From : Washington Office for Bosnia (WOB) Sept 22, 1996

Those of you on our "snail mail" list recently read about the two-faced
US policy in Bosnia; oppose genocide in public but appease it in
private. Last Thursday, Congress publicly challenged this deceptive 
approach for the first time.

Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) and Diane Paul of Human Rights Watch both
described a "two track" administration approach at a Septemebr 19
hearing of the House International Relations Committee. 

Rep. Moran, a passionate Democrat and a Bosnia champion,  broached the
subject first, warning John Kornblum, the State Department's point man
on Bosnia, of a "growing perception" that the administration is pursuing a 
"two track" policy. Moran invoked author Peter Maass's description of
the two policies. (described in Maass's book, "Love Thy Neighbor" pp.
248-272. Of all books on Bosnia, the one most useful for activists) 

Later, Diane Paul, testified about the latest example of the "two-track"
policy; secret US diplomatic efforts to grant Radovan Karadzic haven in
Montenegro, while the US publicly feigns interest in his apprehension. 

Diane Paul, who had just arrived from Bosnia, described OSCE (Office for
the Security and Cooperation in Europe) election monitoring to have been
a sham like the elections themselves. She also reported the Sarajevans'
new nickname for OSCE, the "Office to Secure Clinton's Election." 

Before the hearing, WOB staff asked Congressman Douglas Bereuter (R-NE)
if he was sticking to his prediction last year about Dayton's likely
result - "a pause for Serbia and Croatia to fine tune their plans for
the final dismemberment of Bosnia." "Unfortunately, that bleak picture
is coming true," answered Bereuter.

As each representative sat down, committee staff placed a memorandum
before him. Several members were visibly startled as they read it. The
memo stated that "the elections did what US officials at Dayton designed
them to do; intensify Bosnia's ethnic divisions by alocating elective
offices on an ethnic basis."

The memo also described a resolution from grass roots groups to replace
US policy toward Bosnia and pledging to "Hold President Clinton morally
and politically accountable for the tragic consequences" likely from
Dayton. It listed ten US-based grass roots groups who endorsed the
resolution:

Bosnia Support Committee (Washington, DC area)
Bosnia Advocates Metrowest  (Framingham, MA)
I Am Your Witness (Seattle, WA)
Friends of Bosnia (Columbus, OH)
Bosnian Congress USA (Detroit, Boston, Seattle)
American Committee Supporting Freedom and Democracy in Croatia and
Bosnia(San Francisco)
Connecticut Citizens Against Genocide
Coalition for Intervention Against Genocide (New York City)
Committee of Bosnian Refugees (USA)
Greenwich Coalition for Peace in Bosnia (Connecticut)


Andrew Eiva
Congressional Liaison for Washington Office for Bosnia
and Bosnia Task Force, USA

Washington Office for Bosnia (202) 319-7615, fax 319-7652