We were already then considering that some kind of swap for at least the smallest of the eastern enclaves for more territory would be wise".
The plight of the eastern enclaves -- Gorazde, Cerska, Zepa and Srebrenica -- figured hugely in the reporting of such brilliant correspondents as Roy Gutman, John Burns, Allen Little, Christiane Amanpour and Roger Cohen.
Survivors fled into three eastern enclaves where the Bosnian republican army had resisted: Goražde, Žepa and Srebrenica, their populations swelled by displaced deportees, cowering, bombarded relentlessly and largely cut off from supplies of food and medicine.
But Sudetic's book was above all an effort by one of the war's most knowledgeable reporters to explain the Bosnian tragedy through the fate of the eastern enclaves.
Turn right out of Marble Arch tube, ignoring (for now!) the tempting smells of the Edgware Road's Middle-Eastern enclave and walk down Oxford Street.
The film also comes against attempts by Nigeria's leaders to present a united front against Islamist militants seeking to carve a north-eastern enclave, even as the country this year celebrates a century of official nationhood.
Boko Haram, whose contempt for western cultural influences is reflected in its name – Hausa for "Western education is forbidden" – is a growing threat to Nigeria as a whole, beyond its north-eastern enclave.
And the shortages, coupled with a lack of faith in the new won, have caused extreme fluctuations in the price of rice, as well as in the exchange rate.Another man who works in the north-eastern enclave of Rajin-Sonbong, where foreign investment is allowed, says he has seen open expressions of defiance by North Koreans.
The area was an Eastern European enclave, but the two men, both butchers by trade, couldn't find the quality smoked meats they enjoyed back home.
