Karađorđevo meeting and Graz agreement | Sastanak u Karađorđevu i dogovor u Grazu
On 24 March 1991 it took place a private meeting in Karađorđevo state residence of the presidents of Yugoslav federal republics Croatia and Serbia Franjo Tuđman and Slobodan Milošević. According to several sources and witness testimonies, Tuđman and Milošević agreed to divide Bosnia and Herzegovina along ethnic lines. There are different versions about what exactly was negotiated: partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina only between Serbia and Croatia or with creation of the Bosnian Muslim buffer state, but in general the new Croatian borders should base on Cvetković–Maček agreement. The issue of self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina should be resolved by so-called "humane relocation".
While Karađorđevo meeting speculations are a bit of conspiracy, an agreement between Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats in Graz on 6 May 1992 was not clandestine, but failed first of all due to unresolved issue of Serbian claims on territories of Croatia proper.
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| Speculative map shown one of the possible partition options discussed in Karađorđevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina is completely divided between Serbia and Croatia) (Source: 24.03.1991. – Karađorđevo: Milošević i Tuđman dogovorili podjelu BiH) |
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| Another option (with the Bosnian Muslim rump state) (Source: Reddit: Karađorđevo agreement 1991, the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Milošević and Tuđman) |
Other maps with speculations about Karađorđevo meeting agreement:
24.03.1991. – Karađorđevo: Milošević i Tuđman dogovorili podjelu BiH
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| (Source: The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention. By Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup) |
Further readings
Wikipedia.org: Karađorđevo meetingWikipedia.org: Graz agreement
Heinrich Böll Stiftung: Karađorđevo and the territorial-ethnic division of Bosnia and Herzegovina
When Bosnia was Divided in Graz
BosniaFacts: Karađorđevo and Graz meetings/negotiations
Croatian criticism of Karađorđevo meeting speculations:
HercegBosna.org: Croatian long-term strategy of the Bosnia partition
M. Tuđman: Banovina hrvatska – bauk u predmetu
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