When the war began Kraljevic began to position his group as the main Croat militia in Bosnia. Unlike the other Croat militia, the Hrvatsko Vijeće Obrane-Croatian Defence Council (HVO), he opposed the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the creation of an ethnically cleansed Greater Croatia, instead he wanted to federate Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia. On May 9, 1992 he issued a proclamation to the Bosniak and Croat citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina which stated the following; * We implore all citizens of BiH, especially Croats and Bosniaks not to take into account any statements or agreements between Mate Boban and Radovan Karadžić. * Not one nor the other speak in the name of Croats and Bosniaks. They do not represent what the Croats and Bosniaks want. * There will be no division of BiH, we can and we will preserve BiH for all of us; we won't leave our people on the grinder. Either we will all die or we will all be free. We are not ready for treason. Radovan Karadzic is the murderer of Croat and Bosniak people's and Mate Boban cannot and doesn't have the right to lead the Croats and Bosniaks of BH into ruin. * Bosnia and Herzegovina is defended and will be defended by the HOS and TO BiH (Territorial Defence Forces of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Bosnia and Herzegovina is in ruins, the people are displaced but the victory is ours. We invite all HVO units to come under our command. Under the command of the HOS and with the cooperation of the TO BiH we will free Bosnia and Herzegovina for the benefit of all people's. We will throw the people with the dark pasts and suspicious present out of the defensive units of BH. We will send them home, but keep an eye on them, we are talking about our destiny. We have a chance, but just one.After many early successes a large number of HVO soldiers defected and joined the HOS[4]. In the summer of 1992 his militia successfully defended Stolac, and launched an offensive into eastern Herzegovina which seized parts of the municipality of Trebinje. Much of the Serb population of Trebinje and Bileća had begun to pack up run. This went against the Graz agreement‎ that Serbia and Croatia made regarding the division of the country...

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