Nachricht Nummer : 158 Übertragungszeit : 3 min 38 sec Nachricht von : WAM@ZAMIR-ZG.ZER.sub.org Betrifft : Zagreb Diary 18 June, 1993 Erstellungsdatum : 19.06.1993 18:27:00 S+2 Realname: Wam Kat Zagreb Diary 18 June, 1993 Dobar dan, Eureka !! After three days I found the mistake in the software and I was able to get the network computer running as it should, it has cost me quite some grey hairs in the last days, but at last it runs back in the old tradition again, hopefully it keeps up in the coming period. Ready with the puzzle I could kiss everybody and was ready to get totally drunk, to get the nerves out from the last days. On my way from the small computer room to the pub I met Curtis, an American lawyer, who lives in the Netherlands and is often here in this countries in order to try to co-ordinate the evacuation of Muslim refugees from BiH to the Netherlands. He is also the one who was involved in that peace march in December to Sarajevo, although he also has his toughs about the Italian project which is starting at the 28th of this months. The Italian want to organise international workcamps in Sarajevo this summer and a big peace camp in August, they said that a few thousand will come. The big different between the project in the winter and this one is that this time the Italians have not contacted or not really contacted one of the active peace organisations here in Zagreb or in Sarajevo, via via I heard that Ibrahim from the International Peace Centre in Sarajevo even send them a message asking please not to come. This Italian organisation is also related to the convoy which was robbed and from which three drivers were killed two weeks ago. Further on they have contacts with the convoy of Mersey, which is still lost in BiH and from which nobody have heard anything since they left Metkovic at 14 days ago. Hopefully those peace camps are having more success, but it looks a bit like suicide actions. It shows a lot how bad informed the outside world is. Another example was a question I received this morning by E-mail, if I could make a phonecall with the red cross in Prijedor to ask for somebodies birth papers and if they could send it to me. The way the guy, Curtis, is travelling is remarkable, most of the time he is hitch hiking, with UNPROFOR and UNHCR convoys, around the region. And I remember a time that he lost his pass in Zagreb, but still was able to hike over Banja Luka to Sarajevo, without any big problem at the roadblocks. This time he returned from Tomislavgrad, he was on his way to Tuzla, but couldn't get further North. The Brittforce advised him not to go any further. We expected him more or less, since in the last days we receive name lists from a Dutch refugee organisation for him. It are list of about 70 people who are allowed to come to the Netherlands, most of them have already family in my country. Their visa are ready for them on the embassy in Zagreb, they only thing is that they have to go to Zagreb to get their visa and that is also to biggest problem. First all the last known addresses of the people on this list are in Travnik, Brcko, Tuzla, Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Zenica, Prijedor, Gorazde, Banja Luka and Gracanica. Which are not particular place which are easy to reach to tell the people, if they are still there that they have permission to come to the Netherlands. Further, beside the list of name we have no official paper from the Dutch state that could proof that their visas are waiting in Zagreb, so when ever we have the possibility to reach out to this people, it would be possibly impossible for them to travel from where they are to Zagreb. Not only the Croatian state will probably make problems letting them into Croatia, but also they have to pass by Serbian or Croatian held territories in BiH, which would be easy. But last and not least, it will be maybe a problem to convince the local Muslim authorities to give this people permissions to leave for the Netherlands. The experiences in the past is that local authorities, but also the BiH government representatives in Zagreb are not always willing to let their people go abroad. For the time being however the hardest work will be finding the people back. Sitting in Tkalceciva in the sun talking with him about this the Dutch journalist passed by, together with a tough guy from the states, which she met in Krajina and is working for a kind of private aid organisation, one of those cowboys in BiH. He, this guy, looked a lot like this macho Danish fire man, who you see often walking through the town and who are driving for UNHCR. So he and Curtis immediately were busy to exchange information and how to come were. The best tip the guy could give was however, drive fast and don't stop. Caroline, the journalist, managed after three days trying to get into Krajina and just returned an hour ago back in Zagreb. She told that she also visit the refugee centre in Karlovac and show with her own eyes how many Muslims were waiting in front of the catholic church in the camp, I told her about it months ago but she never had seen it with her own eyes. Also she came back with the same feeling that the information, even within UNPROFOR, about the situation her is rather limited. To get into Krajina she tried to get permission from the Serbian authorities via the Dutch communication brigade, they told her that she should ask for permission in Beograd. When she reacted that the telephone line between Zagreb and Beograd are dead for 2 and half years already, the commander reacted very surprised, he didn't realise that. 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