPT]
RECKLESS DESCRIBES WHAT THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION MAY
BE DOING IN BOSNIA. THAT INCLUDES THE DISPATCHING OF
MARINES TO THE REGION THIS WEEK AMID COY TALK OF THEIR
POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT. ..... IF THE EXPERIENCE IN BOSNIA
HAS DEMONSTRATED ANYTHING, IT'S THAT A MILITARY APPROACH
BY OTHER COUNTRIES ISN'T LIKELY TO RESOLVE ANYTHING.
SUCH ACTIONS MERELY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION AND DEEPEN
FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN BOSNIA'S CONFLICT."
TEXT: MEANWHILE, IN NEW ENGLAND, "THE BOSTON GLOBE" BEMOANS
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE REALLY NO GOOD OPTIONS LEFT IN
THIS CONFLICT.
VOICE: "ALL TOO PREDICTABLY, NATO'S RECENT DECISION TO BOMB THE
BOSNIAN SERBS HAS RESULTED IN DISASTER, WITH HUNDREDS OF
U-N PERSONNEL NOW HELD HOSTAGE. A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION,
THE ONLY HOPE TO END THE WAR, IS FURTHER AWAY THAN EVER.
BOSNIA HAS DEFIED SOLUTION BECAUSE IT IS BESET WITH
CONTRADICTIONS. ..... IT IS INTOLERABLE THAT U-N
PEACE-KEEPERS BE TAKEN AND HELD HOSTAGE IN BOSNIA. A
U-N PULLOUT WOULD SCARCELY BE BETTER -- THERE ARE
THOUSANDS WHO DEPEND ON THE U-N'S HUMANITARIAN MISSION.
THE REMAINING OPTION IS TO REINFORCE, REARM AND REGROUP
THE U-N FORCES SO THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES."
TEXT: IN THE SOUTH, TODAY'S [THE] "ATLANTA CONSTITUTION" SEES
THE ONLY POSSIBLE OPTION NOW AS BEEFING UP THE UNITED
NATIONS PRESENCE.
VOICE: "THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK DEMONSTRATE WITH CRYSTAL
CLARITY THAT THE STATUS QUO CANNOT BE - - AND SHOULD
NOT BE - - RESTORED. IF PEACEKEEPERS ARE TO REMAIN IN
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, THE U-N WILL HAVE TO MUSCLE UP
[BECOME STRONGER]. [BEGIN OPT] NATIONS LIKE BRITAIN
THAT ARE WILLING TO REINFORCE THEIR VOLUNTEERS ON THE
SCENE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED. AS BITTERLY IRONIC AS IT
SOUNDS, PEACEKEEPERS SHOULD BE PERMITTED HEAVIER
WEAPONRY AND WIDER DISCRETION TO DEFEND THEMSELVES."
[END OPT]
TEXT: THE VOICE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, "THE DENVER
POST" SAYS THE SITUATION IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAS
DETERIORATED INTO A "NO-WIN" SCENARIO.
VOICE: "[OPT] THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY FOR WORLD POWERS TO
TRULY WIN IN BOSNIA; THEIR CHOICES ONLY RANGE FROM
TRAGIC LOSSES TO WORSE CATASTROPHES, FROM TERRIBLE
BLOODSHED NOW TO POSSIBLE MAYHEM LATER. THE CONUNDRUM
BOILS DOWN TO PICKING A POLICY THAT WILL PRODUCE THE
FEWEST UNDESIRABLE RESULTS. [END OPT] ..... AT ITS
HEART, THE FIASCO IN BOSNIA ILLUSTRATES THE CONFUSION IN
WASHINGTON AND EUROPEAN CAPITALS ABOUT WHAT IS THE
PROPER ROLE OF WESTERN DEMOCRACIES IN THE POST-COLD WAR
ERA. LIKE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, THE CLINTON TEAM HAS
CHOSEN TO LET EUROPE SOLVE THE PROBLEM ON ITS OWN - -
BUT EUROPEANS HAVE PROVEN SUBLIMELY INEPT AT FIXING THE
WOES IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD."
TEXT: MEANWHILE, TODAY'S "OREGONIAN" FROM PORTLAND SUGGESTS:
VOICE: "FOR FOUR YEARS, THE UNITED NATIONS -- AND THE WEST --
HAVE AVOIDED MAKING CHOICES ON BOSNIA BECAUSE ALL THE
CHOICES WERE BAD. AS A RESULT, ALL THE CHOICES HAVE
GOTTEN WORSE. NOW, THE OPTIONS ARE AT LEAST SHARPENED,
AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MAY BE LOOKING AT THEM
MORE REALISTICALLY. IF THE UNITED NATIONS PROTECTIVE
FORCE CANNOT BE EFFECTIVE IN CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION,
IT NEEDS TO BE WITHDRAWN. IF IT IS REMOVED -- AND THE
BOSNIAN MUSLIMS ABANDONED -- THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY
REASON FOR ANYONE TO TAKE THE UNITED NATIONS SERIOUSLY."
TEXT: SOME FOUR THOUSAND KILOMETERS TO THE EAST, IN PORTLAND,
MAINE, "THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD" SEES THE POSSIBILITY
OF SARAJEVO BECOMING ERUOPE'S NEW BERLIN.
VOICE: "RADOVAN KARADZIC, THE SERBIAN WARLORD, IS NOT GOING TO
BE SATISFIED UNTIL SARAJEVO IS IN HIS HANDS. HE INTENDS
THE BESIEGED CITY, NOW THE CAPITAL OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA, TO BE THE CAPITAL OF HIS RUMP 'SERBIAN
REPUBLIC.' ...... THIS IS WHAT IS AT STAKE IN SARAJEVO
TODAY... ..... THE PROBLEM IN BOSNIA IS THAT ALLIED
LEADERS CAN'T DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT, AND RADOVAN
KARADZIC KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS."
TEXT: "THE SUN" IN BALTIMORE IS HARSHLY CRITICAL OF THE WAY
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS HANDLED THE SITUATION,
SUGGESTING THAT WASHINGTON'S POLICIES HAVE ACTUALLY MADE
THINGS WORSE.
VOICE: "..... EVEN IF WASHINGTON'S OVERALL STRATEGY HAS BEEN
PRUDENT, ITS TACTICS, HAVE BEEN WRONG AND ITS ATTEMPTS
TO EXERT LEADERSHIP IN BOSNIA WITHOUT PAYING A PRICE
HAVE BEEN CONTEMPTIBLE. [BEGIN OPT] TIME AND TIME
AGAIN, OUR BRITISH AND FRENCH ALLIES BEGGED US NOT TO
ENGAGE IN AIR ATTACKS ON BOSNIAN SERB AGGRESSORS, LEST
OUR ACTIONS IMPERIL THEIR TROOPS. BUT TIME AND TIME
AGAIN, WE INDULGED IN THE FANTASY THAT FLY-SWATTER
ACTIONS OF THIS KIND COULD BE CONDUCTED WITH IMPUNITY.
THE SPECTACLE IN RECENT DAYS OF BOSNIAN SERBS CHAINING
U-N SOLDIERS TO POLES AS HUMAN SHIELDS AGAINST FURTHER
U-S ATTACKS HAS BEEN OUR SORDID REWARD." [END OPT]
TEXT: AND FINALLY, THIS FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
VOICE: "MAINTAINING A NEUTRAL AND HUMANITARIAN ROLE IN A COMBAT
ZONE HAS BEEN EXCRUCIATINGLY DIFFICULT. BUT THE RIGHT
RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT CRISIS IS TO MAKE SURE U-N
FORCES HAVE THE NECESSARY MILITARY MEANS TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES AND CARRY OUT THEIR HUMANITARIAN MISSION, NOT
TO CROSS THE LINE TO ALL-OUT WAR."
TEXT: WITH THOSE COMMENTS WE CONCLUDE THIS SAMPLING OF CURRENT
OPINIONS ON THE WORSENING SITUATION IN
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.
ANG/GE
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DATE=5/31/95
TYPE=CLOSE UP
NUMBER=4-08368
TITLE=THE BALKAN CRISIS: WHERE IS IT HEADED?
BYLINE=ERICA BENIS
TELEPHONE=619-0934
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
EDITOR=NANCY SMART
CONTENT=(INSERTS IN AUDIO SERVICES)
ANNCR: LAST WEEK, NATO INITIATED AIR STRIKES AGAINST THE
BOSNIAN SERBS WHO ATTACKED MUSLIM CIVILIAN CENTERS. IN
A SWIFT AND UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE, THE SERBS TOOK
ALMOST 400 UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS HOSTAGES. THESE
EVENTS UNDERSCORE BOTH THE VOLATILITY OF THE BALKAN
CONFLICT AND THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF THE U-N MISSION
THERE. DETAILS FROM .................................
IN THIS REPORT PREPARED BY VOA'S ERICA BENIS:
TEXT: OBSERVERS OF THE MORE THAN THREE-YEAR-OLD BALKAN
CONFLICT ASK THE QUESTION: COULD A WIDER WAR ENGULF ALL
OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA OR EVEN THE EN
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DATE=6/8/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180132
TITLE=CLINTON CALLS PILOT (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=DEBORAH TATE
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
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INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS INVITED THE U-S PILOT RESCUED IN
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE. MR. CLINTON
EXTENDED THE INVITATION IN A TELEPHONE CALL TO PILOT SCOTT
O'GRADY, WHOSE F-16 JET FIGHTER HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN OVER BOSNIAN
SERB TERRITORY LAST SATURDAY. V-O-A'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
DEBORAH TATE REPORTS.
TEXT: ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY PRESIDENT CLINTON TOLD
CAPTAIN O'GRADY THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS ELATED THAT HE HAS BEEN
SAFELY RESCUED.
IN AN EIGHT-MINUTE PHONE CALL TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS ABOARD A
MARINE WARSHIP IN THE ADRIATIC SEA, MR. CLINTON SAID HE HAD
SPOKEN WITH HIS FAMILY, AND THAT HIS PARENTS WERE PROUD OF THEIR
SON.
CAPTAIN O-GRADY TOLD THE PRESIDENT THAT HIS RESCUERS WERE THE
REAL HEROES.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD PILOT TOLD MR. CLINTON ABOUT HIS SIX-DAY ORDEAL
THAT BEGAN WHEN HIS F-16 WAS SHOT OUT OF THE SKY BY BOSNIAN
SERBS.
AT A WHITE HOUSE EVENT LATER THURSDAY, MR. CLINTON RECALLED WHAT
CAPTAIN O'GRADY TOLD HIM ABOUT HIS FIRST FEW MOMENTS AFTER
ESCAPING FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND PARACHUTING TO THE GROUND.
// CLINTON ACTUALITY //
HE TOLD ME HE WAS ON THE GROUND THREE TO FIVE MINUTES
BEFORE ARMED PEOPLE MADE IT TO HIS PARACHUTE. HE HAD
THREE TO FIVE MINUTES TO FIND A PLACE TO HIDE AND BEGIN
THIS GREAT ODYSSEY THAT I'M SURE WILL SOMEDAY WILL BE A
VERY GREAT MOVIE.
// END ACT //
MR. CLINTON INVITED CAPTAIN O-GRADY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AT A DATE
YET TO BE ARRANGED. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/8/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180111
TITLE=SENATE/BOSNIA (L)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=SENATE
CONTENT=
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// RE-RUNNING WITH CORRECT CR NUMBER //
INTRO: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FACED A SECOND STRAIGHT
DAY OF TOUGH QUESTIONING OVER BOSNIA IN THE SENATE THURSDAY.
V-O-A SENATE CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS LAWMAKERS SEEM TO
BE TORN BETWEEN TAKING FIRM ACTION AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERBS AND
PREVENTING AT ALL COSTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AMERICAN GROUND FORCES
IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.
TEXT: THURSDAY'S VENUE WAS THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE, AND THE REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN, SENATOR JESSE HELMS,
MINCED FEW WORDS AS HE URGED THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE A
TOUGHER LINE AGAINST THE BOSNIAN SERBS.
/// HELMS ACT. ///
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PUSSYFOOTED (TREATED GINGERLY) WITH
THE SERBS AND HAVE SEEN ON THE TELEVISION THE CHILDREN
BLOODY AND DEAD. IT IS PRETTY MUCH TIME TO SAY THE HELL
WITH IT. AND I WANT YOU TO ADOPT THAT AS A POLICY.
/// END HELMS ACT. ///
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SENATOR HELMS AND MANY OTHER LAWMAKERS
REMAIN ADAMANT THAT U-S GROUND TROOPS NOT BE DEPLOYED IN THE
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. MOMENTUM DOES APPEAR TO BE BUILDING IN THE
SENATE FOR A LIFTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST
BOSNIA, BUT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO WARN THAT
UNILATERAL U-S ACTION ON THE EMBARGO COULD LEAD TO MORE KILLING.
THIS IS AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE
(MAINE) AND UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE (FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS) PETER
TARNOFF.
/// SNOWE-TARNOFF ACT. ///
SNOWE: I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD NOT
ALLOW THE MUSLIMS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. WHY WOULD WE
NOT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT POSITION?
TARNOFF: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING THE MUSLIMS
GIVEN THE ABILITY TO DEFEND THEMELVES. BUT IF, IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING THAT, THE UNITED STATES WERE TO
UNILATERALLY LIFT THE ARMS EMBARGO, WE THINK THE RESULTS
FOR THEM AND FOR THE REGION WOULD BE DISASTROUS.
/// END SNOWE-TARNOFF ACT. ///
BUT EVEN AS MR. TARNOFF WAS WARNING AGAINST ACTION ON THE
EMBARGO, BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER HARIS SILAJDZIC WAS TELLING
REPORTERS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS (AT THE COMMITTEE FOR SECURITY
AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE) THAT THE MILITARY SITUATION IN HIS
COUNTRY CONTINUES TO WORSEN.
/// SILAJDZIC ACT. ///
WELL, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MORE THAN DISASTER, WE HAVE
GENOCIDE.
/// END SILAJDIC ACT. ///
THE PRIME MINISTER CONTINUED TO PRESS LAWMAKERS FOR A LIFTING OF
THE ARMS EMBARGO.
/// SILAJDZIC ACT. ///
JUST TO SAY THAT I HOPE CONGRESS WILL DO WHAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DONE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND THAT IS TO
LET THE PEOPLE OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES. THAT IS ALL.
/// END SILAJDZIC ACT. ///
A SHORT TIME LATER, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED TO DO JUST
THAT, APPROVING A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION CALLING ON PRESIDENT
CLINTON TO LIFT THE U-S ARMS EMBARGO. THE SENATE WILL TAKE UP A
SIMILAR MEASURE SOON OFFERED BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BOB DOLE.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180518
TITLE=G-7-BOSNIA(S ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID BORGIDA
DATELINE=HALIFAX
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS
ARE CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON MILITARY OPERATIONS IN
BOSNIA, IN AN EFFORT TO RESUME PEACE TALKS. WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT DAVID BORGIDA HAS MORE FROM THE LEADERS' ECONOMIC
SUMMIT IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
TEXT: SPEAKING LATE THURSDAY ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP OF SEVEN
LEADERS, SUMMIT HOST CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN CALLED
FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE.
/// CHRETIEN ACT ///
AT A TIME WHEN ALL INFORMATION INDICATES THERE IS A
DANGER OF RENEWED INTENSIFICATION OF FIGHTING IN BOSNIA,
IN PARTICULAR IN SARAJEVO, WE SEND OUT TO ALL PARTIES A
STRONG CALL FOR THE GREATEST RESTRAINT. WE APPEAL TO
THE BOSNIAN SERBS AND TO THE FEDERATION OF
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA TO ESTABLISH AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM
ON MILITARY OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO ALLOW POLITICAL
NEGOTIATIONS -- WITHOUT WHICH NO LASTING SOLUTION IS
POSSIBLE -- TO RESUME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THE
BASIS OF THE CONTACT GROUP PROPOSAL.
/// END ACT ///
THE STATEMENT WAS ISSUED -- WITHOUT ELABORATION -- FOLLOWING A
WORKING DINNER OF THE G-7 LEADERS. FOREIGN MINISTERS ALSO TOOK
PART.
THIS SUMMIT IS SET TO BEGIN IN EARNEST FRIDAY WITH A WORKING
SESSION AND LUNCH, BUT THE ONGOING U-S JAPAN TRADE DISPUTE AND
THE RENEWED FIGHTING IN BOSNIA ARE BECOMING MAJOR DISTRACTIONS.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180449
TITLE=BOSNIA RELIEF (S)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS SAY 92 SURROUNDED U-N PEACE
KEEPERS ARE NOW CONSIDERED HOSTAGES AGAIN, AFTER THE BOSNIAN
SERBS REFUSED TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE SOLDIERS. ALL AID CONVOYS
TO SARAJEVO HAVE BEEN STOPPED AFTER THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT MINED
ROADS AND SET UP CHECKPOINTS NORTH OF SARAJEVO WHERE AS MANY
30-THOUSAND GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE MASSING. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS
FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: U-N SPOKESMEN IN SARAJEVO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN REFUSED
PERMISSION TO RESUPPLY THE SURROUNDED POSITIONS OR TO GAIN ACCESS
TO THE PEACE KEEPERS AT SEVEN POSITIONS AROUND SARAJEVO. AND THE
MEN ARE NOW CONSIDERED HOSTAGES AGAIN. THE BOSNIAN SERBS
WITHDREW BARRICADES AND MINES AROUND THE POSITIONS ON WEDNESDAY.
THE BOSNIAN SERBS ARE STILL HOLDING ANOTHER 26 PEACE KEEPERS IN
OTHER PARTS OF BOSNIA
U-N MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE SAID ALL CONVOYS TO SARAJEVO ARE NOW
SUSPENDED AFTER THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT MINED ROADS AND SET UP 22
CHECKPOINTS ON ROADS NORTH OF THE CITY WHERE AS MANY AS
30-THOUSAND TROOPS ARE REPORTEDLY MASSING IN PREPARATION FOR A
POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO. THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT HAS CLOSED THE ONLY REMAINING ROUTE INTO SARAJEVO, THE
ROAD OVER MT. IGMAN SOUTH OF THE CITY.
U-N OFFICIALS SAID THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO CONVINCE THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT NOT TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK TO LIBERATE SARAJEVO, BUT
THEY SAY THE BOSNIAN ARMY HAS REMOVED A TANK AND TWO HEAVY GUNS
FROM A WEAPONS COLLECTION POINT IN SARAJEVO. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180485
TITLE= BOSNIA SITREP (L UPDATE)
BYLINE= WAYNE COREY
DATELINE= VIENNA
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INTRO: AS THE BOSNIAN ARMY BEGINS A NEW OFFENSIVE AROUND
SARAJEVO, THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE FORMALLY DECIDED TO UNITE THE
TERRITORY THEY HOLD AND THE TERRITORY HELD BY REBEL SERBS IN
NEIGHBORING CROATIA. V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT,
WAYNE COREY, REPORTS.
TEXT: THE SELF-DECLARED BOSNIAN SERB ASSEMBLY HAS VOTED TO UNITE
BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERB-HELD TERRITORY INTO A SINGLE STATE.
A BOSNIAN SERB OFFICIAL, MOMCILO KRAJISNIK, SAYS UNIFICATION
SHOULD BE ACHIEVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE SERB LEADER, RADOVAN KARADZIC, HAS SUGGESTED BEFORE THAT
PRACTICAL STEPS TO POLITICALLY UNITE BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERB
LAND WOULD NOT BE TAKEN UNTIL THERE IS A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT
OF THE WAR IN BOSNIA.
THE FORMAL DECISION TO CREATE A SINGLE BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERB
STATE SHOULD HAVE NO IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON THE RENEWED FIGHTING
AROUND SARAJEVO.
THE BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERBS RECENTLY SAID THEY HAD FORMED A
JOINT MILITARY COMMAND. BUT THE BOSNIAN SERBS DID NOT COME TO
THE AID OF THEIR CROATIAN ALLIES LAST MONTH WHEN THE CROATIAN
ARMY RECAPTURED THE SERB-HELD WESTERN SLAVONIA REGION.
ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE ONLY A SYMBOLIC STEP FOR THE TIME BEING, THE
DECISION TO UNITE THE BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERBS IS CERTAIN TO
ANGER CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN. HE HAS WARNED OF
FURTHER ATTACKS AGAINST THE CROATIAN SERBS IF THEIR TERRITORY IS
NOT REINTEGRATED WITH THE REST OF CROATIA BY NOVEMBER.
THE REACTION OF SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO THE
BOSNIAN SERB ASSEMBLY VOTE WILL ALSO BE IMPORTANT. MR. MILOSEVIC
HAS LET IT BE KNOWN FOR WEEKS THAT HE OPPOSES CREATION OF A
SINGLE BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERB STATE.
IF HE IS REALLY UNHAPPY ABOUT THE MOVE, HE COULD CUT OFF MILITARY
AND OTHER AID TO THE SERBS. OR HE COULD FINALLY AGREE TO
RECOGNIZE BOSNIA'S CURRENT BORDERS IN RETURN FOR A SIGNIFICANT
EASING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA. BUT IF MR.
MILOSEVIC SAYS OR DOES NOTHING, HE WOULD APPEAR TO ACTUALLY
SUPPORT A BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN SERB STATE AS A STEP TOWARD
CREATING A GREATER SERBIA.
DESPITE HIS WELL-PUBLICIZED DISPUTES WITH THE BOSNIAN AND
CROATIAN SERB LEADERS, THERE ARE SUSPICIONS THAT MR. MILOSEVIC IS
PLAYING A VERY CLEVER GAME.
HE ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE PORTRAYED AND COURTED BY INTERNATIONAL
MEDIATORS AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PEACEMAKER IN THE FORMER
YUGOSLAVIA. BUT MR. MILOSEVIC HAS BEEN UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO
TAKE DECISIVE ACTION AT THE EXPENSE OF THE BOSNIAN OR CROATIAN
SERBS TO BRING PEACE TO EITHER BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA OR CROATIA.
(SIGNED)
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15-Jun-95 3:02 PM EDT (1902 UTC)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180469
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (L)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: HEAVY FIGHTING HAS BROKEN OUT AROUND SARAJEVO. OBSERVERS
SAY THE BOSNIAN ARMY MAY BE TRYING TO CUT SERB SUPPLY LINES PRIOR
TO AN ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE SERB SIEGE OF THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL.
V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT, WAYNE COREY, REPORTS.
TEXT: SHELLING ATTACKS BROKE OUT AROUND A SERB-HELD TOWN NORTH OF
SARAJEVO. THAT SHELLING DIED DOWN AFTER A FEW HOURS.
BUT, MORTAR AND ARTILLERY ATTACKS WERE REPORTED LATER IN TWO
OTHER AREAS, ALSO NORTH OF SARAJEVO. SOME OF THAT SHELLING HAS
BEEN EXTREMELY INTENSE.
THE SERBS SAY THE BOSNIAN ARMY HAS BEGUN ITS EXPECTED ATTEMPT TO
LIFT THE SERBE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO. THE SERBS HAVE CALLED ON
MILITARY RESERVISTS TO JOIN THEIR UNITS.
AFTER A HUGE MILITARY BUILDUP AROUND SARAJEVO, THE BOSNIAN ARMY
MAY BE LAUNCHING A MAJOR ATTEMPT TO CUT VITAL SERB SUPPLY LINES.
IF THOSE SUPPLY LINES CAN BE CUT, GOVERNMENT TROOPS WOULD HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE OF LIFTING THE SIEGE OF THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL.
THE FLAREUP OF MILITARY ACTIVITY AROUND SARAJEVO FOLLOWS NUMEROUS
INDICATIONS THAT AN ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE SIEGE MAY BE IMMINENT.
BESIDES THE ARMY BUILDUP AROUND THE CITY, MORE MILITARY
CHECKPOINTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SARAJEVO, AND THE ARMY HAS
RECLAIMED A TANK AND TWO HOWITZERS FROM UNITED NATIONS CONTROL.
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS LENGTHENED THE OVERNIGHT CURFEW IN
SARAJEVO. WORKERS WHO TURNED UP AT THEIR JOBS ON THURSDAY WERE
SENT HOME. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED AN UNPRECEDENTED
STATE OF ALERT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IT CONTROLS.
THERE ARE ALSO INDICATIONS THAT BOSNIAN MUSLIM AND CROAT FORCES
WILL LAUNCH A COORDINATED OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE SERBS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY ACTIVITY AROUND SARAJEVO.
A CROAT MILITARY SPOKESMAN IS QUOTED AS SAYING THE MUSLIMS AND
CROATS WANT TO COMPEL THE SERBS TO SPREAD OUT THEIR FORCES AND
MAKE THEM MORE VULNERABLE.
THE MUSLIMS AND CROATS HAVE A BIG ADVANTAGE IN COMBINED TROOP
STRENGTH. MUSLIM AND CROATS TROOPS ARE BETTER TRAINED AND
BETTER-EQUIPPED NOW, BUT THE SERBS STILL HAVE MANY MORE TANKS,
ARTILLERY AND OTHER HEAVY WEAPONS.
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS APPEALED TO THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT NOT
TO LAUNCH ANY NEW OFFENSIVES AGAINST THE SERBS AROUND SARAJEVO.
BUT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID SARAJEVO CANNOT ENDURE ANOTHER
WINTER UNDER SIEGE.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS RESERVED THE RIGHT TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE SERBS SINCE THEY REFUSED TO JOIN THE MUSLIMS AND
CROATS IN APPROVING THE LATEST BOSNIAN PEACE PLAN.
/// REST OPT ///
MEANWHILE, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BECOME ALMOST A PASSIVE
OBSERVER OF THE BOSNIAN CONFLICT. THE SERBS STILL HOLD U-N
HOSTAGES AND HAVE NOT RESTORED FREE MOVEMENT TO ABOUT 90
PEACEKEEPERS.
AFTER ITS POLICY OF MAKING CONCESSIONS TO THE SERBS FAILED,
OBSERVERS SAY, THE UNITED NATIONS FINDS ITSELF IN A DILEMMA IN
BOSNIA.
MANY ANALYSTS AGREE THE UNITED NATIONS IS NOT GOING TO
SIGNIFICANTLY ESCALATE ITS CONFRONTATION WITH THE SERBS BECAUSE
THE MAJOR POWERS ARE NOT READY TO GO TO WAR.
AT THE SAME TIME, U-N OFFICIALS DESPERATELY HOPE TO AVOID AN
INCREASINGLY INEVITABLE U-N MILITARY WITHDRAWAL THAT COULD LEAD
TO AN EVEN WORSE HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN BOSNIA. (SIGNED)
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15-Jun-95 11:20 AM EDT (1520 UTC)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180459
TITLE= BOSNIA SITREP (S ALTERNATE)
BYLINE= DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE= SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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// EDITORS: THIS IS AN ALTERNATE TO A SHORT CR ALSO SLUGGED
BOSNIA SITREP, FILED BY WAYNE COREY //
INTRO: UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS HAVE DOWNPLAYED REPORTS FROM
THE BOSNAIN SERBS THAT THE BOSNIAN ARMY HAS BEGUN AN ATTACK TO
LIBERATE SARAJEVO. U-N OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THE BOSNIAN ARMY
HAS MASSED TROOPS NORTH OF SARAJEVO, BUT THEY SUGGEST THE NUMBERS
ARE LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM S
ARAJEVO.
TEXT: THE BOSNIAN SERB GOVERNMENT NEWS AGENCY REPORTED THE
BOSNIAN ARMY HAD BEGUN AN ATTACK TO TRY TO LIBERATE SARAJEVO
AFTER SHELLING OCCURRED NEAR THE TOWN FILIJAS, JUST 15 KILOMETERS
NORTH OF THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL, BUT U-N OFFICIALS IN SARAJEVO
DOWNPLAYED THE REPORTS.
THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE 200 EXPLOSIONS IN THE AREA, BUT
SAID THE SHELLING ONLY LASTED TWO HOURS AND THE AREA WAS THEN
QUIET. THE OFFICIALS ALSO SUGGESTED THERE WERE FEWER THAN
30-THOUSAND BOSNIAN ARMY TROOPS NORTH OF SARAJEVO, BUT WOULD NOT
RELEASE THEIR ESTIMATE.
U-N OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THE U-N MONITORED HEAVY WEAPONS
COLLECTION REGIME IN BOSNIA AND THE TOTAL EXCLUSION ZONE AROUND
SARAJEVO HAVE NOW COLLAPSED. THE EXCLUSION ZONE PROHIBITED HEAVY
WEAPONS WITHIN 20 KILOMETERS OF THE CAPITAL, AND IT WAS THE
BOSNIAN SERB'S REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONE THAT LED TO NATO
AIR STRIKES THREE WEEKS AGO.
SOME FIGHTING IS CONTINUING IN BOSNIA. IN SARAJEVO A SHELL
STRUCK THE CITY'S MAIN TELEVISION BUILDING, BUT CAUSED NO
CASUALTIES, AND IN NORTHEAST BOSNIA U-N OFFICIALS SAY ALMOST TWO
THOUSAND SHELLS HAVE BEEN FIRED IN A BATTLE TO PUSH BOSNIAN SERB
GUNS OUT OF RANGE OF TUZLA. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180462
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S UPDATE)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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// EDITORS: FOLLOWING REPLACES A SHORT REPORT BY DAVID FOLEY,
TITLED BOSNIA SITREP (S ALTERNATE) //
INTRO: THERE HAVE BEEN HEAVY ATTACKS NORTH OF SARAJEVO AMID
INDICATIONS THAT BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS MIGHT TRY TO BREAK THE
SERB SIEGE OF THE CITY. V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT,
WAYNE COREY, REPORTS.
TEXT: THE BOSNIAN SERBS SAY MUSLIM-LED GOVERNMENT TROOPS
LAUNCHED SHELLING AND GROUND ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR POSITIONS
NORTH OF SARAJEVO. SARAJEVO RADIO REPORTS THE SERBS HAVE SHELLED
A SUBURB OF THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL.
THE U-N COMMAND IN SARAJEVO SAYS FIGHTING IN ONE AREA DIED DOWN
AFTER A FEW HOURS. BUT, THE COMMAND SAYS THERE HAS BEEN MORE
SHELLING IN TWO OTHER AREAS AND SOME OF IT HAS BEEN VERY INTENSE.
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT EARLIER LENGTHENED THE OVERNIGHT CURFEW IN
SARAJEVO AND ANNOUNCED AN UNPRECEDENTED GENERAL ALERT THROUGHOUT
THE TERRITORY IT CONTROLS.
MUSLIM-LED GOVERNMENT FORCES SEIZED A TANK AND TWO HOWITZERS,
HELD BY U-N FORCES IN SARAJEVO, AND HAVE SET UP MORE CHECKPOINTS
AROUND THE CITY.
THE FLAREUP OF MILITARY ACTIVITY NORTH OF SARAJEVO FOLLOWS A
SIGNIFICANT BUILDUP OF BOSNIAN ARMY TROOPS IN THE REGION. THE
BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS SAID SARAJEVO MUST NOT ENDURE ANOTHER
WINTER UNDER SERB SIEGE.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW
IF A BOSNIAN ARMY ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE SIEGE HAS BEGUN. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180448
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=:
INTRO: HEAVY FIGHTING HAS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THE BOSNIAN ARMY
AND SERB FORCES AROUND SARAJEVO FOLLOWING INDICATIONS GOVERNMENT
TROOPS MIGHT TRY TO BREAK THE SERB SIEGE OF THE CITY. THE
BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BUILT UP ITS FORCES AROUND SARAJEVO AMID
EXPECTATIONS THAT AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO BREAK THE SERB
SIEGE. V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT, WAYNE COREY,
REPORTS.
TEXT: THE BOSNIAN SERBS SAY MUSLIM-LED GOVERNMENT TROOPS
LAUNCHED SHELLING AND GROUND ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR POSITIONS
NORTH OF SARAJEVO. SARAJEVO RADIO REPORTS THE SERBS HAVE SHELLED
A SUBURB OF THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL.
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT EARLIER LENGTHENED THE OVERNIGHT CURFEW IN
THE CITY, SEIZED A TANK HELD BY U-N FORCES, AND ANNOUNCED AN
UNPRECEDENTED GENERAL ALERT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IT CONTROLS.
A BOSNIAN SERB OFFICIAL CLAIMS THE BOSNIAN ARMY HAS BEGUN AN
EXPECTED OFFENSIVE TO TRY TO BREAK THE SERB SIEGE OF SARAJEVO.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE ARMY'S INTENTIONS ARE NOT YET CLEAR.
IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, THE SERB LEADER, RADOVAN KARADZIC, SAYS
HIS REMAINING U-N HOSTAGES WILL BE FREED BY SUNDAY. BUT, HE SAYS
FOUR SERBS, HELD BY U-N FORCES, SHOULD BE FREED AT THE SAME TIME.
THE SERBS ARE BELIEVED HOLDING 26 U-N HOSTAGES. MR. KARADZIC
SAYS ONLY 15 ARE STILL DETAINED. (SIGNED)
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15-Jun-95 7:12 AM EDT (1112 UTC)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180496
TITLE=BOSNIA/FIGHTING (L) SECOND UPDATE
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BOSNIAN ARMY FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON THE
BOSNIAN SERBS IN AN EFFORT TO RELIEVE THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO. U-N
OFFICIALS SAY THOUSANDS OF SHELLS HAVE BEEN FIRED AND HEAVY
FIGHTING IS CONTINUING IN SEVERAL PLACES AROUND THE CAPITAL.
DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT:IN A STATEMENT READ ON BOSNIAN TELEVISION, THE PRESIDENT,
ALIA IZETBEGOVIC, ANNOUNCED THE BOSNIAN ARMY IS ATTACKING THE
BOSNIAN SERBS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE THE DESPERATE HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION IN SARAJEVO. BUT HE STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING THEIR GOAL
WAS TO LIBERATE THE CITY.
BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN SAY THE INTENSE FIGHTING WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND ENERGY ARE ABLE TO BE FREELY
BROUGHT INTO THE CITY, AND THEY SAID THE MILITARY ACTION WAS
GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.
ACCORDING TO U-N OFFICIALS, INTENSE SHELLING IS CONTINUING IN
SEVERAL PLAGES AROUND SARAEJVO. HUNDREDS OF SHELLS HAVE FALLEN
NEAR THE TOWN OF VOGOSCA, ONLY EIGHT KILOMETERS NORTH OF
SARAJEVO, AND U-N OBSERVERS HAVE COUNTED ALMOST TWO THOUSAND
SHELL EXPLOSIONS NEAR CHEMIRSAPLAINA, TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
BOSNIAN CAPITAL. U-N OFFICIALS SPECULATE THE BOSNIAN ARMY MAY BE
TRYING TO CUT A KEY BOSNIAN SERB RESUPPLY ROUTE TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST OF SARAJEVO.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY A FIREFIGHT ALONG WITH SHELLING HAS TAKEN PLACE
BETWEEN BOSNIAN ARMY UNITS AND BOSNIAN SERBS NEAR THE BARE
WEAPONS COLLECTION POINT WEST OF SARAJEVO. U-N OFFCIALS SAY THE
BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS REMOVED SEVERAL TANKS AND ARTILLERY
PIECES FROM U-N CONTROL.
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CLOSED ALL CHECKPOINTS IN AND AROUND
SARAJEVO AND DECLARED A COUNTRY-WIDE GENERAL ALERT. THE STREETS
OF SARAJEVO ARE ALMOST DESERTED AS POLICE HAVE CLOSED SHOPS AND
ORDERED PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, AND A DUSK TO DAWN CURFEW IS NOW
IN EFFECT. A BOSNIAN ARMY SPOKESMAN SAID ALL GOVERNMENT ARMY
UNITS ARE ON RED ALERT.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE UNSURE IF THE EVENTUAL GOAL OF THE
BOSNIAN ARMY IS TO LIBERATE SARAJEVO, BUT THE BOSNIAN ARMY IS
REPORTED TO HAVE MASSED AS MANY AS 30-THOUSAND TROOPS NORTH OF
THE BESIEGED CAPITAL AND THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS REPEATLY
INDICATED ITS DESIRE TO LIBERATE THE CITY.
PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC'S STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE ATTACK DETAILED
THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SARAJEVO, WHICH U-N OFFICIALS HAVE
CALLED A POTENTIAL DISASTER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUPPLIES OF
WATER, GAS, OR ELECTRICITY AND HUMANITARIAN AID ROUTES TO THE
CITY HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR WEEKS. (SIGNED)
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15-Jun-95 3:41 PM EDT (1941 UTC)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180474
TITLE= BOSNIA/FIGHTING (S)
BYLINE= DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE= SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: HEAVY FIGHTING HAS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THE BOSNIAN ARMY
AND BOSNIAN SERB FORCES IN SEVERAL PLACES AROUND SARAJEVO. U-N
OFFICIALS SAY THOUSANDS OF SHELLS HAVE BEEN FIRED AND HEAVY
FIGHTING IS CONTINUING. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: ACCORDING TO U-N OFFICIALS, INTENSE SHELLING IS TAKING
PLACE NEAR THE TOWN OF VOGOSCA, ONLY EIGHT KILOMETERS NORTH OF
SARAJEVO, AND U-N OBSERVERS HAVE COUNTED AT LEAST ANOTHER ONE
THOUSAND 600 SHELL EXPLOSIONS NEAR CHEMIRSKA PLANINA TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY A FIREFIGHT HAS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN BOSNIAN
ARMY UNITS AND BOSNIAN SERBS NEAR THE WEAPONS COLLECTION POINT
JUST NORTH OF THE CITY. U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT
HAS REMOVED SEVERAL TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM U-N CONTROL.
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CLOSED ALL CHECKPOINTS IN AND AROUND
SARAJEVO AND DECLARED A COUNTRY WIDE GENERAL ALERT. THE STREETS
OF SARAJEVO ARE ALMOST DESERTED AS POLICE HAVE CLOSED SHOPS AND
ORDERED PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.
A BOSNIAN ARMY SPOKESMAN SAID ALL GOVERNMENT ARMY UNITS ARE ON
RED ALERT. U-N OFFICIALS SAY IT IS EARLY DAYS YET AND STILL
UNCLEAR IF THIS LATEST OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IS THE BEGINNING OF
AN ATTEMPT TO LIBERATE SARAJEVO. BUT THE BOSNIAN ARMY IS
REPORTED TO HAVE MASSED AS MANY AS 30-THOUSAND TROOPS NORTH OF
THE BESIEGED CAPITAL AND THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS REPEATLY
INDICATED ITS DESIRE TO FREE THE CITY SURROUNDED BY BOSNIAN SERB
FORCES. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180497
TITLE= BOSNIA/RELIEF (S UPDATE)
BYLINE= WAYNE COREY
DATELINE= VIENNA
CONTENT=
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(EDITORS: NEW INFO THROUGHOUT. THIS PIECE REPLACES AN EARLIER CR
ALSO SLUGGED BOSNIA/RELIEF...BY FOLEY/SARAJEVO...WHICH SHOULD
NOT BE USED FURTHER)
INTRO: UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG
DEMAND TO THE BOSNIAN SERBS TO STOP BLOCKING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR
MUSLIM CIVILIANS IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. V-O-A'S CENTRAL EUROPEAN
CORRESPONDENT, WAYNE COREY, REPORTS.
TEXT: A JOINT DEMAND FOR THE FREE MOVEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID
IN BOSNIA HAS BEEN MADE BY THE U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES, SADAKO OGATA, AND THE U-N ENVOY TO THE FORMER
YUGOSLAVIA, YASUSHI AKASHI.
IN A LETTER TO THE SERB LEADER, RADOVAN KARADZIC, THE U-N
OFFICIALS SAY U-N WAREHOUSES ARE EMPTY, ENTIRE FAMILIES ARE
CRYING OUT FOR FOOD AND THERE IS LITTLE WATER, NATURAL GAS,
ELECTRICITY OR MEDICINE IN ANY MUSLIM ENCLAVE IN BOSNIA.
MRS. OGATA AND MR. AKASHI SAY THEY CAN NO LONGER TOLERATE SERB
VIOLATIONS OF EXHAUSTIVELY NEGOTIATED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID.
THEY SAY THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT LAME SERB EXCUSES, FALSE
ALLEGATIONS AND SUSPICIONS USED TO JUSTIFY BLOCKING AID.
THEY ADD THAT INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMAN DECENCY
ENTITLE CIVILIANS, CAUGHT UP IN AN ARMED CONFLICT, TO UNHINDERED
ACCESS TO RELIEF SUPPLIES. (SIGNED)
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15-Jun-95 3:53 PM EDT (1953 UTC)
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DATE=6/15/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180452
TITLE= BRITAIN / BOSNIA (L-ONLY)
BYLINE= ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE= LONDON
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY MALCOLM RIFKIND SAYS IT IS STILL
TOO EARLY TO SAY WHAT KIND OF MILITARY ACTION THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT WILL UNDERTAKE AS IT CONTINUES TO MASS TROOPS NEAR
SARAJEVO. AND AS VOA CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM
LONDON, MR. RIFKIND SAYS A WITHDRAWAL OF U-N TROOPS IN BOSNIA
WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER THE FIGHTING INTENSIFIES.
TEXT: MR. RIFKIND TOLD REPORTERS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY HOW
MANY BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE INVOLVED IN THE MILITARY
BUILDUP NORTH OF SARAJEVO.
// RIFKIND ACT //
THERE HAS BEEN A WIDE RANGE OF SPECULATION AND PRESS
REPORTS AS TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT
FORCES THAT MAY BE ACCUMULATING. ONE HAS SEEN FIGURES
OF UP TO 30-THOUSAND. NO-ONE CAN BE CERTAIN WHAT THE
ACTUAL FIGURE IS. OBVIOUSLY, THE EVIDENCE IS OF A
SLIGHTLY DISPARATE KIND -- BUT THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE
HAVE SEEN ARE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
THAN THAT.
// END ACT //
THE BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY DID SAY THE BUILDUP INDICATES THE
BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY IS PREPARING FOR MILITARY ACTION. HE SAYS
AT THE PRESENT TIME, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT THE
CONSEQUENCES WILL BE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FORCES IF BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT TROOPS DECIDE TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE TO LIFT THE SIEGE
OF SARAJEVO.
// RIFKIND ACT //
WE WILL NEED TO SEE IF ANY RESUMPTION OF FIGHTING WAS OF
LIMITED DURATION OR WHETHER IT WAS LIKELY TO EXPAND OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WEEKS. WE NEED TO SEE WHETHER IT
WAS LOCALIZED OR WHETHER IT WAS THROUGHOUT BOSNIA AND
ONLY IN THE LIGHT OF THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD WE
BE ABLE TO JUDGE WHETHER THE UNITED NATIONS OPERATION
HAD A FUTURE IN BOSNIA.
// END ACT //
MR. RIFKIND REPEATED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT POSITION THAT A U-N
WITHDRAWAL WOULD BE A TRAGEDY FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSNIA AND FOR
PROSPECTS OF PEACE IN THE REGION.
THE BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY ALSO SAID NO DEAL WAS STRUCK WITH
THE BOSNIAN SERBS TO GAIN THE RELEASE OF U-N HOSTAGES.
// RIFKIND ACT //
ABSOLUTELY. UNEQUIVOCALLY. NO ASSURANCES, NO PROMISES,
NO COMMITMENTS -- INDEED NO DISCUSSION ON THE WHOLE
QUESTION OF THE USE OF AIR POWER AND THEREFORE ANY
CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY ARE TOTALLY BOGUS AND TOTALLY
UNFOUNDED.
// END ACT //
MR. RIFKIND SAID NATO AIR STRIKES HAVE NOT BEEN RULED OUT AND
REMAIN A MILITARY OPTION FOR THE U-N COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND IN
BOSNIA. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30338
TITLE=CROATIA RETURN
BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS
DATELINE=JASENOVAC, CROATIA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: SMALL NUMBERS OF CROATIANS ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN TO
THEIR HOMES IN WESTERN SLAVONIA, ONCE A REBEL SERB STRONGHOLD
THAT WAS RECAPTURED BY CROATIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AT THE
BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH. MORE THAN 14-THOUSAND CROATIANS FLED
THE AREA, SOUTHEAST OF ZAGREB, AT THE TIME OF THE SERB TAKEOVER
FOUR YEARS AGO. THE GOVERNMENT HOPES ALL WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. BUT IT WILL REQUIRE A MAJOR CLEAN-UP
AND RECONSTRUCTION CAMPAIGN, AS WE HEAR IN THIS REPORT FROM VOA'S
DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN THE VILLAGE OF JASENOVAC.
TEXT: THERE ARE STILL FEW SIGNS OF LIFE IN THIS SLEEPY
RIVER-SIDE VILLAGE. BUT ON A NARROW LANE NEXT TO THE GUTTED
HULK OF WHAT WAS ONCE A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, A FEW CROATIAN
RETURNEES HAVE BEGUN THE ARDUOUS TASK OF CLEANING UP THEIR HOMES.
LOOK AT THIS, SHOUTS ONE MAN AS HE SHOVELS REFUSE OUT OF THE
SECOND FLOOR WINDOW OF HIS BADLY DAMAGED HOUSE. FOR THREE YEARS,
HE SAYS, THE SERBS USED MY HOME AS A TOILET.
ACROSS THE STREET, A BURLY RAILROAD ENGINEER NAMED DJURO IS
CLEARING AWAY THE OVERGROWTH AROUND HIS MOTHER'S HOME. HIS
FOREARM MUSCLES BULGE AS HE WIELDS A LONG-HANDLED SCYTHE, SLICING
THROUGH THE THICK WEEDS AND GRASS AROUND THE SMALL COTTAGE.
HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE IS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED, BUT DJURO'S HOME NEXT
DOOR, BUILT WITH HIS OWN HANDS, SEEMS ALL BUT BEYOND REPAIR --
SHELL POCKED AND BURNT IN THE FIGHTING OF 1991, BUT ALSO DENUDED.
THE SERBS STOLE EVERYTHING, HE SAYS, EVEN THE LIGHT SOCKETS AND
THE SINKS. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS TOO HEAVY, HE QUIPS, SO THEY
ONLY TOOK THE MOTOR. BUT HE IS ANGRIEST ABOUT THE MISSING
BATHROOM FIXTURES -- IMPORTED FROM ITALY, HE SAYS, THE ONLY ONES
IN ALL OF JASENOVAC.
THIS VILLAGE HAS LITTLE STRATEGIC VALUE, BUT THERE IS NO
DOUBTING THE SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE OF JASENOVAC FOR THE SERB
MILITIAMEN WHO CONTROLLED IT FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS, IN DEFIANCE
OF THE ZAGREB GOVERNMENT.
A HUGE STONE MONUMENT THAT DOMINATES A GRASSY PLAIN JUST OUTSIDE
THE VILLAGE SERVES AS A REMINDER OF ITS INFAMOUS PLACE IN THE
ANNALS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. JASENOVAC WAS THE SITE OF A
NOTORIOUS DEATH CAMP, WHERE THE NAZI-INSTALLED CROATIAN REGIME
EXECUTED TENS OF THOUSANDS AND PERHAPS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
ITS PERCEIVED OPPONENTS. MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE SERBS.
CROATIAN TROOPS NOW GUARD THE MONUMENT. AND CROATIAN POLICMEN,
ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, ARE ON ROUND-THE-CLOCK DUTY AT
JASENOVAC' ORTHODOX CHURCH, REMARKABLY UNTOUCHED DURING THE
FIGHTING, ITS LAVISH, ORNATE FURNISHINGS LEFT JUST AS THEY WERE
WHEN SERB FORCES CONTROLLED THE VILLAGE.
BUT THERE ARE NO SERBS LEFT HERE NOW TO WORSHIP AT THE CHURCH.
AS CROATIAN TROOPS SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA IN A LIGHTENING TWO DAY
OFFENSIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SERB
POPULATION, FIGHTERS AND CIVILIANS ALIKE, FLED ACROSS THE RIVER
INTO BOSNIA.
THE ZAGREB GOVERNMENT SAYS THE SERBS ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK,
AND INSISTS THEY WILL BE TREATED AS EQUALS, WITH ALL THEIR RIGHTS
RESPECTED. NOT SURPRISINGLY, DJURO AND THE OTHER CROATIAN
RETURNEES HERE ARE LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC AT THE PROSPECT.
THE SERBS CAN COME BACK, SAYS DJURO, GAZING AT THE RUINS OF HIS
HOME, BUT I WILL IGNORE THEM. A CROATIAN WOMAN, STANDING AMID
THE RUBBLE OF ANOTHER HOUSE JUST NORTH OF HERE, GIVES A MUCH
HARSHER RESPONSE.
// CROATIAN ACT //
"NO NO," SHE SAYS. "I CAN NEVER LIVE WITH THE SERBS AGAIN.
THEY WERE MY NEIGHBORS," SHE ADDS, "BUT THEY KILLED MY FAMILY,
DESTROYED MY HOME AND STOLE EVERYTHING I OWNED."
THE WOMAN WAS SPEAKING TO U-S AMBASSADOR PETER GALBRAITH, WHO
ALONG WITH OTHER ZAGREB-BASED DIPLOMATS, HAVE MADE HIGH-PROFILE
VISITS TO WESTERN SLAVONIA DURING THE PAST MONTH, SEEKING TO
PROMOTE RECONCILIATION AMONG THE CROATIANS AND THE REMAINING
SERBS, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SERBS WHO FLED THE AREA TO RETURN.
AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH ACKNOWLEDGES IT WILL NOT BE EASY TO
PROMOTE COMMUNAL HARMONY IN THIS WAR-SHATTERED REGION. BUT HE,
AND MANY OTHER ANALYSTS, VIEW WESTERN SLAVONIA AS A KEY TEST OF
WHETHER THE SERBS AND CROATIANS CAN LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER.
// GALBRAITH ACT //
THE FACT IS THAT THIS PLACE IS HOME TO SERBS AND CROATS
AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER. AND IT IS, OF COURSE,
GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT PATH TO OVERCOME THE LEGACY OF
ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS. BUT BUILDING A CIVIL SOCIETY, A DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETY, IS GOING TO REQUIRE DOING PRECISELY THAT.
// END ACT //
FOR THE MOMENT, DJURO AND THE OTHER CROATIAN RETURNEES IN
JASENOVAC DO NOT APPEAR CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PAST AND PERHAPS
FUTURE SERB NEIGHBORS. FOR THEM, THE PRIORITY NOW IS TO REBUILD
THEIR HOMES AND RESUME NORMAL LIVES AFTER FOUR YEARS AS REFUGEES
IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
THE ZAGREB GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED RECONSTRUCTION AID AND
LOW-COST LOANS FOR THE RETURNEES. BUT THE PROGRAM MUST STILL BE
APPROVED BY THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT; AND DJURO AND HIS FRIENDS
ARE GROWING IMPATIENT.
SOME WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN. CROATIAN ARMY SAPPERS (MILITARY
ENGINEERS) ARE MOVING SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH THE REGION, REMOVING
THE LANDMINES THAT ARE STILL SCATTERED ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE.
WORK CREWS ARE REPAIRING ELECTRICITY AND PHONE LINES, AS WELL AS
THE WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS.
BUT WITH SO MANY OF WESTERN SLAVONIA'S TOWNS AND VILLAGES LYING
IN RUINS, NORMALCY HERE IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30344
TITLE= CROATIA/SERBS
BYLINE= DOUGLAS ROBERTS
DATELINE= PAKRAC, CROATIA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: IT HAS BEEN SIX WEEKS SINCE CROATIAN FORCES RECAPTURED A
REBEL SERB STRONGHOLD KNOWN AS WESTERN SLAVONIA, SOUTHEAST OF
ZAGREB. CROATIAN CIVILIANS, FORCED OUT OF THE AREA BY SERB
MILITIAMEN FOUR YEARS AGO, HAVE BEGUN TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES.
NOW, IT IS THE SERBS OF WESTERN SLAVONIA WHO ARE LIVING IN EXILE.
THE ZAGREB GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY ARE WELCOME TO RETURN -- AND
WHETHER OR NOT THE SERBS ACCEPT THAT INVITATION IS SEEN AS A
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180792
TITLE=FORMER U-S AMBASSADORS (L-O)
BYLINE=GREG FLAKUS
DATELINE=SAN FRANCISCO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: AS THE UNITED NATIONS STRUGGLES WITH ITS PEACEKEEPING
ROLE IN BOSNIA AND ELSEWHERE, FOUR FORMER U-S AMBASSADORS TO THE
WORLD BODY MET IN SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, TO DISCUSS THE
CHALLENGES AHEAD. AS V-O-A'S GREG FLAKUS REPORTS FROM SAN
FRANCISCO, THE PANEL MET IN THE VERY PLACE WHERE THE UNITED
NATIONS WAS CREATED 50 YEARS AGO.
TEXT: SITTING AROUND A TABLE ON STAGE AT THE HERBSP THEATER,
FORMER U-S AMBASSADORS TO THE UNITED NATIONS: THOMAS PICKERING,
VERNON WALTERS, EDWARD PERKINS, AND DONALD MCHENRY EXAMINED A
NUMBER OF ISSUES CONFRONTING THE WORLD BODY, WITH BOSNIA AT THE
TOP OF THE LIST.
AMBASSADOR VERNON WALTERS, WHO SERVED AS U-S REPRESENTATIVE TO
THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN FROM 1985 TO 1989,
FIRMLY ADVOCATED A BIGGER U-N ROLE IN BOSNIA.
// WALTERS ACT. //
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN WE HAVE
BEEN DOING UP UNTIL NOW ABOUT BOSNIA, IT'S GOING TO
EVENTUALLY INVOLVE THE GREEKS, THE TURKS, THE ALBANIANS,
THE BULGARIANS, AND WE WILL HAVE A MAJOR CONFLICT ON OUR
HANDS. I'M SORRY, I HAVE BEEN TO FIVE WARS IN MY TIME,
I HAVE SEEN THE BODIES BEING PUT IN THE BODY BAGS, I
THINK WE SHOULD INTERVENE MASSIVELY.
// END WALTERS ACT. //
MR. WALTERS COMPARED THE BOSNIA SITUATION WITH NAZI GERMANY'S
MOVE INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO, AND THE FAILURE OF
BRITAIN AND FRANCE TO RESPOND DECISIVELY.
HE WARNED THAT A SIMILAR LACK OF RESOLVE ON THE PART OF THE
UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES TODAY COULD ENCOURAGE SERBIAN FORCES
TO EXPAND THEIR WAR.
HOWEVER, AMBASSADOR EDWARD PERKINS, WHO SERVED AT THE U-N POST
UNDER PRESIDENT BUSH, SAID THERE IS A NEED FOR A CLEAR DEFINITION
OF PURPOSE IN BOSNIA BEFORE SUCH ACTION CAN TAKE PLACE.
OTHER PANEL PARTICIPANTS, HOWEVER, NOTED THAT WITHOUT LEADERSHIP
AND SERIOUS COMMITMENT FROM THE MAJOR POWERS; IN PARTICULAR, THE
UNITED STATES, THE UNITED NATIONS WILL BE UNABLE TO FOSTER AN
EFFECTIVE POLICY IN BOSNIA OR ELSEWHERE.
AMBASSADOR THOMAS PICKERING, WHO ALSO SERVED AT THE U-N POST
UNDER PRESIDENT BUSH, SAID THAT THE UNITED NATIONS IS ONLY AS
STRONG AS THE COLLECTIVE WILL OF ITS MEMBER STATES.
HE SAID A COMMITMENT TO USE FORCE IN BOSNIA OR ELSEWHERE WILL
REQUIRE LEADERSHIP FROM THE MAJOR POWERS, WHO ARE CAPABLE OF
MOUNTING AN EFFECTIVE FORCE.
THE PANEL OF FORMER U-S AMBASSADORS WAS SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN COOPERATION WITH SAN
FRANCISICO'S U-N 50 COMMITTEE.
IT TOOK PLACE IN THE HERBSP THEATER, ON THE SAME STAGE WHERE THE
UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WAS SIGNED ON JUNE 26TH, 1945.
THAT ANNIVERSARY IS BEING CELEBRATED ALL THIS WEEK IN SAN
FRANCISCO, AND WILL CULMINATE WITH A COMMEMORATION CEREMONY NEXT
MONDAY, AT WHICH BOTH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND U-N SECRETARY GENERAL
BOUTROS-BOUTROS GHALI WILL SPEAK. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180787
TITLE=BOSNIA / TALKS (S-UPDATE)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS HAVE RENEWED THEIR EFFORTS TO
FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT IN BOSNIA. BUT AS
V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS, FRESH FIGHTING HAS BEEN REPORTED
AROUND SARAJEVO AND PEACEKEEPING TROOPS HAVE AGAIN COME UNDER
ATTACK BY BOSNIAN SERBS.
TEXT: FORMER SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER CARL BILDT, THE NEWLY
APPOINTED EUROPEAN UNION MEDIATOR FOR BOSNIA, BEGAN HIS FIRST
ROUND OF TALKS WITH BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTHERN
CITY OF MOSTAR.
MR. BILDT AND U-N MEDIATOR THORVALD STOLTENBERG ARE ALSO EXPECTED
TO MEET CROATIAN AND SERB OFFICIALS TO TRY TO GET AN ASSESSMENT
OF THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA.
AS THE E-U AND U-N MEDIATORS WERE GETTING STARTED WITH THEIR
DIPLOMATIC EFFORT, RUSSIAN ENVOY VITALY CHURKIN WAS WRAPPING UP
TWO DAYS OF TALKS WITH SERB LEADERS.
MR. CHURKIN, WHO MET TUESDAY WITH BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS IN THEIR
STRONGHOLD OF PALE, LATER WENT BACK TO BELGRADE FOR ANOTHER ROUND
OF TALKS WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVICH TO DISCUSS A
NEW RUSSIAN PEACE INITIATIVE.
MEANWHILE, A DAYLONG LULL IN THE FIGHTING AROUND SARAJEVO WAS
BRIEFLY SHATTERED LATE TUESDAY, AS THE TWO SIDES TRADED ARTILLERY
AND MACHINE GUN FIRE
U-N PEACEKEEPERS ALSO CAME UNDER ATTACK AGAIN, WHEN A BOSNIAN
SERB TANK FIRED ON AN OBSERVATION POST NORTH OF THE CITY. FRENCH
PEACEKEEPING TROOPS RETURNED FIRE, DESTROYING THE TURRET OF THE
SERB TANK(SIGNED).
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180726
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: TWO CONVOYS OF RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE ON THE WAY TO
SARAJEVO, AND U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE GIVEN
PERMISSION FOR THE FOOD TO ENTER THE BESEIGED CAPITAL. MOST
FIGHTING HAS STOPPED AROUND THE CITY AS DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IS
INCREASING. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: U-N AID OFFICIALS HERE SAY TWO LARGE CONVOYS OF FOOD ARE
ON THE WAY INTO SARAJEVO, IN WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL
AID SHIPMENTS TO REACH THE CITY IN A MONTH. CARRYING LESS THAN
TWO DAYS WORTH OF FOOD, THE CONVOYS ARE STILL IMPORTANT EVIDENCE
THAT THE RECENT BOSNIAN ARMY OFFENSIVE AROUND THE CITY HAS PAID
SOME DIVIDENDS.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY TWO SMALLER CONVOYS WILL ALSO DELIVER AID TO
THE BOSNIAN SERBS, BUT THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE DROPPED THEIR
DEMAND FOR HALF OF ALL AID TO THE CITY. BOSNIAN SERB POLICE WILL
ESCORT THE CONVOYS THROUGH THEIR TERRITORY, A JOB U -N PEACE
KEEPERS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, AND U-N SOURCES WARN AID
DELIVERIES COULD STILL GO WRONG. THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE HELD A
U-N MILITARY RESUPPLY CONVOY OUTSIDE THE EASTERN BOSNIAN ENCLAVE
OF GORAZDE FOR THREE DAYS.
MOST FIGHTING AROUND SARAJEVO HAS STOPPED, AND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
ARE UNDER WAY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS. RUSSIAN ENVOY VITALY
CHURKIN IS HOLDING TALKS WITH BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS IN THEIR
HEADQUARTERS AT PALE, AND U-N OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO ARRANGE
FURTHER MEETINGS WITH THE BOSNIAN SERBS. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180726
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
CONTENT=
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INTRO: TWO CONVOYS OF RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE ON THE WAY TO
SARAJEVO, AND U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE GIVEN
PERMISSION FOR THE FOOD TO ENTER THE BESEIGED CAPITAL. MOST
FIGHTING HAS STOPPED AROUND THE CITY AS DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IS
INCREASING. DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: U-N AID OFFICIALS HERE SAY TWO LARGE CONVOYS OF FOOD ARE
ON THE WAY INTO SARAJEVO, IN WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL
AID SHIPMENTS TO REACH THE CITY IN A MONTH. CARRYING LESS THAN
TWO DAYS WORTH OF FOOD, THE CONVOYS ARE STILL IMPORTANT EVIDENCE
THAT THE RECENT BOSNIAN ARMY OFFENSIVE AROUND THE CITY HAS PAID
SOME DIVIDENDS.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY TWO SMALLER CONVOYS WILL ALSO DELIVER AID TO
THE BOSNIAN SERBS, BUT THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE DROPPED THEIR
DEMAND FOR HALF OF ALL AID TO THE CITY. BOSNIAN SERB POLICE WILL
ESCORT THE CONVOYS THROUGH THEIR TERRITORY, A JOB U -N PEACE
KEEPERS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, AND U-N SOURCES WARN AID
DELIVERIES COULD STILL GO WRONG. THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE HELD A
U-N MILITARY RESUPPLY CONVOY OUTSIDE THE EASTERN BOSNIAN ENCLAVE
OF GORAZDE FOR THREE DAYS.
MOST FIGHTING AROUND SARAJEVO HAS STOPPED, AND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
ARE UNDER WAY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS. RUSSIAN ENVOY VITALY
CHURKIN IS HOLDING TALKS WITH BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS IN THEIR
HEADQUARTERS AT PALE, AND U-N OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO ARRANGE
FURTHER MEETINGS WITH THE BOSNIAN SERBS. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180777
TITLE=BOSNIA TALKS (L WRAP)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS HAVE RENEWED THEIR EFFORTS TO
FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT IN BOSNIA. BUT AS
V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS, FRESH FIGHTING HAS BEEN REPORTED
AROUND SARAJEVO AND PEACEKEEPING TROOPS HAVE AGAIN COME UNDER
ATTACK BY BOSNIAN SERBS.
TEXT: FORMER SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER CARL BILDT, THE NEWLY
APPOINTED EUROPEAN UNION MEDIATOR FOR BOSNIA, BEGAN HIS FIRST
ROUND OF TALKS WITH BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTHERN
CITY OF MOSTAR.
MR. BILDT, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS MISSION BY U-N MEDIATOR
THORVALD STOLTENBERG, IS ALSO EXPECTED TO HOLD TALKS WITH
CROATIAN AND SERB OFFICIALS.
HE TOLD REPORTERS THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO OPEN A DIALOGUE
WITH THE PARTIES AND GET AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION.
AS THE E-U AND U-N MEDIATORS WERE GETTING STARTED WITH THEIR
DIPLOMATIC EFFORT, RUSSIAN ENVOY VITALY CHURKIN WAS WRAPPING UP
TWO DAYS OF TALKS WITH SERB LEADERS.
MR. CHURKIN, WHO HELD AN ALL NIGHT SESSION WITH BOSNIAN SERB
LEADERS IN THEIR STRONGHOLD OF PALE, LATER WENT BACK TO BELGRADE
FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN
MILOSEVICH.
THE RUSSIAN ENVOY, WHO IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OFFICIAL OF THE
CONTACT GROUP TO MEET WITH THE BOSNIAN SERBS IN MONTHS, WOULD
ONLY SAY THAT HE WAS THERE TO DISCUSS A NEW PEACE INITIATIVE.
FRENCH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN URGING INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S RELEASE OF THE U-N PEACEKEEPERS AND OPEN
TALKS WITH THE WARRING FACTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY HAVE
ALSO URGED THE WARRING PARTIES TO REFRAIN FROM FURTHER ATTACKS.
HOWEVER, FRESH FIGHTING AROUND SARAJEVO BRIEFLY FARED LATE
TUESDAY, AS BOSNIAN SERBS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES SKIRMISHED FOR
CONTROL OF STRATEGIC MOUNTAIN AREAS OVERLOOKING THE CITY.
U-N PEACEKEEPERS ALSO CAME UNDER ATTACK AGAIN, WHEN A BOSNIAN
SERB TANK FIRED ON AN OBSERVATION POST NORTH OF THE CITY. FRENCH
PEACEKEEPING TROOPS RETURNED FIRE WITH ARMOR PIERCING SHELLS,
DESTROYING THE TURRET OF THE SERB TANK.
IT WAS THE SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS THAT SERBS HAVE FIRED ON THE
U-N OBSERVATION POST, WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE LINE SEPARATING THE
WARRING SERB AND BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES.(SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180736
TITLE=BOSNIA TALKS (L)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAVE
EMBARKED ON A RENEWED EFFORT TO FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE
CONFLICT IN BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA. AS V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS
FROM OUR CENTRAL EUROPE BUREAU IN VIENNA, NEGOTIATORS ARE HOPING
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S RELEASE OF THE LAST OF THE U-N
PEACEKEEPERS THAT HAD BEEN HELD HOSTAGE.
TEXT: FORMER SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER CARL BILDT, THE NEWLY
APPOINTED EUROPEAN UNION MEDIATOR, BEGAN HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP
TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WITH A STOP IN THE CROATIAN PORT CITY OF
SPLIT.
OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS, MR. BILDT AND U-N MEDIATOR THORVALD
STOLTENBERG ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH BOSNIAN, CROATIAN AND SERB
OFFICIALS FOR TALKS ON WAYS TO END THE CRISIS.
FRENCH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN URGING THE NEGOTIATORS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S RELEASE OF THE U-N PEACEKEEPERS AND OPEN
TALKS WITH THE WARRING FACTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
FRENCH OFFICIALS SAY THE END OF THE HOSTAGE DRAMA PAVES THE WAY
FOR RENEWED EFFORT TO END THE BLOODY THREE YEAR CONFLICT, AND
THEY HAVE ALSO URGED THE WARRING PARTIES TO HALT THE FIGHTING SO
NEGOTIATIONS CAN RESUME.
MEANWHILE, RUSSIA'S ENVOY TO NATO, VITALY CHURKIN, HAS MET WITH
BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS FOR TALKS BELIEVED TO HAVE FOCUSED ON
RUSSIAN PEACE PROPOSALS.
MR. CHURKIN, THE MOST SENIOR FOREIGN ENVOY TO VISIT THE BOSNIAN
SERB STRONGHOLD OF PALE SINCE LAST JANUARY, DECLINED TO DISCUSS
WHAT WAS SAID AT THE MEETING, OR DURING EARLIER TALKS WITH SERB
OFFICIALS IN BELGRADE.
ANALYSTS SAY IT IS UNCLEAR WHY MOSCOW HAD SENT MR. CHURKIN ON THE
MISSION. THE FORMER RUSSIAN ENVOY TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS LEFT
THE POST IN DISGUST LAST YEAR, SAYING BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS HAD
BECOME SICK WITH THE MADNESS OF WAR.
EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE HOPING THE NEW DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS CAN HEAD OFF WHAT COULD WELL TURN INTO ANOTHER SUMMER OF
BLOODY FIGHTING.
REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE BOTH SIDES AS BATTLING
FOR CONTROL OF STRATEGIC SITES AND SUPPLY ROUTES AROUND THE CITY
AND BOSNIAN MUSLIM ENCLAVES. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180757
TITLE=BOSNIA/SITREP (S UPDATE)
BYLINE=DAVID FOLEY
DATELINE=SARAJEVO
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INTRO: TWO AID CONVOYS FOR SARAJEVO HAVE TURNED BACK AFTER
BOSNIAN ARMY OFFICIALS REFUSED TO ALLOW THEM TO PASS. MEANWHILE,
FIGHTING HAS RESUMED IN SARAJEVO, BUT DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IS
STILL UNDERWAY TO TRY TO END THE LATEST CRISIS. DAVID FOLEY
REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
TEXT: THE TWO CONVOYS WERE DUE TO DELIVER THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL
AID SUPPLIES TO THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL IN OVER A MONTH. TWO OTHER
SMALLER CONVOYS WERE TO DELIVER FOOD TO THE BOSNIAN SERBS, BUT IN
WHAT U-N AID OFFICIALS DESCRIBED AS A SURPRISING AND CONFUSING
DEVELOPMENT, BOSNIAN ARMY OFFICIALS STOPPED ALL FOUR CONVOYS AT A
CHECKPOINT BEFORE THEY COULD ENTER BOSNIAN SERB TERRITORY ON THE
WAY TO SARAJEVO.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS AT THE CHECKPOINT FIRST
BLAMED THE DELAYS ON THE SECURITY SITUATION, THEN LATER SAID THEY
HAD NOT RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION FROM SARAJEVO.
THOUGH THE CONVOYS CARRIED LESS THAN TWO DAYS WORTH OF FOOD FOR
THE CITY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST IMPORTANT EVIDENCE THAT
THE RECENT BOSNIAN ARMY OFFENSIVE AROUND THE CITY HAD PAID SOME
DIVIDENDS.
SOME FIGHTING HAS RESUMED AROUND SARAJEVO, INCLUDING EXCHANGES OF
MORTAR AND HEAVY MACHINEGUN FIRE ON THE HILLS JUST SOUTH OF THE
CITY.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CONTINUING WITH DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO
END THE LATEST CRISIS, BUT THEY REPORT NO PROGRESS SO FAR.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30379
TITLE=BOUTROS-GHALI/BOSNIA
BYLINE=CHRIS SIMKINS
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
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INTRO: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
SAYS THE U-N'S PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA HAS
NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. THE SECRETARY GENERAL MADE HIS COMMENTS ON
BOSNIA AND OTHER ISSUES (MONDAY) IN A SPEECH IN NEW YORK. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT CHRIS SIMKINS HAS MORE ON THE STORY.
TEXT: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
SAYS WHILE MOST OF THE UNITED NATIONS 17 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, ITS MISSION IN WAR-TORN
BOSNIA HAS NOT. IN A SPEECH TO THE FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION
-- A PRIVATE GROUP -- BOUTROS-GHALI SAID PEACEKEEPING IN THE
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAS BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WILL
AMONG THE WARRING FACTIONS TO ACHIEVE PEACE.
///BOUTROS-GHALI ACT///
WE CANNOT IMPOSE PEACE ON THE PROTAGONIST OF THE
DISPUTE. THEY HAVE TO AGREE ON A CEASE FIRE, AND OUR
(THE U-N'S) ROLE IS TO KEEP THIS PEACE, TO HELP THEM TO
MAINTAIN THE CEASE-FIRE. BUT IF THERE IS NO POLITICAL
WILL TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM PEACEFULLY, WE CAN DO NOTHING.
///END ACT///
THE U-N SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS DESPITE A FAILURE TO REACH A
PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE BOSNIAN CONFLICT, THE UNITED NATIONS
SHOULD NOT ABANDON ITS MISSION THERE. HE ALSO SAYS THE
DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW 12-THOUSAND MAN, HEAVILY ARMED, RAPID
REACTION FORCE TO BOSNIA SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS ANYTHING BUT A
PEACEKEEPING FORCE.
///BOUTROS-GHALI ACT///
THESE FORCES WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE UNITED NATIONS
FORCES. THESE FORCES WILL BE UNDER THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING THERE AND THOSE FORCES ARE A
PEACEKEEPING FORCE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE THERE TO
KEEP PEACE AND NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFLICT OR
TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE TWO PROTAGONISTS.
///END ACT///
MR. BOUTROS-GHALI SAID DESPITE CRITICISM OF THE UNITED NATIONS'
MISSION IN BOSNIA, U-N OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE, EL
SALVADOR, CAMBODIA AND HAITI HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. REFERRING TO
THE COMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE SECRETARY
GENERAL INDICATED THAT THE END OF THE COLD WAR HAS GIVEN THE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION A NEW DIRECTION THAT WILL FOCUS MORE
ATTENTION ON THE U-N'S ORIGINAL MISSION TO PURSUE PREVENTIVE
DIPLOMACY AND PEACE-BUILDING. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180761
TITLE=COMPUTERS/VISION OF THE FUTURE (L ONLY)
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE HEAD OF THE COMPAQ COMPUTER COMPANY SAID TODAY
(TUESDAY) THE INCREASING INTEGRATION OF PERSONAL COMPUTER (P-C)
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES WILL SOON CAUSE FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGES IN EVERYDAY LIFE. IN NEW YORK, VOA CORRESPONDENT BRECK
ARDERY REPORTS.
TEXT: ECKHARD PFEIFFER (FYE-FER), THE PRESIDENT OF COMPAQ, SAID
PERSONAL COMPUTERS LINKED TO NETWORKS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING A
UNIVERSAL TOOL FOR BOTH BUSINESS AND HOME APPLICATIONS. HE
PREDICTED THAT, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF P-C'S IN
USE WORLDWIDE WILL TOTAL 200 MILLION, THAT IS DOUBLE THE NUMBER
JUST FIVE YEARS AGO.
BUT MR. PFEIFFER -- SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF NEW YORK'S ANNUAL
PERSONAL COMPUTER EXPOSITION -- SAID THAT, MORE INTERESTING THAN
THE GROWING UNIVERSALITY OF THE P-C, ARE THE INCREASINGLY
SOPHISTICATED USES TO WHICH IT WILL BE PUT. HE SAID MORE
ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE PEOPLE TO CALL
A COMPUTER AND GIVE IT VERBAL COMMANDS SUCH AS "START THE
MICROWAVE OVEN AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND ADJUST THE BEDROOM
TEMPERATURE."
MR. PFEIFFER SAID COMMERCIAL USES OF THE INTERNET COMPUTER
NETWORK WILL GROW IN WAYS THAT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE SOLD.
// PFEIFFER ACT //
TODAY, CONSUMERS WORK THROUGH A LOT OF INTERMEDIARIES
WHO ATTEMPT TO ADD VALUE, LIKE A STOCKBROKER, INSURANCE
AGENT OR CAR DEALER. IN THE FUTURE, CUSTOMERS WILL BE
ABLE TO POST A MESSAGE ON THE INTERNET DIRECTED, FOR
EXAMPLE, TO ALL RETAIL STORES. RETAILERS WOULD THEN VIE
FOR THE CONSUMER'S BUSINESS. SO AN AUCTION SYSTEM WILL
COME INTO PLAY, SORT OF A DIRECT MARKETING SYSTEM IN
REVERSE.
// END ACT //
THE HEAD OF THE COMPAQ COMPUTER COMPANY ALSO SAID THE INTEGRATION
OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS WILL CHANGE THE WAY
EDUCATION, MEDICAL CARE AND GOVERNMENT IS CONDUCTED.
// OPT // HOWEVER, ECKHARD PFEIFFER CONCEDED THAT NOT ALL
PEOPLE AND ALL SOCIETIES ARE GETTING EQUAL BENEFIT FROM COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY. HE SAID PART OF THAT PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED THROUGH
UNIVERSAL STANDARDS FOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
// OPT PFEIFFER ACT //
A GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT UNIVERSAL
ACCESS WOULD BE LIKE AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM WITH
ON RAMPS ONLY FOR CADILLAC, MERCEDES AND LEXUS. IF WE
ARE TO DIMINISH THE LIKELIHOOD OF INFORMATION "HAVES"
AND "HAVE NOTS" (THOSE WITH RESOURCES AND THOSE
WITHOUT) THEN EVERYONE SHOULD RECEIVE SOME BASIC LEVEL
OF SERVICE.
// END ACT //
MR. PFEIFFER SAID MAKERS OF BOTH COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
MUST CONTINUE TO REFINE THEIR PRODUCTS TO MAKE THEM EASIER FOR
ALL PEOPLE TO USE, NOT JUST THOSE WHO HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST
IN TECHNOLOGY.
MR. PFEIFFER GAVE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE ANNUAL P-C EXPO IN
NEW YORK. WITH MORE THAN 100 THOUSAND PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND,
P-C EXPO IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PERSONAL COMPUTER TRADE SHOWS IN
THE WORLD. THE EXPO FEATURES HUNDREDS OF EXHIBITORS AND
SEMINARS. THIS YEAR, THERE IS A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON USE OF THE
INTERNET FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180765
TITLE= NATO/EAST EUROPE (L ONLY)
BYLINE= STEFAN BOS
DATELINE= BUDAPEST
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE UNITED STATES AND HUNGARY ARE PREPARING FOR ONE OF
THE LARGEST MILITARY EXERCISES TO BE HELD SO FAR UNDER THE NATO
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAM. STEFAN BOS REPORTS FROM BUDAPEST
THAT FORCES FROM THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL TAKE PART IN A COMBINED
MOCK RESCUE OPERATION NEXT MONTH.
TEXT: HUNGARY AND AMERICAN MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT TO
GET VALUABLE TRAINING INFORMATION FROM THE JOINT EXERCISE
INVOLVING A TOTAL OF NEARLY 500 ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL FROM THE
TWO SIDES.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH VOA, AMERICAN LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT
HAMILTON SAID THE EXERCISE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATO
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAM FOCUSING ON SEARCH AND RESCUE IN
PEACETIME.
HE SAID IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE LARGEST OF MORE THAN 30 PARTNERSHIP
PEACE EXERCISES SCHEDULED TO BE HELD THIS YEAR WITH COUNTRIES
THAT HAVE JOINED THE NATO PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR
JOINT MILITARY COOPERATION, BUT DOES NOT EXTEND TO NATO
SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR THE COUNTRIES.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HAMILTON SAID MORE THAN 100 AMERICAN AIR AND
GROUND FORCES PERSONNEL WILL FLY TO HUNGARY TO JOIN MORE THAN 300
HUNGARIAN PERSONNEL.
// ACT HAMILTON //
WHAT YOU HAVE IS THREE EXERCISES IN ONE. YOU HAVE AN
AIR EXERCISE GOING ON WITH HELICOPTERS AND C-130'S
(PLANES). YOU HAVE GROUND OPERATIONS GOING ON WITH
HELPING THE DOWNED AIRMEN AND VICTIMS OF SIMULATED
ACCIDENTS. AND YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EXERCISE GOING ON,
ALL AT THE SAME TIME. IT PROMISES TO HAVE A LOT OF
ACTIVITY AND A LOT OF INTERACTION. OF COURSE, THERE
WILL BE CONFUSION, AND IN THAT, A LOT OF TRAINING VALUE
SHOULD BE GAINED FROM IT ALSO.
// END ACT //
HUNGARIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THE EXERCISE MIGHT BE A FIRST
STEP TOWARD HUNGARY JOINING THE NATO ALLIANCE. BUT LIEUTENANT
COLONEL HAMILTON SAYS IT IS SEPARATE FROM EASTWARD EXPANSION OF
THE ALLIANCE.
// ACT HAMILTON //
PARTNERSHIP IS NOT DESIGNED TO EVALUATE NATIONS FOR
NATO MEMBERSHIP. IN FACT, THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE IS
A PROGRAM THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS ITS MAIN
OBJECTION TO IMPROVE THE DEFENSE STRUCTURES. THE IDEA
IS THAT WHETHER A COUNTRY JOINS NATO OR NOT, THAT IS
NOT THE ISSUE.
// END ACT //
THE COLONEL SAYS THE HUNGARIAN / U-S EXERCISE UNDER NATO AUSPICES
IS UNUSUAL, AND HE WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN A
MILITARY OPERATION IN A FORMER WARSAW PACT COUNTRY.
// ACT HAMILTON //
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS A YOUNG LIEUTENANT IN THE
HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR, WHEN THE THOUGHT OF ME BEING AT
THE "MOD" (MINISTRY OF DEFENSE) IN HUNGARY WAS
IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK IT WORKS WELL FOR THE FUTURE THAT
WE CAN BE OPEN WITH EACH OTHER.
// END ACT //
THE EXERCISE WILL COST HUNGARY NEARLY 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS, OF
WHICH AN UNDISCLOSED PART WILL BE PAID BY THE UNITED STATES.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30383
TITLE=ROMANIA LOOKS TO NATO
BYLINE= ED WARNER
DATELINE= WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK
TO DISCUSS CLOSER TIES TO THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY IN
MILITARY MATTERS. AT A PRESS BRIEFING, HE EMPHASIZED ROMANIA'S
TURN TO THE WEST. V-O-A'S ED WARNER REPORTS.
TEXT: GIVEN ITS HISTORY AND LOCATION, ROMANIA HAS ONE OVERRIDING
AMBITION, SAID DEFENSE MINISTER GHEORGHE TINCA, AND THAT IS
SURVIVAL. AT A PRESS BRIEFING IN WASHINGTON, HE INSISTED HIS
COUNTRY HAS NO TERRITORIAL CLAIMS ON ITS NEIGHBORS OR SERIOUS
QUARRELS WITH ANY OF THEM.
EVEN SO, IT SEEKS SECURITY WESTWARD IN THE NATO ALLIANCE:
// TINCA ACTUALITY //
CERTAINLY IF ROMANIA IS OBLIGED BY ITS GEOGRAPHICAL
POSITION TO BE ACTIVE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCALE AND TO
BE PART OF ANY SOLID AND FREE ALLIANCE OR SYSTEM OF
SECURITY, NATO IS THE ONE WE FIND THE BEST ON THE
MARKET. THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, NOT ONLY FOR ROMANIA
BUT ALSO FOR ALL CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
// END ACT //
MR. TINCA SAID ROMANIA CAN CONTRIBUTE THE SECOND LARGEST ARMY IN
CENTRAL EUROPE AFTER POLAND. ALREADY, ROMANIAN PEACEKEEPERS HAVE
SERVED IN IRAQ, SOMALIA AND ANGOLA. AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED,
NATO MEMBERSHIP CAN HELP ACCUSTOM THE ROMANIAN ARMY TO CIVILIAN
CONTROL.
THAT ASPECT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, SAYS VLADIMIR TISMANEANU,
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND:
// TISMANEANU ACTUALITY //
AS PRESIDENT HAVEL OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC EMPHASIZED ON
MANY OCCASIONS, NATO IS NOT SIMPLY A MILITARY
ORGANIZATION. NATO IS ALSO A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT
EXPRESSES A COMMITMENT TO THE SAME VALUES OF A
CIVILIZATION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE VERY
MUCH PEOPLE LIKE MINISTER TINCA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT UNDERSTAND.
// END ACT //
NATO HAS BARRED MEMBERSHIP FOR ROMANIA AND HUNGARY UNTIL THEY
SIGN A TREATY RESOLVING THEIR DIFFERENCES OVER THE HUNGARIAN
MINORITY WITHIN ROMANIA. MR. TINCA SAID HE HAS BROUGHT A LETTER
TO WASHINGTON SIGNED BY HIM AND THE HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
OUTLINING THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THEIR MILITARY FORCES:
// TINCA ACTUALITY //
THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO FOLLOW AN EXAMPLE, WHICH
IS FRANCO-GERMAN, AND THAT IS RECONCILIATION. AS THE
CHINESE SAY, THE LONGEST ROAD STARTS WITH THE SMALL
FIRST STEP. PROBABLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THESE COMMON
MILITARY EXERCISES MIGHT HAVE SYMBOLISM IN IT AND MIGHT
LEAD IN THE FUTURE TO WHAT GERMANY AND FRANCE HAVE
ALREADY DONE.
// END ACT //
MILITARY COOPERATION IS ONE THING, SAYS PROFESSOR TISMANEANU,
POLITICAL AGREEMENT ANOTHER. WHILE SOME MEMBERS OF ROMANIA'S
RULING ELITE LOOK WEST, OTHERS LOOK WITHIN - TO A FEVERISH
NATIONALISM. THEY HAVE HELD UP SIGNING THE CRUCIAL TREATY WITH
HUNGARY:
// TISMANEANU ACTUALITY //
AS LONG AS VERY VOCIFEROUS AND OPENLY CHAUVINISTIC
POLITICAL FORMATIONS - I WOULD HESITATE TO CALL THEM
REAL PARTIES - ARE PART PART AND PARCEL OF THE ROMANIAN
RULING GROUP, I THINK THIS IS A PHENOMENON THAT MAKES
ROMANIA QUITE DISTINCT AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER EAST AND
CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. AND I THINK IT WOULD TAKE A
VERY SERIOUS EFFORT ON THE PART OF PRESIDENT ILIESCU AND
THE RULING PARTY TO DISASSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM THESE
POPULIST PROPHETS AND OPEN THEMSELVES TO THE DEMOCRATIC,
PRO-WESTERN PARTIES IN ROMANIA.
// END ACT //
PROFESSOR TISMANEANU SAYS THE PERPLEXING ALLIANCE OF FORMER
COMMUNISTS AND ULTRA NATIONALISTS STANDS IN THE WAY OF WESTERN
TIES AND DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/20/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-180781
TITLE=SENATE/BOSNIA EMBARGO (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=SENATE
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE U-S SENATE IS DELAYING A DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO END
THE ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. V-O-A'S SENATE
CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS THAT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BOB
DOLE, THE LEADING ADVOCATE OF LIFTING THE EMBARGO, ANNOUNCED THE
DECISION ON TUESDAY.
TEXT: SENATOR DOLE TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE NOW INTENDS TO TAKE UP
HIS RESOLUTION FORCING PRESIDENT CLINTON TO END THE ARMS EMBARGO
AGAINST BOSNIA ON JULY TENTH, RIGHT AFTER CONGRESS RETURNS FROM
A WEEK-LONG INDEPENDENCE DAY RECESS.
/// DOLE ACT. ///
I THINK IT (THE ARMS EMBARGO RESOLUTION) IS GOING TO BE
PENDING WHEN WE COME BACK (ON JULY 10 FROM THE JULY 4TH
RECESS). I THINK MY HOPE IS TO LAY IT DOWN (BEFORE THE
SENATE) THE DAY WE GO OUT FOR THE JULY 4TH RECESS (JUNE
30TH) THEN TAKE IT UP WHEN WE COME BACK.
/// END DOLE ACT. ///
SENATOR DOLE HAS BEEN HOLDING OFF ON TAKING
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DATE=6/27/95
TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30441
TITLE=BOSNIA EMBARGO
BYLINE=ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONTINUES ITS ARMS EMBARGO
AGAINST BOSNIA BUT SOME DEFENSE EXPERTS AND POLITICIANS BELIEVE
IT IS TIME TO LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS. IN
THIS SECOND OF TWO REPORTS ON THE BOSNIAN ARMIES, VOA
CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA LOOKS AT THE PROS AND CONS OF
LIFTING THE ARMS EMBARGO.
TEXT: DEFENSE EXPERTS AGREE THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY AND THE
BOSNIAN SERB FORCES OFFER DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT ARMY HAS MORE MEN AND BETTER MORALE WHILE BOSNIAN SERB
TROOPS HAVE A SUPERIORITY IN HEAVY WEAPONS SUCH AS TANKS AND
ARTILLERY.
NORMAN CIGAR IS PROFESSOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE U-S MARINES
WARFIGHTING SCHOOL IN (QUANTICO) VIRGINIA. HE HAS JUST PUBLISHED
A PAPER IN LONDON, ARGUING FOR THE LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO AGAINST
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY.
PROFESSOR CIGAR SAYS PROVIDING THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY WITH
HEAVY WEAPONS WILL DEFINITELY SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN ITS
FAVOR. HE SAYS LIFTING THE EMBARGO WILL INITIALLY BRING ABOUT AN
INCREASE IN FIGHTING.
// CIGAR ACT //
IN THE SHORT-TERM THERE MAY BE, WELL BE A FLARE-UP:
THAT CERTAINLY IS POSSIBLE. BUT IN THE LONG-TERM, I
THINK THE CURRENT BALANCE IS A RECIPE FOR A STALEMATE,
VERY BLOODY STALEMATE AND ONE THAT, IF IT IS EVEN
SUCCESSFUL, WILL ONLY SUPPORT THE STATUS QUO RATHER THAN
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S CONTACT GROUP PLAN.
// END ACT //
MANY DEFENSE EXPERTS ARGUE AGAINST THE LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO
BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE FIGHTING WILL BE SO INTENSE IT WILL FORCE
THE EVACUATION OF U-N PEACEKEEPING FORCES FROM THE AREA. MR.
CIGAR SAYS THAT MAY HAPPEN. BUT HE SAYS THERE MAY BE A POLITICAL
BENEFIT FROM LIFTING THE EMBARGO: IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT WILL NOW DEAL FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH AND THAT MAY
FORCE THE BOSNIAN SERBS TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH FOR A
POLITICAL SOLUTION.
// 2ND CIGAR ACT //
IT RAISES THE INCENTIVE CERTAINLY FOR THE BOSNIAN SERBS,
WHO ARE THE PARTY THAT IS A HOLDOUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY'S CONTACT PLAN, TO WANT TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN
AND ACTUALLY BE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT AND TO ACCEPT IT
OUT OF SELF-INTEREST. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT
CONVINCED THEY CAN BE FORCED TO DO SO.
// END ACT //
SOME OF THOSE OPPOSED TO LIFTING THE EMBARGO ALSO EXPRESS THE
FEAR SERBIA MAY BE FORCED INTO THE WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE BOSNIAN
SERBS IF THE MUSLIMS ARE PROVIDED HEAVY WEAPONS. BUT PROFESSOR
CIGAR SAYS SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC WILL NOT
JEOPARDIZE HIS CHANCES OF HAVING THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
EMBARGO AGAINST HIS COUNTRY LIFTED BY ENTERING A WAR.
// 3RD CIGAR ACT //
HE IS NOT A VISIONARY. HE IS A VERY CALCULATING
INDIVIDUAL WHO WEIGHS THE COSTS AND BENEFITS VERY
CAREFULLY TO HIS OWN POLITICAL POSITION WHICH IS HIS
PRIMARY CONCERN OVER ALL ELSE. AND I THINK HE IS VERY
WARY OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN WHAT FOR HIM COULD BECOME A
MILITARY AND POLITICAL QUAGMIRE.
// END ACT //
PROFESSOR CIGAR SAYS IT IS HIGH TIME TO LIFT THE ARMS EMBARGO
AGAINST BOSNIA -- ESPECIALLY SINCE AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED
NATIONS, IT CAN POINT TO THE U-N CHARTER WHICH EXPLICITLY
GUARANTEES MEMBER-STATES THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE IN CASES OF AN
ARMED ATTACK. PROFESSOR CIGAR POINTS OUT THAT UNLIKE IRAQ OR
LIBYA, BOSNIA HAS DONE NOTHING TO ALIENATE ITSELF FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE, IT LEGALLY HAS THE RIGHT
TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/27/95
TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30441
TITLE=BOSNIA EMBARGO
BYLINE=ANDRE DE NESNERA
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONTINUES ITS ARMS EMBARGO
AGAINST BOSNIA BUT SOME DEFENSE EXPERTS AND POLITICIANS BELIEVE
IT IS TIME TO LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS. IN
THIS SECOND OF TWO REPORTS ON THE BOSNIAN ARMIES, VOA
CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA LOOKS AT THE PROS AND CONS OF
LIFTING THE ARMS EMBARGO.
TEXT: DEFENSE EXPERTS AGREE THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY AND THE
BOSNIAN SERB FORCES OFFER DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT ARMY HAS MORE MEN AND BETTER MORALE WHILE BOSNIAN SERB
TROOPS HAVE A SUPERIORITY IN HEAVY WEAPONS SUCH AS TANKS AND
ARTILLERY.
NORMAN CIGAR IS PROFESSOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE U-S MARINES
WARFIGHTING SCHOOL IN (QUANTICO) VIRGINIA. HE HAS JUST PUBLISHED
A PAPER IN LONDON, ARGUING FOR THE LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO AGAINST
THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY.
PROFESSOR CIGAR SAYS PROVIDING THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT ARMY WITH
HEAVY WEAPONS WILL DEFINITELY SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN ITS
FAVOR. HE SAYS LIFTING THE EMBARGO WILL INITIALLY BRING ABOUT AN
INCREASE IN FIGHTING.
// CIGAR ACT //
IN THE SHORT-TERM THERE MAY BE, WELL BE A FLARE-UP:
THAT CERTAINLY IS POSSIBLE. BUT IN THE LONG-TERM, I
THINK THE CURRENT BALANCE IS A RECIPE FOR A STALEMATE,
VERY BLOODY STALEMATE AND ONE THAT, IF IT IS EVEN
SUCCESSFUL, WILL ONLY SUPPORT THE STATUS QUO RATHER THAN
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S CONTACT GROUP PLAN.
// END ACT //
MANY DEFENSE EXPERTS ARGUE AGAINST THE LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO
BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE FIGHTING WILL BE SO INTENSE IT WILL FORCE
THE EVACUATION OF U-N PEACEKEEPING FORCES FROM THE AREA. MR.
CIGAR SAYS THAT MAY HAPPEN. BUT HE SAYS THERE MAY BE A POLITICAL
BENEFIT FROM LIFTING THE EMBARGO: IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOSNIAN
GOVERNMENT WILL NOW DEAL FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH AND THAT MAY
FORCE THE BOSNIAN SERBS TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH FOR A
POLITICAL SOLUTION.
// 2ND CIGAR ACT //
IT RAISES THE INCENTIVE CERTAINLY FOR THE BOSNIAN SERBS,
WHO ARE THE PARTY THAT IS A HOLDOUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY'S CONTACT PLAN, TO WANT TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN
AND ACTUALLY BE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT AND TO ACCEPT IT
OUT OF SELF-INTEREST. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT
CONVINCED THEY CAN BE FORCED TO DO SO.
// END ACT //
SOME OF THOSE OPPOSED TO LIFTING THE EMBARGO ALSO EXPRESS THE
FEAR SERBIA MAY BE FORCED INTO THE WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE BOSNIAN
SERBS IF THE MUSLIMS ARE PROVIDED HEAVY WEAPONS. BUT PROFESSOR
CIGAR SAYS SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC WILL NOT
JEOPARDIZE HIS CHANCES OF HAVING THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
EMBARGO AGAINST HIS COUNTRY LIFTED BY ENTERING A WAR.
// 3RD CIGAR ACT //
HE IS NOT A VISIONARY. HE IS A VERY CALCULATING
INDIVIDUAL WHO WEIGHS THE COSTS AND BENEFITS VERY
CAREFULLY TO HIS OWN POLITICAL POSITION WHICH IS HIS
PRIMARY CONCERN OVER ALL ELSE. AND I THINK HE IS VERY
WARY OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN WHAT FOR HIM COULD BECOME A
MILITARY AND POLITICAL QUAGMIRE.
// END ACT //
PROFESSOR CIGAR SAYS IT IS HIGH TIME TO LIFT THE ARMS EMBARGO
AGAINST BOSNIA -- ESPECIALLY SINCE AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED
NATIONS, IT CAN POINT TO THE U-N CHARTER WHICH EXPLICITLY
GUARANTEES MEMBER-STATES THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE IN CASES OF AN
ARMED ATTACK. PROFESSOR CIGAR POINTS OUT THAT UNLIKE IRAQ OR
LIBYA, BOSNIA HAS DONE NOTHING TO ALIENATE ITSELF FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE, IT LEGALLY HAS THE RIGHT
TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/27/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181115
TITLE=E-U / YUGO (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=SONJA PACE
DATELINE=PARIS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS ARE SENDING THEIR SPECIAL
NEGOTIATOR BACK TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TO RE-START PEACE
EFFORTS. AMONG THE TOP PRIORITIES THEY SAY IS TO GET BOSNIAN
SERBS TO LIFT THEIR THREE-YEAR SIEGE OF SARAJEVO. THE EUROPEAN
HEADS OF STATE CAME UP WITH THE NEW INITIATIVE DURING THEIR
TWO-DAY SUMMIT IN THE FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN PORT OF CANNES.
V-O-A'S SONJA PACE HAS DETAILS FROM OUR PARIS BUREAU.
TEXT: SPECIAL E-U NEGOTIATOR CARL BILDT IS TO HEAD BACK TO THE
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WITH WHAT IS BEING TERMED A TOUGHER DIPLOMATIC
APPROACH TO END THE CONFLICT THERE.
EUROPEAN LEADERS WANT HIM TO NEGOTIATE A LIFTING OF THE SIEGE OF
SARAJEVO AND THE OPENING OF A LAND CORRIDOR TO THE ADRIATIC
COAST. MR. BILDT IS ALSO TO TRY TO WORK OUT A FOUR-MONTH
CEASEFIRE, MUTUAL RECOGNITION AMONG SERBIA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
AND CROATIA AND A RENEWAL OF TALKS BETWEEN THE CROATIAN
GOVERNMENT AND REBEL CROATIAN SERBS.
E-U LEADERS INSIST THAT WHAT MAKES THIS NEW PEACE EFFORT
DIFFERENT IS THAT IT IS TO BE BACKED BY THE RECENTLY-ESTABLISHED
RAPID REACTION FORCE, MADE UP OF 10-THOUSAND MAINLY BRITISH AND
FRENCH TROOPS.
MR. BILDT, HOWEVER, DID NOT SEEM OPTIMISTIC THAT HIS NEW
EFFORTS WOULD BEAR FRUIT QUICKLY. HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT
CONTINUED WAR IS MORE LIKELY THAN PEACE IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/28/95
TYPE=MUSIC PROGRAMS FEATURE
NUMBER=3-22431
TITLE=4TH OF JULY - CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSIC
BYLINE=BERNIE BERNARD
TELEPHONE=619-1853
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
EDITOR=ML/RPK
CONTENT=
(VOICED VERSION, MUSIC & INSERTS AVAILABLE IN MUSIC LIBRARY)
INTRO: WHEN AMERICANS CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY, THE
FESTIVITIES OFTEN INCLUDE SOME KIND OF MUSIC. COMPOSERS
WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICA'S MUSICAL HERITAGE COME
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE -- PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN IN THIS
COUNTRY, OR IMMIGRANTS WHO WROTE ABOUT THEIR IMPRESSIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES. VOA'S BERNIE BERNARD TELLS US
ABOUT SOME CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSIC THAT'S LIKELY TO
ACCOMPANY A FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
TAPE: CUT 1 -- LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - "HOE DOWN" (FROM
"RODEO") CDC-167, CUT 4 (A. COPLAND) CUE IN :40,
ESTABLISH UNTIL 1:05, THEN FADE UNDER TEXT
TEXT: AARON COPLAND DREW ON THE FOLKLORE OF THIS COUNTRY TO
CREATE SOME DISTINCTLY AMERICAN MUSIC. THE LATE COMPOSER
ONCE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO FIND A MUSIC THAT WOULD
"SPEAK OF UNIVERSAL THINGS IN A VERNACULAR OF AMERICAN
SPEECH RHYTHMS." WITH ITS COWBOY TUNES AND FIDDLE
ARRANGEMENTS, COPLAND'S BALLET "RODEO" (ROW DAY OH)
EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN WEST. "RODEO" WAS
CHOREOGRAPHED FOR THE STAGE BY AGNES DEMILLE. ONE
SEGMENT OF THE BALLET CALLED "HOE DOWN," PRESENTS A
COMPETITION BETWEEN COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS THAT EVENTUALLY
LEADS TO A ROMANTIC AND HAPPY ENDING. YOU CAN ALMOST SEE
THE VAST EXPANSE OF LAND AND THE SWAGGER OF THE COWBOYS.
TAPE: CUT 2 -- COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - "RHAPSODY IN
BLUE" CDC-157 (G. GERSHWIN) CUE IN 4:55, ESTABLISH UNTIL
5:15, THEN FADE UNDER TEXT
TEXT: AS AARON COPLAND REPRESENTS THE AMERICAN WEST, GEORGE
GERSHWIN CAPTURES THE RHYTHMS OF NEW YORK CITY. GERSHWIN
SHARED THE HERITAGE OF IRVING BERLIN, JEROME KERN AND
MANY OTHER POPULAR AMERICAN COMPOSERS OF THE FIRST HALF
OF THE 20TH CENTURY -- THEY ALL LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY
AND HAD EUROPEAN/JEWISH BACKGROUNDS. GERSHWIN IS WIDELY
RECOGNIZED AS THE MAN WHO FIRST BROUGHT JAZZ INTO THE
CONCERT HALL. HIS "RHAPSODY IN BLUE" WAS ACTUALLY A JAZZ
PIECE DISGUISED AS A CONCERTO, PERFORMED WITH A
SYMPHONIC ARRANGEMENT. THE WORK COMBINES THE STYLE OF
BROADWAY TUNES INTERWOVEN WITH BLUES FROM THE BLACK
NEIGHBORHOOD OF HARLEM AND THE SYNCOPATIONS OF JAZZ. THE
RHYTHMS OF THE CITY RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE PIECE,
BRINGING IMAGES OF BUSY IMMIGRANT MARKETPLACES,
CLATTERING SUBWAYS AND THE QUICK PULSE OF LIFE IN NEW
YORK.
TAPE: CUT 3 -- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC - "SYMPHONIC DANCES" FROM
"WEST SIDE STORY" CDC-2479, DISC 2, CUT 2 (L. BERNSTEIN)
ESTABLISH FOR :24, THEN FADE UNDER TEXT
TEXT: LEONARD BERNSTEIN (BURN STYNE) REPRESENTS A MORE MODERN
VIEW OF LIFE IN AN AMERICAN CITY WITH "WEST SIDE STORY,"
A WORK THAT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE BROADWAY STAGE. THE
MUSICAL BRINGS SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY OF "ROMEO AND
JULIET" INTO THE 20TH CENTURY. IT FEATURES ETHNIC
CLASHES, GANG WARFARE AND ROMANCE, WITH A DRAMATIC
MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT. "WEST SIDE STORY" APPEARED AT A
TIME WHEN ROCK AND ROLL WAS BECOMING PART OF AMERICAN
CULTURE IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II PERIOD. "WEST SIDE
STORY" INCORPORATES BALLET MOVES WITH THE DRAMA ON STAGE
AND REFLECTS THE TENSION OF THE CITY STREETS.
TAPE: CUT 4 -- EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE - "STARS & STRIPES
FOREVER" (J. P. SOUSA) CDP-132, CUT 17 ESTABLISH FOR
:17, THEN FADE AND HOLD UNDER TEXT
TEXT: ONE OF THE MOST-PERFORMED PIECES ON THE 4TH OF JULY IS
"STARS & STRIPES FOREVER," THE STIRRING MARCH BY JOHN
PHILIP SOUSA. KNOWN AS "THE MARCH KING," SOUSA COMPOSED
ABOUT 140 TUNES. AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, HE BECAME
AN INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN BANDMASTER. SOUSA WAS THE FIRST
TO COMBINE THE SOUND OF A BAND WITH A SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, PROVIDING SOME SOFTER EFFECTS. HIS MELODIES
OFTEN TOOK AN UNPREDICTABLE TURN, BREAKING WITH THE
RIGID STRUCTURE OF PREVIOUS MARCH BANDS, YET RETAINING
THE RHYTHMIC ENERGY. "STARS & STRIPES FOREVER," WRITTEN
IN 1896, HAS AN OPTIMISM AND ENTHUSIASM THAT REFLECTED
AMERICA AS A COUNTRY COMING INTO ITS OWN. EVERY 4TH OF
JULY, "STARS & STRIPES FOREVER" IS PLAYED BY THE
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IT MARKS THE GRAND
FINALE OF THE EVENING'S MUSICAL PROGRAM AND ACCOMPANIES
THE BOOMING FIREWORKS DISPLAY THAT LIGHTS UP THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT. (SIGNED)
BRING MUSIC UP
28-Jun-95 5:31 PM EDT (2131 UTC)
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DATE=6/28/95
TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT
NUMBER=5-30465
TITLE=CONGRESS-FLAG BURNING
BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON
DATELINE=CONGRESS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS APPROVED AN
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD CLEAR THE
WAY FOR LAWS OUTLAWING FLAG BURNING. V-O-A'S PAULA WOLFSON
REPORTS THE MEASURE MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY THE SENATE AND
THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATES.
TEXT: THE DEBATE OVER FLAG BURNING WAS A DEBATE ABOUT
PATRIOTISM...VALUES...AND SYMBOLS.
IN 1989, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RULED THAT FLAG BURNING
AS A MEANS OF POLITICAL PROTEST IS PROTECTED BY THE
CONSTITUTION. THE JUSTICES CITED THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH
STATES CONGRESS CAN MAKE NO LAW THAT INFRINGES ON THE RIGHT OF
FREE SPEECH.
THE RULING BECAME A CAMPAIGN ISSUE. IT ALSO SPARKED A MOVEMENT
BY A COALITION OF VETERAN'S GROUPS TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO
PERMIT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE DESECRATION OF THE FLAG A
CRIME.
THE REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN THE LAST CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION CLEARED
THE WAY FOR A FLAG BURNING AMENDMENT TO COME UP FOR A VOTE. THE
MEASURE WAS SPONSORED BY GERALD SOLOMON OF NEW YORK, WHO COULD
BARELY CONTAIN HIS ENTHUSIASM AS HE ROSE TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE.
////OPTIONAL SOLOMON ACT////
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM THAT FINALLY, WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO PASS THIS AMENDMENT THAT
WILL RESTORE THE FLAG TO ITS RIGHTFUL POSITION OF HONOR.
////END OPT ACT////
HE SPOKE OF THE FLAG AS A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL UNITY AND LIBERTY.
FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE DEBATE HE REFERRED TO THE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS WHO FOLLOWED THE STARS AND STRIPES INTO BATTLE....AND
THE IMMIGRANTS WHO STILL LOOK AT THE FLAG AND SEE THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
///SOLOMON ACT///
NO MATTER WHAT OUR ETHNIC DIFFERENCES, NO MATTER WHERE
WE COME FROM, WHETHER IT IS UP IN THE ADIRONDACK
MOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK WHERE I COME FROM OR LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA, WHATEVER YOU IDEOLOGY IS, BE IT LIBERAL OR
CONSERVATIVE, WE ARE ALL BOUND TOGETHER BY THOSE
UNIQUELY AMERICAN QUALITIES REPRESENTED BY THAT FLAG
BEHIND YOU, MISTER SPEAKER.
///END ACT///
MR. SOLOMON TALKED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AS A MEMBER OF THE
MARINE CORPS, AND HIS PRIDE IN ALL THE FLAG REPRESENTS. SO DID
DEMOCRAT DAVID SKAGGS OF COLORADO.
///SKAGGS ACT///
I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE PRIDE YOU AND I SHARE
WAS THAT WE BELIEVED IN A COUNTRY THAT WAS STRONG ENOUGH
TO TOLERATE DIVERSITY AND DISSENT AND TO RISE ABOVE IT
BECAUSE OUR FREEDOMS AND OUR VALUES ARE STRONGER THAN
THE OCCASIONAL JERK THAT WANTS TO PLAY WITH THE AMERICAN
FLAG IN A DISRESPECTFUL WAY.(OPT) TODAY, WE ARE DEBATING
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY WILL DIMINISH OUR FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION. (END OPT)
///END ACT////
ON THIS ISSUE, THE DIVISIONS IN THE HOUSE WERE NOT ALONG PARTY
LINES. INSTEAD, THEY WERE THE RESULT OF DIFFERING INTERPRETATIONS
OF BOTH THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE MEANING OF AN AMERICAN SYMBOL.
SUPPORTERS OF THE AMENDMENT TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO PROTECT
BASIC VALUES AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY. DEMOCRAT SONNY MONTGOMERY OF MISSISSIPPI PULLED A SMALL,
WORN FLAG FROM HIS POCKET AS HE SPOKE TO HIS COLLEAGUES.
///MONTGOMERY ACT///
THIS AMENDMENT WILL NOT INFRINGE ON ANYONE'S FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS. WE ARE THE MOST TOLERANT COUNTRY ON
EARTH WHEN IT COMES TO DISSENT AND CRITICISM OF OUR
GOVERNMENT. BUT I DRAW THE LINE ON THE PHYSICAL
DESECRATION OF THIS GREAT FLAG.
////END ACT////
BUT OPPONENTS OF THE AMENDMENT ARGUED THAT PEOPLE ARE PUT IN JAIL
FOR DESECRATING GOVERNMENT SYMBOLS IN PLACES LIKE CUBA AND CHINA.
THEY SAID AMERICA -- AND THE FLAG -- STANDS FOR MORE.
///LEWIS ACT////
WHAT IS WORSE? DESTROYING A FLAG OR DESTROYING THE
LIBERTY THAT FLAG REPRESENTS?
///END ACT////
DEMOCRAT JOHN LEWIS OF GEORGIA IS A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. HE MARCHED IN THE SOUTH WITH THE
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
///SECOND LEWIS ACT///
MR. SPEAKER, WE MUST NOT CHOSE A SYMBOL OVER THE REAL
THING. THIS RESOLUTION IS AN AFFRONT TO THE FLAG. IT
IS AN AFFRONT TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS. THIS AMENDMENT
WILL DO MORE TO DESECRATE THE FLAG THAN ANY BONFIRE OR
ANY PROTEST.
///END ACT///
(OPT) THE FLAG AMENDMENT -- LIKE THE FLAG ITSELF -- IS LARGELY
SYMBOLIC. WHILE FLAG BURNING WAS A FAIRLY COMMON FORM OF PROTEST
DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN A HANDFUL OF CASES
IN RECENT YEARS. BUT MEMORIES OF THE PAST LINGER....AS DOES THE
ANGER THE FLAG BURNING PROTESTS OF THE 1960'S AND 70'S IGNITED IN
THE HEARTS OF LAWMAKERS LIKE REPUBLICAN HENRY HYDE OF ILLINOIS.
/////HYDE ACT////
WHAT IS AT WORK HERE IS SOMETHING LARGER THAN THE FLAG
ITSELF. IT IS A PROTEST AGAINST THE VULGARIZATION, THE
TRASHING OF OUR SOCIETY.
////END ACT - END OPT/////
THE DEBATE ON FLAG BURNING CAME AT A TIME WHEN POLLS SHOW MANY
AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT MATTERS OF MORALITY -- RISING CRIME,
STRAINS ON FAMILY TIES, AND EVEN VIOLENCE IN MOVIES AND
TELEVISION. IT PROBABLY ALSO IS NO MERE COINCIDENCE THAT THE VOTE
OCCURRED JUST DAYS BEFORE AMERICA'S (FOURTH OF JULY) NATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE DAY -- A DAY SET ASIDE FOR PICNICS, PARADES,
FIREWORKS....AND DISPLAYING THE FLAG. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/28/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181174
TITLE=PAKISTAN BOSNIA (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE CONFLICT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA HAS SCATTERED BOSNIAN
REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD. PAKISTAN, AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC, IS ONE
OF THE NATIONS THAT SHELTERED BOSNIAN MUSLIMS. V-O-A ISLAMABAD
CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS MOST OF THE REFUGEES HAVE
LEFT PAKISTAN FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.
TEXT: ONLY 79 BOSNIAN REFUGEES REMAIN IN PAKISTAN, OUT OF THE
378 THAT ARRIVED TWO YEARS AGO (JUNE '93). BOSNIAN AMBASSADOR
SADZIDA SILAJDZIC SAYS MANY ELDERLY ARE AMONG THOSE STAYING
BEHIND, TO WAIT FOR BETTER CONDITIONS IN THEIR HOME TOWNS BEFORE
RETURNING TO BOSNIA. BUT AMBASSADOR SILAJDZIC SAYS SOME CHILDREN
AND YOUNG MEN ALSO REMAIN IN PAKISTAN, AND EACH FAMILY HAS ITS
PERSONAL REASONS FOR STAYING.
THE REFUGEES ARE LIVING IN THE SO-CALLED HAJI CAMP IN RAWALPINDI,
NEAR THE PAKISTANI CAPITAL. THE CAMP WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED
FOR PAKISTANIS WAITING FOR FLIGHTS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO ATTEND THE
HAJ, THE MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE.
A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE CAMP, CALLED THE BOSNIAN VILLAGE, HOUSES
THE REFUGEES. AMBASSADOR SILAJDZIC SAYS EACH FAMILY HAS ITS OWN
UNIT, INCLUDING A SEPARATE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM. AIR
CONDITIONERS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE BOSNIANS, WHO ARE
NOT ACCLIMATED TO PAKISTAN'S HOT SUMMERS. AMBASSADOR SILAJDZIC
SAYS THE REFUGEES HAVE BEEN GIVEN FREE SCHOOLING AND HEALTH CARE
AS WELL.
ABOUT 299 BOSNIAN REFUGEES LEFT PAKISTAN DURING THE PAST TWO
YEARS. AMBASSADOR SILAJDZIC SAYS ONE-THIRD (90) WENT BACK TO
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE REST TO OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING
SWEDEN, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
NEXT MONTH, ABOUT 25 MORE BOSNIANS ARE EXPECTED TO GO TO
AUSTRALIA THROUGH A PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE U-N HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR REFUGEES. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/28/95
TYPE=CLOSEUP
NUMBER=4-08433
TITLE=PREDICTING & PREVENTING GENOCIDE (GENOCIDE CONF. PART
3)
BYLINE=PAMELA TAYLOR
TELEPHONE=619-1101
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
EDITOR=PHIL HAYNES
CONTENT= // TAPE INSERTS AVAILABLE FROM AUDIO SERVICES //
INTRO: AT A RECENT CONFERENCE ON GENOCIDE IN WILLIAMSBURG,
VIRGINIA (JUNE 15 & 16), SCHOLARS FROM THE UNITED
STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA DISCUSSED EVENTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN LEAD TO MASS KILLINGS OF INNOCENT
PEOPLE. AFTER EXAMINING RECENT PATTERNS OF GENOCIDE IN
AREAS LIKE RWANDA AND THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, THE
SCHOLARS LOOKED AT WHAT MIGHT BE DONE TO PREVENT SUCH
WILLFUL SLAUGHTERS IN THE FUTURE. VOA'S PAMELA TAYLOR
ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE AND TALKED WITH MANY OF THE
PARTICIPANTS:
TEXT: THE WILLIAMSBURG GENOCIDE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER
HISTORIANS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, THEOLOGIANS,
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS FROM MORE THAN 30 MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. ONE OF THE
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS, PROFESSOR ROGER SMITH OF THE
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, SAYS THE GOAL OF THE
CONFERENCE WAS TO CONVINCE GOVERNMENTS IT IS IN THEIR
NATIONAL INTERESTS TO PREVENT GENOCIDE:
TAPE: CUT # 1 SMITH RUNS [:25]
"GENOCIDE IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF KILLING PEOPLE. YOU
COULD KILL EVERY 50TH PERSON IN A SOCIETY, BUT IF THEY
ARE NOT PART OF OF THE SAME ETHIC OR RELIGIOUS GROUP YOU
HAVE ENORMOUS SLAUGHTER BUT YOU DON'T HAVE GENOCIDE. SO
GENOCIDE INVOLVES, NOT JUST KILLING, BUT IT ALSO THE
DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE AND GROUPS BECOMING NO LONGER
VIABLE."
TEXT: THE PROBLEM, SCHOLARS SAY, IS NOT SO MUCH DEFINING
GENOCIDE. THE UNITED NATIONS DID THAT NEARLY HALF A
CENTURY AGO FOLLOWING THE MASS KILLINGS OF ARMENIANS IN
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND THE NAZI EXTERMINATION OF SIX-MILLION
JEWS. THE U-N CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND
PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE WAS FORMULATED IN 1948. ARTICLE
TWO OF THAT CONVENTION DEFINES GENOCIDE AS 'ACTS
COMMITTED WITH INTENT TO DESTROY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, A
NATIONAL, ETHNICAL, RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUP'.
ALTHOUGH NO INDIVIDUAL HAS YET BEEN TRIED FOR THE CRIME
OF GENOCIDE, THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED WAR CRIMES
TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HAS HANDED DOWN ONE
INDICTMENT FOR ALLEGED GENOCIDE. MINNA SHRAG, THE
SENIOR TRIAL ATTORNEY FOR THE TRIBUNAL, TOLD THE
CONFERENCE THAT INDICTMENT WAS AGAINST THE COMMANDER
(DUSAN TADIC) OF A SERB INTERNMENT CAMP IN NORTHERN
BOSNIA. HE WAS ARRESTED IN GERMANY AND EXTRADITED TO
THE HAGUE (NETHERLANDS) TO EVENTUALLY STAND TRIAL. //
OPT // THE CAMP HE COMMANDED WAS CALLED OMARSKA:
TAPE: CUT # 2 SHRAG RUNS [:51]
"OMARSKA IS THE FIRST CAMP DISCOVERED BY SOME
JOURNALISTS. THE ONE THAT WAS ON EVERYONE'S TELEVISION
WITH SOME UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES. AND THE ONE THAT, BASED
ON EVIDENCE WE HAVE FOUND, SEEMS TO HAVE THE KIND OF
EVIDENCE OF THE KIND OF SYSTEMATIC INTENT TO DESTROY A
SIGNIFICANT PART OF A POPULATION. WE'D COME ACROSS A
CAMP WHERE PEOPLE WERE ROUTINELY KILLED, EVEN THOUGH THE
PERSONS RESPONSIBLE ARE NOT THE MOST SENIOR POLITICAL OR
MILITARY LEADERS, THERE COMES THE VERY HARD QUESTION,
AREN'T THOSE PEOPLE IN SOME VERY LITERAL, BASIC SENSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR GENOCIDE?." // END OPT //
TEXT: THE YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL ALSO NAMED TWO TOP
BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS, RADOVAN KARADZIC AND GENERAL RATKO
MLADIC, AS SUSPECTS, BUT THERE IS NO REAL EXPECTATION
THEY WILL EVER BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL. MS. SHRAG'S
COLLEAGUE ON THE WAR CRIMES PANEL, PAYAM AKHAVAN, IS A
LEADING JURIST FROM INDIA:
TAPE: CUT # 3 AKHAVAN RUNS [:45]
"THIS IS A QUESTION WHICH IS LARGELY THE FUNCTION OF
POLITICAL WILL, SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT IN OUR HANDS.
WE CAN BRING INDICTMENTS AGAINST ANY SERIES OF
INDIVIDUALS AGAINST WHOM WE HAVE EVIDENCE, NEVERTHELESS
ONCE WE HAVE THE INDICTMENTS, IF THERE IS NO POLITICAL
PRESSURE OR OTHER MEANS OF INSURING THAT THESE PEOPLE
ARE EXTRADITED, THE BEST WE CAN DO -- WHICH IS NOT THAT
BAD -- IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BLACKLISTED
WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRIES. THAT IN
ITSELF WILL DO A LOT IN THE LONG TERM TO UNDERMINE THE
POLITICAL FUTURE OF SOME OF THOSE IN THE LEADERSHIP WHO
HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF THOSE CRIMES."
TEXT: IN THE MEANTIME, A SECOND WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL, THIS ONE
DEALING THE MASS KILLINGS IN RWANDA, OPENED THIS MONTH
AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TRIALS LATER THIS YEAR IN
ARUSHA, TANZANIA. MANY SCHOLARS SAY THE GENOCIDE IN
RWANDA NOT ONLY WAS FORESEEN BUT COULD CONCEIVABLY HAVE
BEEN PREVENTED.
IN A REPORT TO THE GENOCIDE CONFERENCE, NOTED RWANDAN
SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR ALISON DES FORGES OF THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (IN BUFFALO), STATED
CATEGORICALLY THAT GENOCIDE COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IN
RWANDA BUT THAT THE WORLD COMMUNITY DECLINED TO ACT ON
THE OPTIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. THESE INCLUDED FIRM
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUGUST 1993 PEACE ACCORD, LINKING
AID TO THE ELIMINATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY CARDS AND
EXPOSING OR COUNTERING HATE PROPAGANDA. PROFESSOR FRANK
CHALK OF CANADA'S CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IN MONTREAL
SUPPORTED THIS FINDING IN HIS PAPER, WHICH FOCUSED ON
WAYS TO COMBAT HATE PROPAGANDA:
TAPE: CUT # 4 CHALK RUNS [:36]
"IN RWANDA -- AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT, QUITE
APPROPRIATELY -- THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ETHNIC HATRED ON
THE RADIO, TOGETHER WITH THE CREATION OF ARMED MILITIAS,
WAS A WARNING SIGN OF IMMINENT GENOCIDE. THE
DISSEMINATION OF HATE PROPAGANDA INCLUDING SPREADING
ETHNIC HATRED AND INCITING ETHNOCIDE AND GENOCIDE AND
BEGAN WITH NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES AIMED AT HUTU
INTELLECTUALS AND LITERATE PEOPLE THAT THEIR LIVES WERE
MENACED FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE RWANDA FROM SO-CALLED
TUTSI INFILTRATORS AND HUTU SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRACY."
TEXT: WHETHER ACTING TO PREVENT OR TO PUNISH ACTS OF GENOCIDE,
THE SCHOLARS AGREED LITTLE WILL BE DONE UNTIL
GOVERNMENTS RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS IN THEIR NATIONAL
SELF-INTEREST TO DO SO. MR. PAYAM LISTED THREE REASONS
FOR DEVELOPING A NATIONAL POLITICAL WILL TO ACT:
DISCOURAGING VENGEANCE, PROVIDING A COLLECTIVE CATHARSIS
FOR THE VICTIMS AND REMOVING THE MYTH THAT SUCH CRIMES
ARE COMMITTED COLLECTIVELY BY ONE NATION AGAINST
ANOTHER. THEY ARE NOT, HE SAYS. GENOCIDE AND CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY ARE COMMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
INDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/28/95
TYPE=CLOSEUP
NUMBER=4-08436
TITLE=TOUGH TRAVEL IN CROATIA
BYLINE=ZLATICA HOKE
TELEPHONE=619-0935
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
EDITOR=PHIL HAYNES
CONTENT= // INSERTS AVAILABLE FROM AUDIO SERVICES //
INTRO: TRAVEL BETWEEN MOST PLACES IN CROATIA, ONE OF THE
NEWLY-INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE,
NORMALLY TAKES ONLY A FEW HOURS DRIVING. HOWEVER, SINCE
SERB REBEL LEADERS FOUR YEARS AGO CLOSED ALL
COMMUNICATION LINKS BETWEEN THE PARTS OF CROATIA UNDER
THEIR CONTROL AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IT CAN TAKE
SEVERAL DAYS TO GET TO A PLACE ONLY A STONE'S-THROW
AWAY. DURING A RECENT VISIT TO CROATIA, VOA'S ZLATICA
HOKE SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO ROUTINELY SPENDS ABOUT 30
HOURS TRAVELING FROM THE ADRIATIC COAST TO REACH HER
HOME, A PLACE THAT USED TO BE A MERE THREE-HOUR DRIVE
AWAY.
TEXT: SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CROATIAN SERB DRAGICA JANJANIN HAS
LIVED IN THE CROATIAN PORT OF RIJEKA, ON THE NORTHERN
ADRIATIC, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. DRAGICA AND HER
HUSBAND HAD PLANNED TO RETIRE IN THEIR NATIVE VRGINMOST,
ABOUT 50 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE CROATIAN CAPITAL,
ZAGREB, WHERE THEY HAVE A HOUSE.
IN AUGUST 1991, WHEN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV ARMY TRIED TO
DISMANTLE THE NEWLY-DECLARED CROATIAN STATE, THE THEN
WIDOWED DRAGICA JANJANIN WAS STAYING AT HER HOUSE IN
VRGINMOST, IN TERRITORY CONTROLLED BY CROATIAN SERBS.
ALL ROUTES TO TERRITORIES UNDER THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT
CONTROL WERE BLOCKED. SO MS JANJANIN, WHO USED TO
DIVIDE HER TIME BETWEEN RIJEKA AND VRGINMOST, STARTED
LOOKING FOR A BUS OR TRAIN ROUTE TO REACH HER DAUGHTER'S
HOME IN RIJEKA.
TAPE CUT ONE JANJANIN IN CROATIAN RUN FOR 0:15 AND FADE UNDER
VOICE:
VOICE: AND THEN I TOOK OUT A MAP TO SEE HOW I CAN GET OUT. I
SAW THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET INTO HUNGARY OR INTO
SLOVENIA. AND SO I WENT THROUGH BOSNIA, BEOGRAD AND NOVI
SAD, SUBOTICA (SERBIA) AND THROUGH HUNGARY, UP TO
MARIBOR IN SLOVENIA THEN ON TO LJUBLJANA (SLOVENIA) AND
RIJEKA. AND, YOU SEE THIS IS ABOUT TWO-THOUSAND
KILOMETERS.
TEXT: MS JANJANIN MADE HER FIRST TRIP FROM SERB-HELD VRGINMOST
TO THE CROATIAN PORT CITY OF RIJEKA THREE MONTHS LATER,
IN NOVEMBER 1991. SHE SPENT ABOUT 30 HOURS ON THE ROAD
AND TWO NIGHTS WITH RELATIVES IN VOJVODINA (NORTHERN
SERBIA). THE TRIP FROM VRGINMOST TO RIJEKA USED TO TAKE
ABOUT THREE HOURS TRAVELLING BY LOCAL BUS.
SINCE HER FIRST TRIP, MS JANJANIN HAS TRAVELLED SIX
TIMES FROM HER HOUSE IN SERB-HELD TERRITORY, THROUGH
BOSNIA, TO RIJEKA ON THE COAST, ALL WITHOUT INCIDENT.
TAPE CUT TWO JANJANIN IN CROATIAN ESTABLISH AND FADE UNDER VOICE
VOICE: "PEOPLE ASK ME IF I EVER SAW A GUN SHOOT, AND THEY
WONDER IF IT IS DANGEROUS TO TRAVEL LIKE THIS SO MANY
TIMES, BUT - NEVER, I NEVER HEARD A GUN OR SAW SOMEONE
SHOOTING."
TEXT: MS JANJANIN SAYS MOST OF THE AREA SHE TRAVELLED THROUGH
WAS SAFE. THE ONLY WAR ZONES ON HER ROUTE WERE THROUGH
BOSNIA, BUT AS SHE SAYS, THE BUS NEVER LEFT BELGRADE
(SERBIA) IF IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED SAFE.
IN ADDITION TO POOR TRANSPORTATION LINKS WITH VRGINMOST,
RESIDENTS ALSO DO NOT HAVE TELEPHONE LINKS TO THE REST
OF CROATIA. HOW DOES A PLACE LIKE VRGINMOST FUNCTION IN
NEAR ISOLATION? MS JANJANIN SAYS SOME CHANGES ARE
OBVIOUS.
TAPE CUT THREE JANJANIN IN CROATIAN ESTABLISH AND FADE UNDER:
"IT IS A LITTLE QUIETER, EMPTIER, PEOPLE WORK LESS. YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN'T HEAR THE FACTORY WHISTLE ANY LONGER, YOU
CAN'T HEAR THE TRAIN WHISTLE. SO, YOU CAN FEEL, YOU CAN
SEE THE CHANGES."
TEXT: [OPT] MS. JANJANIN SAYS PEOPLE IN THAT PART OF THE
SERB-HELD CROATIAN TERRITORY ARE SCARED BECAUSE THEY ARE
CLOSE TO THE FIGHTING IN NEIGHBORING BOSNIA AND ALSO
VERY CLOSE TO THE TERRITORIES UNDER CROATIAN GOVERNMENT
CONTROL. BUT, AS SHE SAYS, THE INHABITANTS HAVE NOT
LEFT VRGINMOST, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN MOVED IN.
[OPT] THE CURRENCY IN VRGINMOST IS THE YUGOSLAV DINAR,
AS IN SERBIA, SINCE THE NEW CROATIAN CURRENCY HAS NOT
BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE REBEL SERB LEADERS. MS JANJANIN'S
FATHER, FOR EXAMPLE, RECEIVES HIS PENSION FROM KNIN,
WHICH THE REBEL SERBS CALL THEIR CAPITAL. AND SHE SAYS
THE TELEPHONE LINES TO CROATIA HAVE BEEN CUT OFF SINCE
FEBRUARY 1992. [END OPT]
MS JANJANIN SAYS SHE SENSES THE PEOPLE OF VRGINMOST ARE
GETTING TIRED OF THE ISOLATION. MANY OF THEM HAVE
RELATIVES IN OTHER PARTS OF CROATIA THAT THEY HAVEN'T
SEEN FOR YEARS.
ARE THE PEOPLE READY TO CONSIDER REINTEGRATION OF THE
COUNTRY UNDER CROATIAN GOVERNMENT CONTROL? MS JANJANIN
STILL REMEMBERS THE NAZI TRAGEDIES IN CROATIA DURING
WORLD WAR TWO AND SAYS SHE IS NOT SURE.
TAPE CUT FOUR JANJANIN IN CROATIAN ESTABLISH AND FADE
VOICE: "THEY ARE SCARED, YOU KNOW. IT IS BETTER NOT TO TALK
ABOUT IT, BUT DURING THE PREVIOUS WAR (SECOND WORLD WAR)
THERE WERE ATROCITIES (AGAINST SERBS) IN THAT PART OF
THE COUNTRY. SO IN 1991 EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY RECALLED
1941 AND THOUGHT THE SAME THINGS WOULD HAPPEN."
TEXT: YET, MS JANJANIN SAYS SHE THINKS THE FEAR HAS SUBSIDED
SOMEWHAT. SHE SAYS IN HER OPINION, IF THE PHONE LINES
AND ROAD AND RAIL ROUTES WERE RE-ESTABLISHED, LIFE MIGHT
RETURN TO NORMAL. SHE NOTED THERE ARE MANY MIXED
CROAT-SERB MARRIAGES IN THE AREA THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
AFFECTED BY POLITICAL TENSIONS.
THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO RE-OPEN THE
ROADS THROUGH THE SERB-HELD TERRITORIES IN CROATIA TO
REESTABLISH THE TRADITIONAL, SHORTER ROUTES TO THE
SOUTHERN PARTS OF ITS COAST. ONE OBJECTIVE OF RECENT
ARMY ACTION IN WESTERN SLAVONIA WAS THE RE-OPENING OF
ROUTES BETWEEN ZAGREB AND THE EASTERN CROATIAN CITY OF
OSIJEK.
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181270
TITLE=CLINTON / BOSNIA (S UPDATE)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON IS INVOKING EXECUTIVE POWERS TO
RE-ALLOCATE SOME U-S DEFENSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH-LED RAPID REACTION FORCE FOR BOSNIA. THE MANEUVER COMES
AMID STRONG CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO APPROVING NEW MONEY
FOR U-N PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. MORE FROM VOA'S DAVID GOLLUST AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
TEXT: THE ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO RE-DIRECT AS MUCH AS 60
MILLION DOLLARS IN ALREADY-APPROVED DEFENSE FUNDS OVER THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS FOR THE RAPID-REACTION FORCE -- EVEN ,WITH CONGRESS
CLEARLY UNWILLING TO APPROVE NEW MONEY FOR THE UNDERTAKING.
OFFICIALS SAY THE U-S AID WILL COME IN THE FORM OF EQUIPMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NEW FORCE AS WELL AS INTELLIGENCE AND AIR
SUPPORT -- AND THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS ALREADY ISSUED
DIRECTIVES FOR THE PROVISION OF 15-MILLION DOLLARS FOR SUCH
PURPOSES.
THE ADMINISTRATION STRONGLY SUPPORTS FORMATION OF THE FORCE -- TO
BE MADE UP OF BRITISH, FRENCH, DUTCH AND BELGIAN TROOPS -- AND
DECIDED TO MOVE ON ITS OWN AFTER TWO WEEKS OF FUTILE EFFORTS TO
PERSUADE CONGRESS TO ALLOCATE FUNDS. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
NICK BURNS SAYS THE UNITED STATES CANNOT AFFORD TO LET DOWN ITS
CLOSEST ALLIES.
// BURNS ACT //
THEY ARE NATO ALLIES. WE ARE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND IT WOULD BE UNCHARACTERISTIC OF ANY ADMINISTRATION
IN THE HISTORY OF THE LAST 50 YEARS TO FORESAKE ALLIES
WHO ARE IN A VERY TIGHT SITUATION AND WHO NEED OUR HELP.
// END ACT //
THE ENVISAGED SUPPORT FOR THE RAPID REACTION FORCE WOULD STILL BE
LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE EXPECTED
TO CONTRIBUTE UNDER THE REGULAR U-N PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT
FORMULA. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181278
TITLE=CLINTON/BOSNIA (L)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: FACED WITH CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO APPROVING NEW
FUNDS FOR U-N PEACEKEEPING, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS
RE-ALLOCATING SOME ALREADY-APPROVED DEFENSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE
NEW RAPID REACTION FORCE FOR BOSNIA. THE MONEY BEING PROVIDED
WOULD STILL BE LESS THAN WHAT THE UNITED STATES NORMALLY
CONTRIBUTES AS ITS SHARE OF PEACEKEEPING OPERTATIONS. DETAILS IN
THIS REPORT FROM V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TEXT: THE ADMINISTRATION WILL RE-DIRECT AS MUCH AS 60 MILLION
DOLLARS IN ALREADY-APPROVED DEFENSE FUNDS OVER THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS FOR THE RAPID-REACTION FORCE -- WITH THE CONGRESS CLEARLY
UNWILLING TO APPROVE NEW MONEY FOR WHAT SOME MEMBERS WOULD BE
AN EXERCISE IN FAILURE.
THE U-S AID WILL COME IN THE FORM OF EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
FOR THE NEW FORCE AS WELL AS INTELLIGENCE AND AIR SUPPORT.
PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS AREADY ISSUED DIRECTIVES CALLING FOR THE
PROVISION OF AN INITIAL 15 MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE FORCE -- TO BE MADE OF OF BRITISH, FRENCH,
DUTCH AND BELGIAN TROOPS.
THE DECISION BY THE PRESIDENT TO INVOKE EXECUTIVE POWERS CAME
AFTER TWO WEEKS OF FUTILE EFFORTS TO PERSUADE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS TO SUPPORT THE UNDERTAKING. WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION
SHARES THE CONCERN OF MANY CONGRESSMEN THAT THE MANDATE FOR THE
NEW FORCE IS UNCLEAR, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN NICK BURNS SAYS
THE UNITED STATES CANNOT AFFORD TO LET DOWN ITS CLOSEST ALLIES:
///BURNS ACTUALITY///
WE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT WE COULD NOT PUT OURSELVES IN
A POSITION TO LEAVE OUR ALLIES IN THE LURCH. AND THAT'S
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD STOOD BY AND NOT
PROVIDED CONCRETE SUPPORT TO THE ALLIES. THE FACT IS --
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS -- OUR
ALLIES HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO REMAIN IN
BOSNIA BUT TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FORCES IN BOSNIA. THEY
ARE NATO ALLIES. WE ARE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT THEM. AND IT
WOULD BE UNCHARACTERISTIC OF ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE
HISTORY OF THE LAST 50 YEARS TO FORESAKE ALLIES WHO ARE
IN A VERY TIGHT SITUATION AND WHO NEED OUR HELP.
///END ACT///
THE STATED PURPOSE OF THE RAPID REACTION CONTINGENT FORCE, TO
NUMBER ABOUT 15-THOUSAND TROOPS, WOULD BE TO RESPOND TO ATTACKS
ON THE U-N PEACEKEEPING FORCE, UNPROFOR, ALREADY ON THE GROUND IN
BOSNIA.
SPOKESMAN BURNS SAID THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THE ALLIES HAD TO
ACT AT WHAT HE TERMED AN IMPORTANT TURNING POINT -- WITH THE
BOSNIAN SERBS ACTING IN AN UNFETTERED WAY, INCONSISTENT WITH U-N
RESOLUTIONS.
ESTIMATES ARE THAT THE RAPID REACTION FORCE WILL COST AS MUCH AS
350 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ITS FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OPERATIONS. THE
ENVISAGED 60 MILLION DOLLAR U-S CONTRIBUTION WOULD THUS BE LITTLE
MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD NORMALLY PAY UNDER
THE UNDER U-N PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT FORMULA. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181257
TITLE=CLINTON/BOSNIA (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON IS INVOKING EXECUTIVE POWERS TO
ALLOCATE SOME U-S DEFENSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH-LED RAPID REACTION FORCE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. BUT,
WITH THE REPUBLICAN-LED CONGRESS OPPOSING NEW SPENDING FOR U-N
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FAR SHORT OF WHAT
THE EUROPEAN ALLIES HAD HOPED FOR.
TEXT: THE PRESIDENT IS ORDERING 15-MILLION-DOLLARS FROM THE
CURRENT DEFENSE BUDGET BE ALLOCATED TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE RAPID-REACTION FORCE.
BUT, THE U-S CONTRIBUTION WILL BE ONLY A TINY FRACTION OF THE
NEARLY ONE-THIRD SHARE THE UNITED STATES HAS TRADITIONALLY
PROVIDED FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS UNDER THE U-N ASSESSMENT
SYSTEM.
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURRY SAYS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
HAVE MADE CLEAR TO THE ADMINISTRATION THEY ARE UNWILLING TO
SUPPORT THE NEW UNDERTAKING IN ANY MAJOR WAY:
/// MCCURRY ACTUALITY ///
WE INDICATED WE WANTED TO DO OUR SHARE, THAT WE WOULD
PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR THE RAPID REACTION FORCE
AND WE WOULD BE IN CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS TO
DETERMINE WHAT AMOUNT WE COULD PROVIDE. AND VERY
CLEARLY THOSE CONSULTATIONS LEAD US TO BELEIVE THAT
THERE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT SUPPORT IN CONGRESS FOR 25
TO 30-PERCENT FUNDING OF THE RAPID REACTION FORCE.
/// END ACT ///
ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF THE NEW FORCE -- TO BE MADE UP OF COMBAT
TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, AND BELGIUM -- RUN
AS HIGH AS 350-MILLION DOLLARS FOR ITS FIRST SIX-MONTHS OF
OPERATION. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-176277
TITLE=CONGRESS/BOSNIA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=SENATE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARE OBJECTING TO
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PLAN TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A
EUROPEAN RAPID REACTION FORCE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. U-S HOUSE
SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BOB DOLE HAVE
WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT DETAILING THEIR OBJECTIONS, AND
V-O-A SENATE CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE HAS A REPORT.
TEXT: THE LETTER FROM THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER SAYS
THEY ARE DISPLEASED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO TAKE
SIXTY-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE U-S DEFENSE BUDGET IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT THE RAPID REACTION FORCE.
THE DOLE-GINGRICH LETTER SAYS RECENT EVENTS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY
CALL A HOPELESSLY INCOMPETENT UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BOSNIA.
THE TWO LEADERS SAY IT IS TIME TO TERMINATE U-S FUNDING FOR THE
ENTIRE UNPROFOR OPERATION IN BOSNIA ADDING THAT THE BOSNIAN
PEOPLE AND U-S TAXPAYERS DESERVE BETTER.
THE DOLE-GINGRICH LETTER ALSO EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT U-S SUPPORT
FOR THE RAPID REACTION FORCE WILL EXPOSE U-S MILITARY PERSONNEL,
ESPECIALLY PILOTS, TO GREATER RISKS THAN ARE NECESSARY. THE
LETTER FAULTS THE COMMAND ARRANGEMENTS FOR AMERICAN AIR SUPPORT
OF THE RAPID REACTION FORCE, CALLING THEM INHERENTLY FLAWED AND
DANGEROUS.
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FORCED TO GO AROUND CONGRESS
ON FUNDING FOR THE RAPID REACTION FORCE BECAUSE MANY LAWMAKERS
OPPOSE ANY FURTHER AMERICAN ASSISTANCE FOR AN OPERATION THAT MANY
OF THEM BELIEVE HAS FAILED. MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ALSO OPPOSE
TAKING ANY MORE MONEY FROM THE DEFENSE BUDGET, BELIEVING DEFENSE
HAS ALREADY BEEN STRETCHED TO DANGEROUS LIMITS BY BUDGET CUTS.
THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFER DEFENSE MONEY FOR
UNFORESEEN EMERGENCY MILITARY NEEDS AND WHILE HE DOES NOT NEED
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL HE IS REQUIRED TO AT LEAST NOTIFY
LAWMAKERS OF THE CHANGES. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181277
TITLE=CONGRESS/BOSNIA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=SENATE
CONTENT=
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// RE-RUNNING WITH CORRECT CR NUMBER //
INTRO: REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARE OBJECTING TO
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PLAN TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A
EUROPEAN RAPID REACTION FORCE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. U-S HOUSE
SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BOB DOLE HAVE
WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT DETAILING THEIR OBJECTIONS, AND
V-O-A SENATE CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE HAS A REPORT.
TEXT: THE LETTER FROM THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER SAYS
THEY ARE DISPLEASED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO TAKE
SIXTY-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE U-S DEFENSE BUDGET IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT THE RAPID REACTION FORCE.
THE DOLE-GINGRICH LETTER SAYS RECENT EVENTS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY
CALL A HOPELESSLY INCOMPETENT UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BOSNIA.
THE TWO LEADERS SAY IT IS TIME TO TERMINATE U-S FUNDING FOR THE
ENTIRE UNPROFOR OPERATION IN BOSNIA ADDING THAT THE BOSNIAN
PEOPLE AND U-S TAXPAYERS DESERVE BETTER.
THE DOLE-GINGRICH LETTER ALSO EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT U-S SUPPORT
FOR THE RAPID REACTION FORCE WILL EXPOSE U-S MILITARY PERSONNEL,
ESPECIALLY PILOTS, TO GREATER RISKS THAN ARE NECESSARY. THE
LETTER FAULTS THE COMMAND ARRANGEMENTS FOR AMERICAN AIR SUPPORT
OF THE RAPID REACTION FORCE, CALLING THEM INHERENTLY FLAWED AND
DANGEROUS.
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FORCED TO GO AROUND CONGRESS
ON FUNDING FOR THE RAPID REACTION FORCE BECAUSE MANY LAWMAKERS
OPPOSE ANY FURTHER AMERICAN ASSISTANCE FOR AN OPERATION THAT MANY
OF THEM BELIEVE HAS FAILED. MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ALSO OPPOSE
TAKING ANY MORE MONEY FROM THE DEFENSE BUDGET, BELIEVING DEFENSE
HAS ALREADY BEEN STRETCHED TO DANGEROUS LIMITS BY BUDGET CUTS.
THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFER DEFENSE MONEY FOR
UNFORESEEN EMERGENCY MILITARY NEEDS AND WHILE HE DOES NOT NEED
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL HE IS REQUIRED TO AT LEAST NOTIFY
LAWMAKERS OF THE CHANGES. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181276
TITLE=CONGRESS/BUDGET PASSED (S ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=SENATE
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS APPROVED A SWEEPING
REPUBLICAN BUDGET PLAN WHICH BALANCES THE FEDERAL BUDGET IN SEVEN
YEARS AND PROVIDES TAX CUTS FOR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
SUIT SHORTLY.
TEXT: THE HOUSE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE COMPROMISE REPUBLICAN PLAN
WAS 239 TO 194. HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JOHN KASICH
PRONOUNCED THE BUDGET OUTLINE HISTORIC AND SAID SUPPORTERS SHOULD
HOLD THEIR HEADS HIGH WITH PRIDE IN VOTING TO CHANGE THE FUTURE
COURSE OF AMERICA.
/// KASICH ACT. ///
GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOD BLESS THIS CONGRESS IN TAKING
THIS GIANT STEP BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO GUARANTEE A
PROSPEROUS AMERICA AND A BETTER PLANET. VOTE FOR THE
RESOLUTION. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE FADE)
/// END KASICH ACT. ///
DEMOCRATS ARGUED THAT THE REPUBLICAN BALANCED BUDGET PLAN CUTS
TOO MUCH FROM GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY AND
THE POOR. HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER RICHARD GEPHARDT SAYS THE PLAN
ALSO INCLUDES TOO MANY TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH.
/// GEPHARDT ACT. ///
WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET THAT GIVES HUGE TAX
BREAKS TO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE IT MADE AND TAKE IT
OUT OF THE HIDE OF THE HARD WORKING, MIDDLE INCOME
PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. VOTE DOWN THIS CONFERENCE
REPORT. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. (CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE FADE).
/// END GEPHARDT ACT. ///
THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO JOIN THE HOUSE SHORTLY IN APPROVING THE
PLAN BUT PRESIDENT CLINTON IS THREATENING TO VETO SPENDING BILLS
WHICH CONFORM TO THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET OUTLINE. (SIGNED)
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DATE=6/29/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181247
TITLE=E-U MINES (S)
BYLINE=JOHN FRASER
DATELINE=BRUSSELS
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS CALLED FOR A WORLDWIDE BAN ON
THE SALE, USE AND EXPORT OF LAND MINES. THE VOTE IS NOT
BINDING ON THE 15 E-U GOVERNMENTS, BUT DOES REFLECT CONCERN ABOUT
THE USE OF SUCH MINES. JOHN FRASER REPORTS FOR VOA FROM BRUSSELS.
TEXT: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WAS TOLD THAT 26-THOUSAND PEOPLE A
YEAR ARE KILLED OR INJURED BY LAND MINES. THERE ARE 100 MILLION
SUCH MINES IN 65 COUNTRIES. ABOUT TWO MILLION NEW MINES ARE
PLANTED EACH YEAR, WHEREAS ONLY 100-THOUSAND ARE CLEARED.
THE E-U ASSEMBLY VOTED FOR A REPORT CALLING FOR A WORLDWIDE BAN
ON THE PRODUCTION, SALE, EXPORT AND USE OF THE MINES. THIS WILL
ADD TO PRESSURE INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS FOR ACTION.
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS ALSO CALLED FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION TO
BOOST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES WHERE MINE CLEARANCE
OPERATIONS ARE UNDER WAY. THESE INCLUDE AFRICAN COUNTRIES, SUCH
AS ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE, AS WELL AS COUNTRIES IN ASIA, THE
MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH AMERICA. EUROPEAN UNION GOVERNMENTS WILL
NOW BE UNDER PRESSURE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE, AND TO SUPPORT THE
CALL FOR THE WORLDWIDE BAN ON LAND MINES.
E-U COMMISSIONER EMMA BONINO HAS SUPPORTED THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, DESCRIBING LAND MINES AS DREADFUL WEAPONS, INFESTING
MANY OF THE POORER PARTS OF THE WORLD. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181230
TITLE=NATO/BOSNIA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JOHN FRASER
DATELINE=BRUSSELS
CONTENT=
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INTRO: NATO GOVERNMENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO ASSIGN TROOPS TO A
MISSION TO BRING OUT UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS FROM BOSNIA.
THIS FOLLOWS AN AGREEMENT BY NATO AMBASSADORS ON A BLUEPRINT
FOR THE POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL. HOWEVER, NATO OFFICIALS HAVE
STRESSED THAT NO DECISION TO MOUNT THE OPERATION HAS YET BEEN
TAKEN. JOHN FRASER REPORTS FOR V-O-A NEWS FROM NATO HEADQUARTERS
IN BRUSSELS.
TEXT: CODE-NAMED 'DETERMINED EFFORT', AND KNOWN TO NATO INSIDERS
AS PLAN FOUR ZERO ONE ZERO FOUR,THE WITHDRAWAL OF UN FORCES FROM
BOSNIA WOULD REQUIRE 60-THOUSAND TROOPS.
NATO OFFICIALS SAY THAT THERE IS NOW AGREEMENT ON THE BLUEPRINT,
ALTHOUGH ONE OR TWO DETAILS NEED TO BE IRONED OUT. THEY STRESS
THAT NATO HAS NO DESIRE TO MOUNT THIS OPERATION. THE OFFICIAL
STANCE AT NATO HEADQUARTERS IS THAT IT IS HOPED THE
INTERNATIONAL PEACE INITIATIVE WILL SUCCEED IN BOSNIA, AND THERE
WILL BE NO NEED TO PULL OUT THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE.
HOWEVER, NATO HAS TO BE READY FOR THE WORST. IT IS THE ONLY
ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF HANDING THE WITHDRAWAL,
AND IT IS CERTAIN THAT IF THE UNITED NATIONS DECIDES THE TIME HAS
COME TO EVACUATE ITS FORCES, THE NATO ALLIANCE WILL BE CALLED
UPON TO PERFORM THE TASK.
ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE PLAN IS THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE
CARRIED OUT UNDER NATO COMMAND.
THIS FOLLOWS LONG DISPUTES BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND NATO
REGARDING THE USE OF ALLIANCE AIRCRAFT IN THE SKIES OVER BOSNIA.
U-S ADMIRAL LEIGHTON SMITH, WHO IS NATO'S COMMANDER IN SOUTHERN
EUROPE, WOULD BE THE OVERALL COMMANDER OF THE WITHDRAWAL
OPERATION.
FIFTEEN OF NATO'S 16 NATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TROOPS
TO THE WITHDRAWAL OPERATION -- ICELAND BEING THE EXCEPTION. MOST
OF THE TROOPS WOULD COME FROM THE UNITED STATES, WITH BRITAIN
PROVIDING THE SECOND LARGEST FORCE.
NATO OFFICIALS ARE NOW IN CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUAL ALLIANCE
GOVERNMENTS, SECURING AGREEMENT THAT SUFFICIENT FORCES WILL,
INDEED, BE MADE AVAILABLE WHEN AND IF THE WITHDRAWAL OPERATION IS
GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD.
IF THE WITHDRAWAL IS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE WINTER IN BOSNIA,
THE OPERATION MAY HAVE TO BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=7/4/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181496
TITLE= JULY 4TH CELEBRATION (L)
BYLINE=CHRIS SIMKINS
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO: PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATED THE U-S
INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY (TUESDAY) IN NEW YORK CITY. THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PARADES, STREET
FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, AND OF COURSE THE TRADITIONAL FIREWORKS
DISPLAY. V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT CHRIS SIMKINS HAS MORE ON THE
STORY FROM NEW YORK.
TEXT:/// REPORT BEGINS WITH ACT OF TOUR GUIDE AND MUSIC UNDER
///
IT WAS A PICTURE PERFECT DAY WITH SUNNY SKIES AND WARM
TEMPERATURES AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CONVERGED ON BATTERY PARK IN
LOWER MANHATTAN TO CELEBRATE THIS FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY. THE
COLORS OF RED, WHITE AND BLUE AMERICAN FLAGS COULD BE SEEN FROM
ALL CORNERS OF THE PARK. A PERFECT BACK DROP FOR A HISTORICAL
OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY. SINCE JULY 4, 1793, MEMBERS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION VETERANS CORPS OF ARTILLERY, THE OLDEST
MILITARY UNIT IN NEW YORK STATE, HAVE FIRED THEIR 50 CANNON
NATIONAL SALUTE.
/// ARTILLERY COMMANDER ACT ///
THE FIRST STATE TO JOIN THE UNION WAS DELAWARE DECEMBER
SEVENTH 1787. NEW YORK, JULY 26TH 1788. (BLAST AND
CHEERS).
/// END ACT ///
A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY ANOTHER REMEMBRANCE. THIS ONE WAS FOR THE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE VIETNAM AND KOREAN
WARS. MAJOR EDWIN CHARLES, A KOREAN WAR VETERAN, SAYS THIS
HOLIDAY HAS SPECIAL MEANING.
/// CHARLES ACT ///
I REALLY LOOK DOWN AND I SEE WHAT THIS MEMORIAL IS ALL
ABOUT, ALL THE GUYS WE LEFT BEHIND THE GUYS THAT NEVER
MADE IT BACK FROM OTHER COUNTRIES NOT ONLY THIS COUNTRY.
YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE WHEN YOU ARE FREE AND INDEPENDENT
IT IS ALL DUE TO THE GUYS AND THE WOMEN TOO THAT
SACRIFICED AND GIVEN IT ALL SO YOU AND I AND EVERYBODY
ELSE CAN STAND HERE TODAY AND ENJOY AN INDEPENDENCE.
/// END ACT ///
PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR THE JULY
FOURTH HOLIDAY. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS IS THE STATUE
OF LIBERTY. SOME 20-THOUSAND PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE FOR MORE THAN
ONE HOUR TO TAKE A FERRY RIDE SEVERAL KILOMETERS ACROSS NEW YORK
HARBOR TO GET A CLOSER VIEW OF THE WORLD FAMOUS STATUE. VINCENT
BOEAETEAU AND HIS FRIEND FROM BRITTNEY, FRANCE ARE TAKING IN THE
SIGHTS.
/// BOEAETEAU ACT ///
WE ARE LUCKY TO BE HERE (NEW YORK CITY) ON THE FOURTH OF
JULY. (QUESTION) HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE STATUE ? (ANSWER)
NOT YET BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, TOO MUCH
PEOPLE FOR US TO WAIT. (QUESTION) IS IT NICE TO KNOW
THAT WAS A GIFT FROM FRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES ?
(ANSWER) YES OF COURSE, BUT I THINK WE WILL BE BACK
ANOTHER DAY.
/// END ACT ///
THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR SHOBHANA
AND ARNEL. THE COUPLE AND THEIR SMALL CHILDREN FROM BOMBAY, INDIA
HAD A BUSY DAY PLANNED.
/// SHOBHANA AND ARNEL ACT ///
(ARNEL) AFTER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WE ARE PLANNING TO
GO TO SEE THE MACY'S PARADE AND THEN THE FIREWORKS IN
THE EVENING. (QUESTION TO SHOBHANA) ARE YOU LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ? (ANSWER) YES.
(QUESTION) WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU ? (ANSWER) IT IS
GREAT FOR ME TO SEE BECAUSE IT IS A WORLD FAMOUS THING.
/// END ACT ///
NEW YORK CITY'S JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY ENDED WITH ITS TRADITIONAL
BANG. MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE GATHERED ALONG THE BANKS OF
THE EAST RIVER TO SEE A COLORFUL DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS LIGHT UP
NIGHT SKY. (SIGNED)
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DATE=7/4/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181475
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (L)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BOSNIAN-SERB FORCES HAVE AGAIN FIRED AT A U-N AID CONVOY
MAKING ITS WAY ALONG THE MOUNT IGMAN ROAD INTO SARAJEVO. ONE
FRENCH PEACEKEEPER WAS INJURED IN THE ATTACK. AS V-O-A'S KYLE
KING REPORTS FROM OUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN BUREAU IN VIENNA,
PEACEKEEPERS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO REPEATED SERB ATTACKS ALONG
THE TREACHEROUS MOUNTAIN ROAD.
TEXT: U-N PEACEKEEPING OFFICIALS SAY USING THE MOUNT IGMAN ROAD
IS THE ONLY OPTION THEY HAVE TO BRING HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE
PEOPLE OF SARAJEVO.
BUT FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE SUNDAY, FRENCH PEACEKEEPERS HAVE
BEEN FORCED TO SHOOT IT OUT WITH BOSNIAN SERBS, AFTER COMING
UNDER ATTACK ALONG THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN ROAD.
IN THE LATEST INCIDENT, BOSNIAN SERBS FIRED HEAVY MACHINE GUNS AT
A U-N CONVOY LOADED WITH 70-TONS OF FLOUR. FRENCH PEACEKEEPERS,
USING A HEAVY MORTAR AND AN ANTI-TANK GUN, FIRED BACK, THEN LAID
DOWN A SMOKE SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE SERB POSITION TO BLOCK THE
ATTACK.
BOSNIAN SERBS, WHO HAVE BEEN BLOCKING ALMOST ALL HUMANITARIAN
DELIVERIES INTO THE CITY SINCE LAST MONTH, HAVE OBJECTED TO U-N
USE OF THE ROAD FOR AID CONVOYS AND SAID THEY WILL CONTINUE THE
ATTACKS.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY FIND IT OUTRAGEOUS THE BOSNIAN SERBS ARE
TARGETING HUMANITARIAN CONVOYS, KNOWING THE UNITED NATIONS HAS NO
OTHER WAY TO GET AID INTO THE CITY.
SINCE BOSNIAN SERBS INCREASED HARASSMENT OF U-N TROOPS AND
BLOCKED ACCESS TO ROUTES THEY CONTROL, THE MOUNT IGMAN ROAD HAS
BECOME THE ONLY OVERLAND ROUTE AVAILABLE TO THE U-N.
U-N PEACEKEEPERS SAY DESPITE THE LATEST ATTACKS, THEY ARE
DETERMINED TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION AND DELIVER AID TO THE
BESIEGED PEOPLE OF SARAJEVO, EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO USE THE
TREACHEROUS DIRT ROAD THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. (SIGNED)
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181444
TITLE= BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE= KYLE KING
DATELINE= VIENNA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: BOSNIAN SERB FORCES HAVE AGAIN FIRED ON A UNITED NATIONS
AID CONVOY MAKING ITS WAY ALONG THE MOUNT IGMAN ROAD INTO
SARAJEVO. ONE FRENCH PEACEKEEPER WAS BADLY INJURED IN THE ATTACK.
AS V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS FROM OUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN BUREAU IN
VIENNA, PEACEKEEPERS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO REPEATED SERB ATTACKS
ALONG THE TREACHEROUS MOUNTAIN ROAD.
TEXT: UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OFFICIALS SAY USING THE MOUNT
IGMAN ROAD IS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE THEY HAVE IF THEY ARE TO BRING
HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE PEOPLE OF SARAJEVO.
BUT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN AS MANY DAYS, FRENCH PEACEKEEPERS HAVE
BEEN FORCED TO RETURN SERB FIRE, AFTER COMING UNDER ATTACK ALONG
THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN ROAD.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY BOSNIAN SERBS FIRED HEAVY MACHINE GUNS AT A
FOOD CONVOY LATE MONDAY. FRENCH FORCES, USING A HEAVY MORTAR
AND ANTI-TANK ROUNDS, FIRED BACK, THEN LAID DOWN A SMOKE SCREEN
IN FRONT OF THE SERB POSITION.
BOSNIAN SERBS, WHO HAVE BEEN BLOCKING ALMOST ALL AID DELIVERIES
INTO THE CITY, HAVE REACTED WITH ANGER AT THE U-N USE OF THE
ROAD, WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY INTO THE CITY NOT CONTROLLED BY THE
SERBS.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE PEACEKEEPERS, BUT
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION TO GET FOOD INTO THE CITY. (SIGNED)
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DATE=7/4/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181467
TITLE=U-N / LANDMINES (L ONLY)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS
DATELINE=GENEVA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANDMINES OPENED IN GENEVA
TODAY (TUESDAY), WITH U-N OFFICIALS SEEKING MORE FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS TO CLEAR THE DEADLY EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
SCATTERED ACROSS PAST AND PRESENT BATTLEFIELDS AROUND THE WORLD.
V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN GENEVA REPORTS THE MEETING IS TAKING
PLACE AMID CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING A U-N
CONVENTION ON LANDMINES.
TEXT: THE PROBLEM IS AS MASSIVE AS IT IS LETHAL.
U-N OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THERE ARE MORE THAN 110-MILLION LANDMINES
SCATTERED ACROSS 64 COUNTRIES. EVERY YEAR, ABOUT 10-THOUSAND
PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM CIVILIANS, ARE KILLED IN LANDMINE
EXPLOSIONS, AND ANOTHER 20-THOUSAND ARE MAIMED.
SMALL, MOSTLY PLASTIC ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES COST NO MORE THAN
TWO TO THREE (U-S) DOLLARS EACH TO PRODUCE. BUT THE COST OF
DETECTING AND REMOVING THOSE MINES IS AT LEAST 100 TIMES GREATER.
THE U-N ESTIMATES IT WOULD COST AROUND 33-BILLION DOLLARS TO
CLEAR THE MINES ALREADY IN PLACE. BUT NEW MINES ARE BEING
DEPLOYED AT A FAR FASTER RATE THAN OLD ONES ARE REMOVED. THE
U-N, SAYS UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL PETER HANSEN, IS WAGING A
LOSING BATTLE.
// HANSEN ACT //
IT IS FOR THESE REASONS THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT MEMBER
STATES TAKE STEPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENACT A BAN ON
THE PRODUCTION, USE AND TRANSFER OF LANDMINES. THAT IS
THE ONLY TRUE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF GROWTH IN THIS
SCOURGE.
// END ACT //
U-N OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GOAL OF A GLOBAL BAN IS NOT
YET IN SIGHT. FOR MANY SMALL NATIONS, LANDMINES ARE CONSIDERED A
VITAL ELEMENT OF TERRITORIAL DEFENSE, A WEAPON THAT CAN HINDER
AND DELAY A POTENTIAL INVASION FORCE.
A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ISSUE IS SCHEDULED IN
SEPTEMBER IN VIENNA. RATHER THAN SEEKING AN OUTRIGHT BAN, THE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE FOCUSSED ON WAYS TO ENSURE THAT ALL MINES ARE
DETECTABLE AND EQUIPPED WITH SELF-DESTRUCT DEVICES.
THE GENEVA MEETING HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND
EXPERTS TO DISCUSS WAYS TO ACCELERATE EFFORTS TO CLEAR EXISTING
MINE FIELDS.
THE U-N EMPLOYS MORE THAN FIVE-THOUSAND DE-MINING EXPERTS IN
CAMBODIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND MOZAMBIQUE. THE WORLD BODY HAS JUST
LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM IN ANGOLA IN THE WAKE OF THAT COUNTRY'S
PEACE ACCORD. AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR MORE DE-MINING PROJECTS IN
RWANDA AND THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA.
UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL HANSEN SAYS THE U-N NEEDS MORE FINANCIAL
AID FOR THESE PROGRAMS, AND IS LOOKING FOR PLEDGES TOTALLING AT
LEAST 75 MILLION DOLLARS DURING THIS WEEK'S CONFERENCE HERE.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=7/9/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181678
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S OVERNIGHTER)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BOSNIAN-SERB TROOPS HAVE ADVANCED ON THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE
OF SREBRENICA, SURROUNDING SEVERAL U-N OBSERVATION POSTS AND
DETAINING 20 DUTCH PEACEKEEPERS IN THE U-N PROTECTED SAFE AREA.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY SERB COMMANDERS HAVE PROMISED THE PEACEKEEPERS
WILL BE ALLOWED TO REJOIN THEIR UNITS. AS V-O-A'S KYLE KING
REPORTS FROM OUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN BUREAU IN VIENNA, THE SITUATION
AGAIN ILLUSTRATES THE DANGER FACED BY U-N TROOPS.
TEXT: U-N OFFICIALS SAY BOSNIAN-SERB TROOPS HAVE ADVANCED SO FAR
IN THEIR ASSAULT ON SREBRENICA SEVERAL U-N OBSERVATION POSTS HAVE
BEEN ABANDONED AFTER FALLING BEHIND SERB LINES.
BOSNIAN-GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE COMPLAINED BITTERLY ABOUT THE
U-N FAILURE TO HALT THE OFFENSIVE, WHICH BEGAN THURSDAY WITH A
FIERCE ARTILLERY AND TANK ASSAULT ON THE ENCLAVE.
BOSNIAN OFFICIALS SAY AS MANY AS FOUR-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
FORCED TO FLEE THE FIGHTING. THEY ARE WARNING OF A CATASTROPHE
IF SERBS OVERRUN THE TOWN.
A DUTCH PEACEKEEPER WAS KILLED BY BOSNIAN-GOVERNMENT FORCES
SATURDAY WHEN THEY TRIED TO BLOCK HIS UNIT FROM WITHDRAWING FROM
AN OBSERVATION POST.
NATO WARPLANES FLEW OVER SREBRENICA SUNDAY FOR A SECOND DAY, BUT
TOOK NO ACTION.
OBSERVERS SAY THE SERB ATTACK COULD BE AIMED AT TAKING HIGH
GROUND AROUND THE U-N SAFE AREA AND RE-DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES,
WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.
THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE IS HOME TO ABOUT 40-THOUSAND PEOPLE, MANY OF
THEM REFUGEES FROM THE FIGHTING IN OTHER PARTS OF BOSNIA.
(SIGNED)
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DATE=7/9/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181655
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP (S)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THREE U-N
OBERSERVATION POSTS IN THE EASTERN MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF SREBRENICA,
WHERE A DUTCH PEACEKEEPER WAS KILLED DURING HEAVY FIGHTING ON
SATURDAY. AS V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS FROM OUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN
BUREAU IN VIENNA, SERB FORCES HAVE NOW DETAINED SEVERAL
PEACEKEEPERS AFTER OVERRUNNING THEIR OBSERVATION POST.
TEXT: U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE DUTCH PEACEKEEPERS WERE CAPTURED
SATURDAY NIGHT BY SERB FORCES AND TAKEN TO A NEARBY TOWN JUST
NORTH OF SREBRENICA.
INITIAL REPORTS SAY U-N PEACEKEEPERS WERE FORCED TO ABANDON TWO
OBSERVATION POSTS DURING THE NIGHT AFTER BEING SURROUNDED AND
ATTACKED BY SERB FORCES, WHO HAVE NOW ADVANCED AT LEAST THREE
KILOMETERS INTO THE U-N DESIGNATED SAFE AREA.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE PROTESTED TO THE BOSNIAN SERB
MILITARY LEADERSHIP.
SATURDAY, A U-N PEACEKEEPER WAS KILLED BY BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT
FORCES AFTER THE SERBS OVERRAN ANOTHER U-N OBSERVATION POST AND
THE PEACEKEEPERS TRIED TO RETREAT THROUGH A GOVERNMENT
CHECKPOINT.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE OBSERVATION POST CAPTURED SATURDAY IS ON
HIGH GROUND OVERLOOKING A KEY SUPPLY ROUTE USED BY THE SERBS.
THE FIERCE SERB ARTILLERY AND TANK ASSAULT ON SREBRENICA, WHICH
BEGAN THURSDAY, HAS COINCIDED WITH INCREASED ATTACKS ON OTHER
MUSLIM ENCLAVES AS WELL. (SIGNED)
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DATE=7/9/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181671
TITLE=BOSNIA SITREP UPDATE (S)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=VIENNA
CONTENT=
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INTRO: BOSNIAN-SERB TROOPS HAVE ADVANCED ON THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE
OF SREBRENICA, OVERRUNNING SEVERAL U-N OBSERVATION POSTS AND
DETAINING A NUMBER OF DUTCH PEACEKEEPERS. AS V-O-A'S KYLE KING
REPORTS FROM OUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN BUREAU IN VIENNA, U-N TROOPS
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR POSITIONS AFTER COMING UNDER
ATTACK BY BOTH SIDES IN THE CONFLICT.
TEXT: U-N OFFICIALS SAY BOSNIAN-SERB TROOPS HAVE ADVANCED SO FAR
IN THEIR ATTACK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SREBRENICA THAT SEVERAL U-N
OBSERVATION POSTS HAVE FALLEN BEHIND SERB LINES.
AFTER COMING UNDER ATTACK LATE SATURDAY, SEVEN PEACEKEEPERS WERE
TAKEN BY THE SERBS TO A TOWN NORTH OF SREBRENICA. DUTCH TROOPS
AT ANOTHER OBSERVATION POST WERE SURROUNDED AND DETAINED, AND A
THIRD GROUP IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DETAINED WHILE ON ROUTINE
PATROL.
A U-N SPOKESMAN SAYS THE SERBS HAVE GIVEN ASSURANCES THE
PEACEKEEPERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO REJOIN THEIR UNITS.
U-N OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS LITTLE THEY CAN DO TO HALT THE
SERB ADVANCE, WHICH BEGAN THURSDAY AND APPEARS TO BE AIMED AT
REDRAWING BOUNDARIES AND TAKING DISPUTED HIGH GROUND AROUND THE
U-N SAFE AREA.
MEANWHILE, THE UNITED NATIONS PROTESTED THE KILLING OF A DUTCH
PEACEKEEPER SATURDAY WHEN BOSNIAN-GOVERNMENT TROOPS TRIED TO
BLOCK HIS UNIT FROM WITHDRAWING FROM THE AREA.
BOSNIAN OFFICIALS DENY THEIR TROOPS KILLED THE DUTCH SOLDIER WHO
WAS THE 67TH PEACEKEEPER TO DIE IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SINCE
1992. (SIGNED)
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