- Title: CROATIA: GERMAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN SPLIT
- Date: 29th January 1996
- Summary: SPLIT, CROATIA (JANUARY 29, 1996) (RTV (W) -- ACCESS ALL) 1. SV GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PLANE ON TARMAC 0.08 2. SV GERMAN IMPLEMENTATION FORCE (IFOR) TROOPS DISEMBARKING AND ONTO BUSES (16 SHOTS) 1.39 3. SCU GERMAN DEPUTY COMMANDANT COLONEL FREDERICK JESCHONEK SAYS THESE TROOPS ARE LOGISTIC COMPONENTS TO ALLOW OPERATIONS TO PROCEED, THEY ARE FROM COLOGNE (ENGLISH) 2.42 4. SV BUS LEAVING 2.48 SEQUENCE 3 TRANSCRIPT: JESCHONEK : "TODAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY BECAUSE THE MAIN BODY OF THE GERMAN CONTINGENT DEPLOYED BY AIRCRAFT INTO SPLIT HERE. THESE ARE LOGISTIC COMPONENT WHICH CONTINUE TO ENSURE OUR OPERATIONS OF THE INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY AS WELL AS TO PREPARE ALL THE LOGISTIC. THE SOLDIERS CAME FROM COLOGNE IN GERMANY. THEY ARE LOGISTIC TROOPS BELONGING TO HEADQUARTERS, TO TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY AND SHIPMENT UNITES. THEY WILL MOVE FROM HERE TO BRIMOSTEN CAMP. THE CAMP WILL BE THEIR BASE FROM WHICH THEY WILL DEPLOY IN THE AREA TO SUSTAIN OUR OPERATION AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS OF OUR ALLIED PARTNERS OF IFOR." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: SPLIT, CROATIA
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- Country: Croatia
- Reuters ID: LVA5EIRPW2PWIU9ETL98FFY7J7SN
- Story Text: The first German troops to be deployed in the former Yugoslavia arrived at the airport in Split on Monday (January 29).
The 146 members of GECON - the German contingent earmarked for the former war zone - then boarded buses to head to their base at Brimosten, about fifty kilometres from Split.
They will form part of a logistics group to support the multi-national Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia.
The deputy commander of GECON, Colonel Frederick Jeschonek, said it was a historic day as his forces represent the first the first German troops to be deployed.
Jeschonek said the soldiers will provide logistics support.
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