Item DEATH OF YUGOSLAVIA 3/42 - Transcript of interview, 1994, with Branko Kostic, former President of Yugoslavia

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Branko Kostic, Montenegrin representative to Yugoslav Collective Presidency, Yugoslav Vice President 1991, and Acting President of Yugoslavia following President Mesic's resignation and international recognition of independence of Slovenia and Croatia, describing the Collective Presidency discussion of the situation of Serbs in the Krajina region of Croatia; the secession of Slovenia from Yugoslavia (Jun 1991) and the withdrawal of the JNA from Slovenia; the Carrington Plan for a Yugoslav constitutional settlement and meetings in The Hague (Sep-Oct 1991); the role of the European Community troika of Foreign Ministers (Hans van den Broek, Dutch Foreign Minister, Jacques Poos, Luxembourg Foreign Minister and Gianni de Michelis, Italian Foreign Minister, who were Foreign Ministers of the states holding the past, present and future incumbency as President of the European Council) in negotiations to preserve Yugoslavia (1991); the Vance Plan for the settlement of the Croatian conflict (Dec 1991); Bosnian moves towards independence, the role of the Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA) in Bosnia and detention of Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, by the JNA (May 1992). 46pp