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164 To Croatian citizens of Serbian nationality from the occupied areas of Knin, Gračac, Lapac, Korenica, Slunj, Glina, Dvor and Petrinja, Whereas all past attempts, including yesterday’s negotiations in Geneva, between the Croatian authorities and the international communities concerning the peaceful reintegration of the occupied Croatian areas have failed; Whereas the instigators of the rebellion in Croatia, Martić and others, instead of responding to the call for peaceful reintegration, continue to wage war against the Croatian State and, together with the leaders of the rebellion in Bosnia, Karadžić and others, devise new plans for the joint conquest of the Bihać safe area, which Croatia cannot tolerate; Whereas the Croatian and Bosnian Serbs not only prevent the return of refugees but also continue to persecute the non-Serbian population; Whereas the Serbian extremists, from the very beginnings of the rebellion to this very day, appeal for help to the remnants of Italian fascism, off ering a division of Croatian territory between Italian and Serbian imperialism; Whereas unrestrained paramilitary Serbian units still engage in terrorist attacks on the civil population from Slavonia to Dalmatia, shell Croatian regions and the towns of Otočac, Gospić and Karlovac, and even while conducting in Geneva political talks about peaceful reintegration continue to shell Dubrovnik causing new casualties; And whereas all the attempts of the Croatian State and of the international community to restore in a peaceful way the seized parts of Croatian territory under Croatian sovereignty have been rejected and thwarted, the Croatian State is forced to take military-police steps for the reintegration of these occupied areas into its constitutional and legal system. We are forced to such a decision in order to put an end, aft er four years of futile negotiations, to the outmanoeuvring of the Croatian and international public, and in order to ensure the start of displaced person return to their homes.
Th erefore, on behalf of the democratic government of Croatia: I call upon all members of the Serbian paramilitary units, whether mobilized into such units of their own free will or by force, to hand in their weapons to the Croatian authorities with the guarantee that they will be granted amnesty pursuant to Croatian laws. I urge the initiators of the rebellion to grasp the futility of their enterprise and its detrimental eff ect on the Serbian community in Croatia if they should persist in their rebellion, to surrender to Croatian authorities and accept pardon or a fair trial for their off ences. I call upon Croatian citizens of Serbian nationality who have not taken active part in the rebellion to remain at home and, without any fear for their life and their property, wait for the arrival of Croatian authorities, with the guarantee that they will be granted all civil rights and the possibility of holding elections for local self-government, in accordance with the Croatian Constution and the Constitutional Law. and in the presence of international observers. I urge the representatives of Serbia and Montenegro (and their Yugoslavia) to stop providing support to the extremists in the occupied Croatian areas, manifested also during yesterday’s negotiations in Geneva, at which the Yugoslav chargé d’aff aires was also present, when the Croatian Serbs refused to accept the peaceful reintegration of the occupied areas. Th at would have been the fi rst step towards the overall solution of Croatian-Serbian relations throughout the area of interest of the two neighbouring peoples and towards the normalization of relations based on mutual recognition. We are determined to put an end to the suff ering and uncertainty of Croatian displaced persons from the occupied areas, and to guarantee to the Croatian Serbs human and ethnic rights in the constitutional and legal order of democratic Croatia. Zagreb, 4 August 1995 Original, typewritten, Latin script HDA-1741, National minorities, fi le 902/17. Th e President of the Republic of Croatia Dr Franjo Tuđman 165
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Th erefore, on behalf of the democratic government of Croatia:<br />
I call upon all members of the Serbian paramilitary units, whether mobilized into<br />
such units of their own free will or by force, to hand in their weapons to the Croatian authorities<br />
with the guarantee that they will be granted amnesty pursuant to Croatian laws.<br />
I urge the initiators of the rebellion to grasp the futility of their enterprise and its<br />
detrimental eff ect on the Serbian community in Croatia if they should persist in their rebellion, to<br />
surrender to Croatian authorities and accept pardon or a fair trial for their off ences.<br />
I call upon Croatian citizens of Serbian nationality who have not taken active part<br />
in the rebellion to remain at home and, without any fear for their life and their property, wait<br />
for the arrival of Croatian authorities, with the guarantee that they will be granted all civil rights<br />
and the possibility of holding elections for local self-government, in accordance with the Croatian<br />
Constution and the Constitutional Law. and in the presence of international observers.<br />
I urge the representatives of Serbia and Montenegro (and their Yugoslavia) to<br />
stop providing support to the extremists in the occupied Croatian areas, manifested also during<br />
yesterday’s negotiations in Geneva, at which the Yugoslav chargé d’aff aires was also present, when<br />
the Croatian Serbs refused to accept the peaceful reintegration of the occupied areas. Th at would<br />
have been the fi rst step towards the overall solution of Croatian-Serbian relations throughout the<br />
area of interest of the two neighbouring peoples and towards the normalization of relations based<br />
on mutual recognition.<br />
We are determined to put an end to the suff ering and uncertainty of Croatian displaced<br />
persons from the occupied areas, and to guarantee to the Croatian Serbs human and ethnic rights<br />
in the constitutional and legal order of democratic Croatia.<br />
Zagreb, 4 August 1995<br />
Original, typewritten, Latin script<br />
HDA-1741, National minorities, fi le 902/17.<br />
Th e President of the Republic of Croatia<br />
Dr Franjo Tuđman<br />
165
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