S E C R E T
CROATIAN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES; IT-YUGOSLAVIA
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE [censored] ADVISED BY TELETYPE FEBRUARY 7, 1984, AS FOLLOWS:
Sources of the San Francisco Office who have furnished reliable information in the past have advised this date that the West German authorities last week arrested twelve (12) Croatians, according to current rumor. In addition, stories imply that these Croatians were in possession of arms and/or explosives.
Of interest is the fact that sources, who often blame Western governments for complicity with the Yugoslav Intelligence Services (YIS), do not fault German authorities. However, sources do believe that the YIS furnished information which led to arrests, and that this information was withheld until it could be fortuitously timed to coincide with the opening of the Olympics in Sarajevo. Sources therefore believe in Yugoslav complicity and/or "agents provacateur" [sic] in this instance.
As it is also reported that Yugoslav troops and armor are in Sarajevo, sources observe this is a convenient way to justify excessive force in that city and to cause Western governments to blame nationalist movements for this situation.