Information on the role of the Croatian military, including on a bodyguard for General Tus, in the battles in Baranja, Gospic, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Plitvica Lakes [HRV17420.E]

For information on the above subject, please consult the attached documents. Further information is also in the Indexed Media Review (IMR), available at your Regional Documentation Centre.

Information on a bodyguard for General Tus and on Plitvica Lakes is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Attachments

Amnesty International. November 1991. Yugoslavia: Torture and Deliberate and Arbitrary Killings in War Zones. (AI Index: EUR 48/26/91). London: Amnesty International Publications, pp. 8, 10, 12.

HTV Television [Zagreb, in Serbo-Croatian]. 19 July 1992. "Army Chief Discusses Battlefield Situation." (FBIS-EEU-92-139 20 July 1992, pp. 47-8)

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. 13 February 1992. Vol. 4, No. 4. "Letter to His Excellency Franjo Tudjman, President of the Republic of Croatia," pp. 1-18.

Radio Croatia [Zagreb, in English]. 28 April 1992. "Zadar Area Under Attack." (FBIS-EEU-92-083 29 Apr. 1992, p. 40)

Radio Croatia Network [Zagreb, in Croatian]. 3 June 1992. "'Chetnik' Artillery Continues 'Pounding' Dubrovnik." (FBIS-EEU-92-107 3 June 1992, p. 34)

[Zagreb. in English]. 7 October 1991. "Army, Air Force Attacks on Zagreb, Karlovac, Zadar." (FBIS-EEU-91-195 8 Oct. 1991, p. 49)

Tanjug [Belgrade, in English]. 23 September 1991. "Air Force Condemns Croatian Official's 'Treason'." (FBIS-EEU-91-185 24 Sept. 1991, p. 27)

Tanjug Domestic Service [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 1 May 1992. "'Ustasha' Forces Attack Baranja with Mortars." (FBIS-EEU-92-085 1 May 1992, p. 33)

. 13 April 1992. "Heavy Losses Said Suffered Around Dubrovnik." (FBIS-EEU-92-072 14 Apr. 1992, p. 35)

. 24 October 1991. "General Tus, Stipetic Stripped of Rank." (FBIS-EEU-91-207 25 Oct. 1991, pp. 36-7)