European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 15, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3croatia reels under fierce attacks Zagreb Yugoslavia apr the Federal army said saturday it had attacked croatian forces imposing a blockade on its Barracks in the Eastern part of the Battle torn yugoslav Republic. The blockade imposed overnight by croatian forces and the Swift military response sharply escalated tensions As Croatia reeled from a series of major military setbacks. A statement from the army gave few details of the military operation but Zagreb television reported that the City of Vukovan had been bombed by three military jets. Its correspondent reporting to Zagreb studios by Telephone from the Eastern croatian City said he could see Clouds of smoke in the City. The line was then lost. The first army District said in a statement that the blockade left it with two choices a the first is to abandon units in Croatia to hunger and destruction and the other is to take decisive measures to save them. A we decided on the second option because there was no other solution a the statement said. The military said that its garrisons in Osisek Slavonsky Brod Slavonsky Poleza and Vukovan had been blockaded and that soldiers in Vukovan had received no fresh food since aug. 25. Blockades imposed throughout Croatia deprived Federal troops of food water Ana electricity. The decision to blockade Barracks and the detention of a senior army officer after his helicopter was forced Down Fri a croatian National guard Soldier Aims at a sniper Friday in new ten a one of the last remaining villages that the guard controls in Eastern Slavonia. Day apparently were Croatia a response to a series of serious losses throughout the Republic in recent Days. By seizing the strategic town of Koltaj Nica and closing in on the major Adriatic ports of Zadar and Sibenik the serbs practically Cut Croatia into three parts. One croatian guardsman was killed Over night near Sibenik croatian radio reported saturday. Steel girder tank traps and Oil tankers blocked roads in the capital Zagreb and Barracks were already blockaded in the Adriatic cities of split Zadar and Pula police officials said. Barricades also were erected in Varaz Down and out a Workman in Bucharest Romania stomps happily on a statue of a soviet Soldier after it was taken Down Friday near government Headquarters. Workers had struggled for four Days to bring it Down. It is the second statue representing the soviets to be dismantled in the capital since the communist regime was ousted in 1989. Officials speculate will come in from Berlin apr the Hunt for Markus Wolf once communist East Germany a spymaster is providing cloak and Dagger thrills left Over from the cold War. Officials Arentt saying much but that Hasni to stopped a flood of news reports speculating that the elusive exigent May be anywhere from Cuba to Austria. The Interior ministry has dismissed reports he May be in Austria As a typical speculation but has not commented on his possible whereabouts. On thursday Germany Sard television said the 68-year-old Wolf would surrender to German authorities if he is allowed to stay free pending trial. But Germany a chief prosecutor Alexander von Stahl on Friday recommended against guaranteeing the fugitive Freedom pending trial saying it would set a precedent that might have to be followed for other wanted spies. The magistrate in charge of the investigation is Likely to follow von Stahls recommendation. Hans Jurgen Forster the prosecutors spokesman said Wolf arrived in Vienna Austria on aug. 30, but that German authorities do not know where he is now. Vienna was once the Crossroads of undercover agents from East and West. The German Magazine Stem meanwhile is running a series about a woman who spied for Erich Honecker a foreign intelligence Boss. The title of the series danced with Wolf. The tall striking Wolf once ran East Germany a secret service with an 61an that made him the envy of his Warsaw pact colleagues. His most sensational move was the planting of a spy in the office of then West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. When the agents cover was blown in 1974, Brandts government fell. Wolf served As East Germany Stop spy from 1958 until he retired in 1987. Once so elusive there was Only one picture of him believed to be in circulation in the West the retired spymaster showed up As a speaker at a huge pro democracy rally in East Berlin on nov. 4, 1989. Wolfs attempt to pitch himself As a reformer met with ridicule from the crowd whose demands led to the opening of the Berlin Wall five Days later. He slipped away to Moscow As Germany raced toward unification in october eluding the Law enforcement authorities who sought his arrest for spying against West Germany. Yet there Are some who say wolfs possible Cooper Din 55 Miles Northeast of Zagreb Slavonsky Brod on the Bosnia Border and Barlovac South of Zagreb. The army said its airports in Zagreb and Zadar Are a practically Cut off from the rest of the in an earlier statement it said it would use a fall available Means to end the blockade. In the main Adriatic port split the local military commander threatened an air raid on the City if water and electricity supplies were not restored to his troops Hina said. The military closed split Airport to military and civilian traffic. Heavy overnight shelling of Osisek the besieged capital of Croatia a Battle scarred Slavonia Region bordering Serbia wounded 23 people. None of the injures was serious. Croatia said it forced Down a yugoslav army helicopter South of Zagreb on Friday and captured maj. Gen. Milan a Scenti Jovic Deputy commander of the army fifth District that covers Slovenia and most of Croatia. Aksentijevic five other ranking officers and 21 soldiers were detained a ministry official said. Aksentijevic was being kept a in a Safe place and would be treated As a prisoner of War said the official. As violence escalated Stipe Mesic the croat who Heads Yugoslavia a collective presidency said he would ask the United nations to Send a peacekeeping Force to Croatia croatian radio reported. A in my last Effort i will ask the United nations today to Stop this aggressive War by Serbia and the serbian army a Mesic said. When spy the cold Markus Wolf in 1985 fit photo action with investigators May be More important than sending him behind bars. A a he a supposed to be Able to give authorities information about an estimated 400 still uncovered East German agents in West Germany a Ard television said thursday. News reports say Wolf left his Haven in the soviet Union two weeks ago As Moscow grew increasingly resentful of its stalinist past and As Bonn pressed for his return. A is Markus Wolf in Cuba a asked berlins Span Dauer Vojko Oblatt daily newspaper in a headline on a him 1 tuesday. Speculation also a or a latin american country. Heading to Hungary but most news reports Point to Austria. On aug. 14, Wolf told Germany Szof television in Moscow that he wanted to return to Germany a when this complicated Legal status is cleared asked if he still had Contact with the then still powerful soviet Kab Wolf said he still met with old friends a for a Glass of wine but that has nothing to do with intelligence German authorities have guaranteed Wolf a Safe passage to let him testify at an espionage trial in Munich on oct. 10
