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...strategy was to persuade him that the U.S. could end the war on the basis of certain principles which were essential to Croatia, namely reuniting their country," Galbraith says. "But [they] would have to accept our principles not to divide Bosnia. I had to persuade him that we were going to be involved...
During negotiations, Galbraith says he faced some of the toughest personalities in history, including the "Franco-like" Croatian president, Farfranjo Tudjman...
...know I spent more time with Tudjman than everyone else combined," Galbraith says. "He's a very rigid personality with a sense of his own place. He was convinced that Bosnia should not exist as a country. He showed extreme racism against Bosnian Muslims...
...Galbraith says he always sat to Tudjman's left on a white, gilded couch, while Tudjman lounged in a gilded armchair. Meetings were often intense, and voices quickly rose...
...would sometimes yell," Galbraith recalls. "I was never intimidated. I'd yell back...