DATE=8/21/95
TYPE=ADVISORY
TITLE=!!! VOA DAILY BOSNIA REPORT !!!
CONTENT=
VOA DAILY BOSNIA REPORT
8/21/95
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REPORTS BY VOA NEWS SERVICES: :
BOSNIA / US DIPLOMATS -- A PLANE CARRYING THE BODIES OF THREE US
DIPLOMATS KILLED IN BOSNIA LAST WEEK IS ON ITS WAY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. CORRESPONDENT KYLE KING REPORTS SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE US DELEGATION TO BOSNIA ARE ACCOMPANYING THE BODIES, WHICH
WERE FLOWN TO GERMANY FROM THE CROATIAN PORT OF SPLIT. (8/21)
US / BOSNIA -- SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER AND DEFENSE
SECRETARY WILLIAM PERRY WILL BE AMONG THOSE ON HAND WHEN THE BODIES OF THREE AMERICAN ENVOYS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES MONDAY FROM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. STAFFER VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS AMERICAN OFFICIALS GIVE EVERY INDICATION THEIR LATEST DIPLOMATIC SEARCH FOR PEACE IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WILL CONTINUE THIS
WEEK. (8/20)
US / YUGO DIPLOMACY --THE UNITED STATES HAS AGAIN APPEALED FOR
MILITARY RESTRAINT BY CROATIA AS SENIOR DIPLOMAT RICHARD HOLBROOKE CONTINUES A BALKANS SHUTTLE MISSION WITH A NEW US PEACE INITIATIVE. THE FIVE-NATION CONTACT GROUP WILL DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE HOLBROOKE MISSION EARLY NEXT WEEK. CORRESPONDENT
DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS. (8/18)
CROATIA / TUDJMAN -- CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN HAS DENIED
HE HAS MADE A SECRET DEAL WITH PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO DIVIDE BOSNIA BETWEEN CROATIA AND SERBIA. HE SAYS HE WANTS ALL FIGHTING BETWEEN CROATS AND SERBS TO END, BUT THE CROATIAN ARMY HAS MASSED TEN THOUSAND TROOPS NEAR DUBROVNIK IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXPECTED ATTACK ON THE BOSNIAN SERBS. STRINGER DAVID FOLEY
REPORTS. (8/18)
UN / RAPID REACTION FORCE -- UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL
BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI URGED THE SECURITY COUNCIL FRIDAY TO RESOLVE A DISPUTE OVER THE MOVEMENT IN CROATIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS RAPID REACTION FORCE. CORRESPONDENT CHRIS SIMKINS
REPORTS. (8/18)
MOSCOW / US INITIATIVE -- MOSCOW GIVES FULL SUPPORT TO THE NEW US
INITIATIVE FOR NEGOTIATED END TO CRISIS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT YELTSIN HAS OFFERED MOSCOW TO BE THE HOST OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOSNIA. STRINGER RISTO BAJALSKI
REPORTS FROM MOSCOW. (SERBIAN 8/19)
MAJOR / US DEATHS -- BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MAJOR CONVEYED HIS
CONDOLENCES TO PRESIDENT CLINTON ABOUT TRAGIC DEATHS OF US ENVOYS IN BOSNIA. AT THE SAME TIME, MR MAJOR EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE US PEACE INITIATIVE WILL NOT BE HINDERED. STRINGER RIALDA SEBEK
REPORTS FROM LONDON. (SERBIAN 8/19)
US DIPLOMATS / ALBANIAN LEADERS -- ALBANIAN LEADERS FROM ALBANIA
AND THE PROVINCE OF KOSOVO, INCLUDING PRESIDENT BERISHA AND DR IBRAHIM RUGOVA EXPRESSED THEIR DEEP SORROW AND SENT THEIR CONDOLENCES TO US LEADERS AND THE FAMILIES OF THREE U.S DIPLOMATS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR SARAJEVO. STRINGERS
AFERDITA SARACINI KELMENDI AND MERO BAZE REPORT. (ALBANIAN 8/19)
BRITAIN / GORAZDE -- BRITAIN HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ITS CONTINGENT
WILL LEAVE THE GORAZDE ENCLAVE WITHIN ONE WEEK. ACCORDING TO A BRITISH NEWSPAPER, CROATIA HAS OFFERED TO GRANT AUTONOMY TO SERBIAN AREAS IN KRAJINA IF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC WITHDRAWS SERB FORCES FROM EASTERN SLAVONIA. STRINGER R SEBEK REPORTS FORM
LONDON. (SERBIAN 8/18)
HOLBROOKE / MILOSEVIC -- SERBIAN PRESIDENT S MILOSEVIC HELD
ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS WITH US DELEGATION HEADED BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY R. HOLBROOKE. MR MILOSEVIC ALSO MET WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER JAVIER SALANA AND GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER K PAPULIAS. ACCORDING TO THEIR STATEMENTS NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WAS ACCOMPLISHED. STRINGER M KUBUROVIC REPORTS FROM BELGRADE.
(SERBIAN 8/18)
HOLBROOKE / SERBIA -- STRINGER JADRANKA KRONJA REPORTS ON
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO BELGRADE. MR HOLBROOKE DISCUSSED THE AMERICAN PEACE INITIATIVE WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC. EUROPEAN UNION
DELEGATION ALSO VISITED BELGRADE. (CROATIAN 8/18)
SARAJEVO / HOLBROOKE -- STRINGER FROM SARAJEVO VLADIMIR BILIC
REPORTED ON EXPECTATIONS IN LIGHT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD HOLBROOKE UPCOMING VISIT TO SARAJEVO. VLADIMIR BILIC ALSO REPORTS ABOUT THE EXPULSION OF MUSLIMS AND CROATS FROM SERBIAN-HELD BANJA LUKA, AND ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS WITHDRAWAL
FROM GORAZDE. (CROATIAN 8/18)
CROATIA / BOSNIAN REFUGEES -- STRINGER LINDA MILISA REPORTS FROM
VOJNIC ON THE FIRST HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERED TO THIRTY THOUSAND BOSNIAN REFUGEES, SUPPORTERS OF RENEGADE MUSLIM LEADER FIKRET ABDIC. THE REFUGEES ARE STRANDED ON THE CROATIAN-BOSNIAN BORDER.
(CROATIAN 8/18)
CROATIA / REFUGEES RETURN -- STAFFER ZDENKO NOVACKI REPORTED FROM
PETRINJA, TOWN THAT WAS RECAPTURED BY CROATIAN FORCES TWO WEEKS AGO. CROATIAN REFUGEES, EXPELLED BY THE SERBS FOUR YEARS AGO,
ARE RETURNING TO TOWN. (CROATIAN 8/18)
TUDJMAN / MILOSEVIC -- CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN
EXPRESSED HIS READINESS TO MEET WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC. IN AN INTERVIEW ON FRENCH TELEVISION MR TUDJMAN ALSO EXPRESSED DOUBT THAT THE MEETING COULD LEAD TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE CRISIS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. STRINGER DRAGAN BLAGOJEVIC REPORTS FROM
BRUSSELS. (SERBIAN 8/19)
BOSNIA / DIPLOMACY -- STAFFER MAHAMAT AHMAT ADAMOU ASKED UNPROFOR
SPOKESPERSON MYRIAM SOCHAKI TO REVIEW THE CURRENT SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN BOSNIA AS THE US INTENSIFIES ITS DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
TO BRING A SOLUTION TO THE BALKAN CRISIS. (FRENCH 8/18)
UN / CROATIA -- THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL CALLED ON CROATIA AND
BOSNIA TO ALLOW DEPLOYMENT OF THE RAPID REACTION FORCE. IT ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE RRF IS A PART OF UNPROFOR, WHICH CONTRADICTS THE VIEWS OF THE BOSNIAN AND CROATIAN GOVERNMENTS. STRINGER
IVICA PULJIC REPORTS FROM NEW YORK. (CROATIAN 8/19)
US / BOSNIA -- SARAJEVO STRINGER VLADIMIR BILIC REPORTS ON THE
ACCIDENT IN WHICH ROBERT FRASURE AND TWO OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIALS
WERE KILLED. (CROATIAN 8/19)
CROATIA / BOSNIAN REFUGEES -- STAFFER ZDENKO NOVACKI TALKED TO
REFUGEES FROM VELIKA KLADUSA - A FORMER SELF-PROCLAIMED REPUBLIC OF WEST BOSNIA. THEY BLAME BOSNIAN PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC FOR
THEIR FATE. (CROATIAN 8/19)
BOSNIA / PEACE PROPOSALS -- STRINGER VLADIMIR BILIC REPORTS ON
SARAJEVO'S REACTIONS TO THE NEWEST WESTERN PEACE PROPOSAL, AS WELL AS THE ONE EXTENDED BY BOSNIAN PRESIDENT ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC.
(CROATIAN 8/19)
NON-SERBS / BOSNIA -- THE CAMPAIGN OF SERBIAN ETHNIC CLEANSING
CONTINUED IN NORTHERN BOSNIA. MUSLIMS AND CROATS ARE CROSSING RIVER SAVA INTO CROATIA. STAFFER ZDENKO NOVACKI REPORTS FROM
DAVOR, CROATIA. (CROATIAN 8/20)
HOLBROOKE / CROATIA -- STRINGER FROM SPLIT RUZICA MIKACIC REPORTS
ON ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S DEPARTURE FROM CROATIA, AFTER SATURDAYS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN WHICH THREE
AMERICAN DIPLOMATS DIED NEAR SARAJEVO. (CROATIAN 8/20)
BOSNIA / CONDOLENCES -- STRINGER VLADIMIR BILIC REPORTS ON A
COMMEMORATION AT THE US EMBASSY IN SARAJEVO FOR THREE AMERICAN DIPLOMATS WHO DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT NEAR SARAJEVO. MR BILIC REPORTS THAT BOSNIAN PRESIDENT ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC VISITED THE US
EMBASSY AND EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES. (CROATIAN 8/20)
CROATIA / BOSNIAN REFUGEES -- STRINGER ZELJKO MATIC INTERVIEWED
THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF CROATIA, BOSILJKO MISETIC. THEY DISCUSSED THE PLIGHT OF BOSNIAN REFUGEES THAT ARE STRANDED ON THE CROATIAN-BOSNIAN BORDER. MR. MISETIC SAID THAT ALL SUPPORTERS OF RENEGADE MUSLIM LEADER FROM BIHAC, HAVE TO RETURN TO BOSNIA
AND HERZEGOVINA. (CROATIAN 8/20)
BOSNIA / PEACE PLAN / REACTIONS -- STRINGER VLADIMIR BILIC
REPORTS ON REACTIONS TO THE BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS 12-POINT PEACE PLAN. BOSNIAN POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT OR OPPOSITION ALIKE EXPRESSED STRONG SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC'S' PEACE PLAN.
(CROATIAN 8/20)
CROATIA / REFUGEES -- STRINGER LINDA MILISA REPORTS FROM ZAGREB
ON CROATIAN REFUGEES WHO ARE FLEEING THE BANJA LUKA AREA IN NORTHERN BOSNIA. SUNDAY, REFUGEES WERE VISITED BY EMMA BONNINO,
EUROPEAN UNION HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. (CROATIAN 8/20)
SREBRENICA / MASSACRE -- REPORTER TERRY WING TALKS TO DAVID
RODHE, A REPORTER FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, ON EVIDENCE HE HAS SEEN OF TORTURE AND EXECUTIONS IN SREBRENICA. MR. RODHE WAS THE FIRST WESTERN REPORTER ON THE SCENE OF A REPORTED MASSACRE IN SREBRENICA. HE TALKED ABOUT SEEING EVIDENCE OF TORTURE AND MASS GRAVES IN THE AREA. WHILE THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAVE DENIED ANY MASSACRES, DAVID ROHDE TALKED WITH A BOSNIA SERB SOLDIER FROM SREBRENICA WHO SAID OVER 500 MUSLIM SOLDIERS WERE SHOT AFTER THE
FALL OF THE TOWN. (ENGLISH NEWS PROGRAMS 8/18)
MONTENEGRO / CROATIAN SHELLING -- IN A NOTE TO THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL, MONTENEGRO BLAMED CROATIA FOR ALLEGEDLY SHELLING MONTENEGRIN TERRITORY. STRINGER BOSKO DJUKIC REPORTS FROM
PODGORICA. (SERBIAN 8/19)
ALBANIA / MACEDONIA -- AN ALBANIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY FOREIGN
MINISTER ALFRED SEREQI IS VISITING MACEDONIA FOR TALKS WITH MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT KIRO GLIGOROV, PRIME MINISTER CERVENKOVSKI, AND THE SPEAKER OF MACEDONIAN PARLIAMENT. STRINGER FAIK MUSTAFA
REPORTS. (ALBANIAN 8/20)
MACEDONIA / ALBANIA -- ALBANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALFRED SEREQI IS
PAYING A THREE-DAY VISIT TO MACEDONIA. ANALYSTS SAY THE VISIT MAY HAVE WIDER IMPLICATIONS ON THE EVENTS IN THE REGION. STRINGER
ZELJKO BAJIC REPORTS FROM SKOPJE. (SERBIAN 8/20)
PAPULIAS / MILOSEVIC -- THE VISIT OF GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER K
PAPULIS TO BELGRADE IS SUBJECT OF SPECULATION IN THE BALKANS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT IS HOPING THAT TALKS BETWEEN PAPULIS AND MILOSEVIC WILL INFLUENCE SERBIAN LEADER TO CHANGE HIS INTENTION TO SETTLE SERBIAN REFUGEES FROM KRAJINA IN
KOSOVO. STRINGER Z BAJIC REPORT FROM SKOPJE. (SERBIAN 8/18)
HAYDEN / US PEACE PLAN -- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSOR
ROBERT HAYDEN WEIGHS THE CHANCES FOR PEACE IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA IN AN INTERVIEW WITH STAFFER F ZIMIC. MR HAYDEN BELIEVES THAT PEACE COULD BE REACHED SOON SINCE CROATS AND SERBS HAVE FEW DISPUTES LEFT TO FIGHT ABOUT. IN HIS OPINION, THE US SHOULD PRESSURE THE MUSLIMS TO ACCEPT ITS PEACE PLAN. (SERBIAN
8/18)
BOSNIA / TURKEY -- THE BOSNIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN TURKEY'S
NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE OF KiRKLARELI HOUSES MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND REFUGEES, WHILE A REFUGEE CAMP SET UP BY TURKEY IN THE BOSNIAN CITY OF ZENICA SHELTERS BOSNIAN MUSLIM REFUGEES FROM ZEPA AND SREBRENICA. STAFFER HULYA POLAT INTERVIEWS MR. KUTLUHAN CIMBAY, THE TURKISH RED CRESCENT REPRESENTATIVE IN THE ZENICA CAMP AND SAMI BILGIN, DIRECTOR OF KiRKLARELI CAMP. (TURKISH
8/20, 21)
GREECE / YUGOSLAVIA -- IN A SURPRISE MOVE THE GREEK GOVERNMENT
IMPOSED BORDER FEES FOR TRAVELERS FROM SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. ANALYSTS IN MACEDONIA SEE IT AS A POSSIBLE COOLING OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BELGRADE AND ATHENS. STRINGER ZELJKO BAJIC
REPORTS FROM SKOPJE. (SERBIAN 8/19)
21-Aug-95 4:49 PM EDT (2049 UTC)
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