BHC FED CHIEF UF TEL 4 A 'to abandon the 0 by AFC under the threat of that 8 31301531 I a andi 0f oer Infbn Dutchbat3 Compound PDTOCARI i SREBRENICA Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Command HQ UHPROFOR I Thru i 9 July 1935 ngmender Sector North East TUZLA Hr Ref Tx93112 or T-July 1995 Deteriorating situation in SREBRENICA mm 1 As Jr Thursday 6 July 1995 at sunrise the BSA started of- fensive operations by attacking several AHIB positions along th CL and by shelling org HQ and SREBRENICA itself By ref 1 did inform you about the deteriorating situ- ation in luoing an overview of civilian casualties till that very moment I also did express my concerns about the military and humanitarian situation in and around the enclave and gave an assesement of the possibilities to be explored by the BSA 2 During three days these operations have been exchted by allgmeans attacking ABIH and UN positions shelling the enclave end suppressing Dutohbat thr'u intimidation by using artillerx mortars and MLRS M-63 and M-77 overhead compound over 200 soldiers Most of my OPS haVe been shot by mOrtars BSA does exactly know what they are doing and till how far they can go They do exeCute their operations accor- ding to predominated and wellhorganised plan 3 Yesterday at 1400 hrs did receive another three hits by T-SS while ABIH positions were allready left due to heavygfighting and have been disabled The OP-crew managed Durin their withdrawal local A313 tried to stop them by blockading the road At that moment one of the soldiers has been shot and died in the field dressing station afterwards 4 At 640 both and were surrou ded by Bsaiforces and ordered to surrender For both crows there was no wey turning back because of the resistance by the ABIH troops in positions in depth - mm I 00441558 i 1 12 9ug 95 8116 No 005 P 10 4 FUD CHIEF OF TEL 8 31301531 5% uni- 1 I II - Eot DP crews are now in BSA territory with their APC and most of their equipment In my opinion the soldiers will be treated byJoourtesy however their APCs Including ammo and lost I was able to communicate with them they do fin till now S 6 The situation in and around the enclave is extremely ten 5e again At this moment Swedisch Shelter Project in the south heslbeen shelled All refugees and inhabitants of villas ges in the surroundings left their houses and_ent red the town or SREBRENICA about 3 to 4 thousand persons 5 7- Now the BSR has overtaken several positions in the south eastern part of the enclave and created their 'Ireedom of movement'33round ZELENI JADAR the vicinity of former and the road towards JASENDVR and the mining-area they will proceed iheir operations in western direction through JADAR valley up to mount KAK I did express these concerns ollready last month- a- Proceeding their operations does mean 'that car- max and in the south will be pushed out as well- The BSA will be a'ble to execute these offensive actions according to their plans as mentioned in par 2 By that time they will he Me full control over the southern part or the enclave 9 If they manage to reach their objectives - which in my opinion they can in due time then two possible goals re left the conquest of the entire enclave secondly I he the enhancement of the scoupation of the southern part I 10 Using Gas in all possible ways is in my opinion not fea sable yet It will provoke the in such way that both itself and UPS and compounds will be targeted by 11 means Especially the MLRS north of the MLRS 77 within ERATUNAC and all their artillery and mortars will A aunch their missiles and rounds at iixeo targets Unless the- could be eliminetm in once which is hardly impossible i i i i 1 For our information 00441559 1 a k 12 9ug