American_Spy_-_H._K._Roy

54 AMERICAN SPY

SECRET

DATE: 20 JULY 1995 2137 ZULU

TO: IMMEDIATE SARAJEVO.

CITE: DIRECTOR 78465

WNINTEL INTEL 00TRIBE

SUBJECT: SITREP—MASSACRE AT SREBRENICA

REF: SARAJEVO 1813

1. HQS COMMENDS COS CLARKE FOR REF DETAILED ACCOUNT OF
   EVENTS AT SREBRENICA. FYI, YOUR REPORT WAS PASSED INFOR-
   MALLY TO WHITE HOUSE, PENTAGON, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
   COUNCIL. INITIAL FEEDBACK INDICATES WASHINGTON ANALYSTS
   ARE SKEPTICAL BSA COULD HAVE KILLED AS MANY AS 8000 REFU-
   GEES OVER COURSE OF A FEW DAYS, AS REPORTED REF. SUCH A
   FEAT WOULD REQUIRE AROUND-THE-CLOCK MASSACRES OF LARGE
   GROUPS OF PEOPLE. WE SUSPECT AT LEAST SOME OF COS’S
   MUSLIM SOURCES EXAGGERATED EXTENT OF KILLING IN PART TO
   INFLUENCE U.S. POLICY AND COMPEL NATO INTERVENTION.


2. OVERHEAD IMAGERY TAKEN OVER EASTERN BOSNIA IN
   LAST FEW DAYS IS STILL BEING ANALYZED. STATE DEPART-
   MENT REPORTING FROM EMBASSY SARAJEVO SUGGESTS U.N. WAS
   TAKEN BY SURPRISE BUT DID ADMIRABLE JOB OF FACILITATING
   ADMITTEDLY UNPLEASANT EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM SAFE
   HAVEN OF SREBRENICA. EMBASSY ALSO PROVIDED TRANSLATION
   OF RADIO PALE BROADCAST THAT CHARACTERIZED THE SREBRENICA
   INCIDENT AS “NECESSARY TO EXPEL ARMED TERRORISTS AND TO
   SAFELY EVACUATE WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM WAR ZONE.” WHILE
   HQS SINCERELY APPRECIATES COS’S EFFORTS, UNFORTUNATELY
   AT THIS TIME WE CANNOT DISSEM REF INTEL REPORT SINCE IT
   DOES NOT TRACK WITH WHAT HQS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ANALYSTS
   ARE REPORTING.