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[...] To put it simply, the peacekeeping force arrived in this area which was proclaimed a
protected zone until a solution is found between the two warring sides. We have not yet
come up with a solution or initiated talks about possible political solutions with which
we can also disagree, but we can start talking. Th erefore, to say the least, the decision
of the Z-4 group, which was also involved in the cease-fi re agreement and economic
negotiations, is provocative for our side, for the Republic of Serbian Krajina. Th eir
decision to deliver this offi cially to us prompted consultations of our leadership at all
levels; thus, the president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina offi cially informed them
that we cannot even consider such a document before the defi nition of the position of
the United Nations and the Security Council, that is, before their decision whether or
not UNPROFOR, the peacekeeping force, will remain in the territory of the Republic of
Serbian Krajina, and whether Krajina will remain a protected zone [...]
MILAN BABIĆ (foreign minister in the RSK government)
[...] As regards Republika Srpska, I had the opportunity to visit Pale [seat of the Serbian
para-state in Bosnia&Herzegovina] with the state delegation, and they promised us that
the plans which have been agreed will be realized if we are militarily threatened. As
regards the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, I did not get any guarantees of that kind -
maybe some other people in the state leadership have some information - other than
the promise that we shall get I don’t know how many tons of food and ammunition.
What other intervention is possible? In our public appearances we even tried, gently,
in this period of crisis set off by UNPROFOR, to draw attention to our situation, and
to prompt a greater response of the leaderships of Serbia and Yugoslavia. Th e refusal of
the president of Serbia [Slobodan Milošević] to accept the Z-4 plan of the mini-contact
group was a great encouragement for everyone. However, I would also like to see a real
relation and not just a political possibility. [...]
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Original, typewritten, Cyrillic script
HR-HMDCDR, 3, box 2.
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