96-17728. Bosnian Compliance on Withdrawal of Foreign Forces and Terminating Intelligence Cooperation with Iran

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 134 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 36493-36494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17728]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 134 / Thursday, July 11, 1996 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Presidential Determination No. 96-34 of June 26, 1996

                
Bosnian Compliance on Withdrawal of Foreign 
                Forces and Terminating Intelligence Cooperation with 
                Iran

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Pursuant to Public Law 104-122, I hereby determine and 
                certify that:

                     the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
                has complied with Article III of Annex 1-A of the 
                General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
                Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign 
                forces; and that
                     intelligence cooperation on training, 
                investigations and related activities between Iranian 
                officials and Bosnian officials has been terminated.

                You are authorized and directed to report this 
                determination and certification to the appropriate 
                committees of the Congress and to publish it in the 
                Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, June 26, 1996.
                Memorandum of Justification

                On June 26, 1996, pursuant to Public Law 104-122, the 
                President determined and certified that:

                     the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
                has complied with Article III of Annex 1-A of the 
                General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
                Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign 
                forces; and that
                     intelligence cooperation on training, 
                investigations, and related activities between Iranian 
                officials and Bosnian officials has been terminated.

                The President reached this determination on the basis 
                of all available information. We have also received 
                explicit assurances from the Bosnian Government that 
                foreign forces have been withdrawn and that the 
                intelligence and military relationship with Iran has 
                ended.

                With respect to foreign forces, while some individuals 
                have assimilated into Bosnian society and assumed 
                civilian roles, there is no evidence of any remaining 
                organized military units of Mujahedin or other foreign 
                forces in Bosnia. With respect to the Iranians, the 
                Bosnian government has assured that all IRGC personnel 
                we identified to them have left Bosnia. We have no 
                evidence that those IRGC remain. The Bosnian government 
                has also assured us that none of the Iranians can be 
                brought back to Bosnia without its knowledge and that, 
                should any of them return, they would be expelled.

                Although we have insisted that the Bosnian government 
                end bilateral intelligence cooperation in such 
                operational areas as training and investigations, and 
                end all military ties, we have never demanded that all 
                Iranian nationals depart Bosnia or that Bosnia 
                terminate diplomatic or economic relations with Tehran. 
                The Bosnian government has moved to end the operational

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                military and intelligence relationship with Iran. It 
                has removed from positions of authority key officials 
                that were heavily engaged in intelligence cooperation 
                with Iran, including the former head of the Bosnian 
                intelligence agency.

                We will continue to monitor compliance and will work 
                with the Bosnian Government through a Joint Commission 
                established in Sarajevo to resolve future allegations 
                of non-compliance.

[FR Doc. 96-17728
Filed 7-10-96; 8:45 am]
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