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   ORUCEVIC  REQUESTS  PARTICIPATION  OF  THE  OPPOSITION  TO  THE
ELECTIONS

Mostar, June 13, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Mostar Major, Safet Orucevic,
SDA  member, head of the list  "For undivided Mostar"  (SDA,  LBO,
SBH,  LS,  SGV),  sent  a letter to EU Mostar Administrator,  R.P.
Cassador,  in  which  he  expressed his astonishment  that  formal
reasons  prevented  five opposition parties (MBO,  RS,  HSS,  SDP,
UBSD) to participate in the Mostar elections. Orucevic appealed on
Casado  to  enable  the  participation of the  mentioned  parties,
saying he can do it only if he wants to. If these five parties are
provided a possibility to assist to the elections, citizens  would
be  given  a chance to chose themselves in a democratic  ways  the
administration in their town, to which elections would return  its
unity, Orucevic said.
IFOR  Spanish contingent in Mostar denied information of  a  local
Bosnian radio, according to which a Spanish soldier wanted to take
BH  flag  and offended guards of the public firm "Sigurnost".  The
incident  took place last week-end about which radio  informed  by
the  beginning  of this week. After the radio emitted  this  news,
Cpt.  Jezus Belmonte, Chief of information office to Spanish  IFOR
contingent  and Joze Antonio Sanchez, Chief of the patrol  charged
for the incident, arrived to the radio-station. They only admitted
the  antenna of their armored transporter caught the BH flag  hung
on  the building of Wine-factory while they were turning. However,
Spanish  soldiers claim they immediately stopped  the  vehicle  in
order to release the flag and prevent its damaging. (end) A.S.

          COMMITTEE FOR "FERAL TRIBUNE"

Zagreb,  June  13,  1996 (Press TWRA) - In  occasion  of  criminal
procedure  against  Viktor  Ivancic,  Editor-in  Chief  of  "Feral
Tribune"  and Marinko Culic, Editor and journalist of that  paper,
Committee  for  "Feral Tribune" has been organized, following  the
proposal of "Civic initiative for freedom of a public word".  Head
of  this  Committee  is Susan Sontag (who directed  "En  attendant
Godot" during the siege of Sarajevo and her son, David Rieff wrote
a  book  on  the  aggression upon BH). CPJ (Committee  to  Protect
Journalists),  IFJ (International Federation of Journalists),  RSF
(Reporters sans frontieres), "Press now", "Article XlX" and a  HND
(Croatian  journalists' society) branch of independent journalists
became  members  of  the  Committee.  Process  against  Culic  and
Ivancic,  charged  for  offenses and calumnies  against  President
Tudjman, starts tomorrow in Zagreb. (end) A.S.

          BOSNIAN COLONEL KILLED IN SARAJEVO

Sarajevo,  June  13,  1996 (Press TWRA) - Criminal  police  in  BH
capital  identified Kenan Mehanovic "Banana" as murderer  of  Mujo
Zulic  (33),  Colonel of BH Army, member of  BH  Army  1st  Corps'
Command.  Zulic  was  riddled with bullets  in  a  night,  by  the
beginning  of this week and Mehanovic run away from  the  site  of
crime.  During  the  war,  Mehanovic has  sporadically  stayed  in
Sarajevo,  passing majority of time in Germany,  being  registered
both,  in BH and Germany, as a criminal. Interpol is also involved
in his prosecution for it is possible he has already run away from
BH.  Mujo  Zulic  played  an important  role  in  the  defense  of
Sarajevo,  esp.  of the municipality Old town and  slopes  of  the
Trebevic  mount. He was a member of "Green berets" since 1991.  He
was  also  involved in defense and liberation of the area Northern
from  Sarajevo (Nisic plateau, near Olovo). He was wounded  during
the  war  and was appointed several duties : Commander of military
unit "Bosnia" and Commander of the brigade "Old town" ( = first BH
Army mountain brigade). (end) A.S.

          REINTEGRATION OF EASTERN SLAVONIA IS MAKING PROGRESS

Zagreb,  Vukovar, June 13, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Croatian  President
Tudjman talked today to Eastern Slavonia Administrator, J.  Klein,
who  informed  him  about  the  actual  situation  concerning  the
reintegration   of  that  area  in  Croatia.  He   expressed   his
satisfaction with the results made so far and expressed hope  this
process  will be concluded within a one-year-mandate.  J.P.  Klein
formerly paid visit to Belgrade and stated: "Serbian requests  for
autonomy  in  Eastern Slavonia do not present  a  real  conception
because Croatia will never allow something like that. (...)  I  do
believe Croatia does not intend to use military forces in the area
for there is no reason for that. Within a one-year period, UN will
reintegrate  this area in a peaceful way. (...) Serbs  in  Eastern
Slavonia  must negotiate within the real frameworks. (...)  UNTAES
will  almost surely prolongate its mandate and I do expect I  will
be in the position to leave the area till July next year."
Yesterday,  Vukovar and neighboring settlements were  involved  in
telephone-system of the Republic of Croatia, about which  Croatian
public  was  informed by Ivica Vrkic, representative  of  Croatian
government  for  peaceful  reintegration  and  his  deputy,  Mirko
Tankosic.  Tankosic admitted Vukovar will still be, for a  certain
period, also involved in telephone-system of Serbia and FRY.  Both
leading   representatives  of  the  Zagreb  government   for   the
reintegration  of  Eastern Slavonia, I.  Vrkic  and  Tankosic  are
members of HDZ who passed from opposition Croatian national  party
(HNS). Vukovar Major, Vladimir Stengl, paid visit yesterday to his
town  and talked to a part of local citizens (Serbs, who generally
recognize only "their" Major). (end) A.S.

          JANOWSKI FEELS SORRY FOR TRAVNIK

Sarajevo,  June  13, 1996 (Press TWRA) - UNHCR porte-parole,  Kris
Janowski, feels sorry due to expelling of 11 Croat families  (some
25  persons) from the villages near Travnik (Vidosevici, Ovcarevo,
Sipovik,  Miskica Brdo). BH civil police accompanied them  to  the
area  under the Croatian control, near Nova Bila. Croatian sources
claim  President  of Travnik municipality, Mirsad Granov,  ordered
expelling.  These  persons were expelled for their  names  do  not
figure  on the list of families allowed to return with the pilote-
program  of  return  of  200 Croat\Bosniak  families  in  Travnik,
Bugojno\ Capljina, Jajce and Stolac.
Besides this, the mentioned Croatian families did not inform about
their  return, so they were not given a permission. Local  priest,
Slavko  Petrusic,  as a catholic priest, has  not  been  expelled,
regardless  of  the fact he also did not possess a  permission  to
return.  In  the meantime, first four and then other  11  families
were  allowed  to return. Janowski, regardless of the  happy  end,
feels  sorry  for this took place in Travnik that was  the  unique
town  in which all duties have been respected so far, but  a  "bad
atmosphere  was created". European mediator for BH Federation,  C.
S.  Schilling,  pointed out Travnik as a rare  example  within  BH
Federation of full respecting of all peace-resolutions. (end) A.S.

          VICTIMS OF USTASHI WILL NOT BE GIVEN THEIR BELONGINGS

Zagreb, June 13, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Croatian Minister of defense,
M.  Separovic,  said, in his speech in front  of  the  Parliament,
during  the discussion on denationalization and deconfiscation  of
flats and houses, belongings will only be turned back to those  to
whom  they  were taken away since 1945. "for we are successors  of
the  Socialist Republic of Croatia". Thus belongings will  not  be
turned  back  to  those deprived of them since 1918  (in  Yugoslav
monarchy)  and 1941 (nazi Croatia, when mostly Serbs, Gypsies  and
Jews were deprived of their belongings). (end) A.S.


          GOTOVAC: "CROATIA IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY IN A CIVIL WAR"

Zagreb,  June 13, 1996 (Press TWRA) - On today's press-conference,
HSLS  President V. Gotovac confirmed Greater Committee by majority
of  votes (31:21) decided to stop the political negotiations  with
HDZ.  This session lasted almost ten hours. Gotovac also confirmed
Goran Granic resigned this morning from the position of HSLS Vice-
President  and Lower committee member. Granic explained this  step
by saying:
      "As  Greater Committee annulled the Lower committee decision
which  I  was supported, I felt a moral obligation to accept  this
decision  as  a  decision against myself." Primorac also  resigned
from  Lower  committee due to his conflicts with Gotovac  and  his
article in "Feral Tribune", criticized by Committee. Drazen Budisa
informed public, on his own press-conference about his resignation
from the position of President in the Greater Committee, saying: "
I  supported a continuation of the negotiations in accordance with
50  conditions we proposed for I consider this, within the history
of  our  party  and  Croatian  multi-partite  system,  as  a  very
important  event."  Gotovac  said  he  does  not  expect  any  new
resignations nor that those who submitted their resignations would
leave  the party itself. When asked about first negotiations  with
HDZ, Gotovac said: "It is hard to say who was the main and who was
the  secondary initiator, but first contact was made with Budisa."
When  asked about the damage caused to HSLS, Gotovac said: "Damage
for  the  party  in such a situation is always great.  "  He  also
added:   "One sentence dominated in my contacts with common people
and HSLS members during the last 10 days: "It is unacceptable that
You  negotiate  with  HDZ. It is a sign that Croatia  is  strongly
polarized and that people relate to HDZ not in a political but  in
a  moral  way, which means that HDZ has completely lost its  moral
credibility in the nation, so people think we should not talk with
such  persons.  I still think we should try to negotiate,  besides
the  fact  it  was very difficult. We should have done  what  each
civilized  person would do. If it is really a sin to negotiate  in
Croatia  then  it  is  all  over with us.  We  are  in  that  case
psychologically  in a civic war". Gotovac also said  there  is  no
fractions in HSLS.
      Only  J.  Rados,  HSLS Vice-President,  threatening  by  his
resignation, in the case M. Lapaine, M. Ivanovic and B.  Kovacevic
are  not  called to account, for imposing a great damage to  HSLS,
changed  a  generally  calm atmosphere of the yesterday's  Greater
Committee session.
     HSLS Vice-President, Kramaric, sent today a letter to HDZ Co-
President, I. Pasalic informing him that, according to the Greater
committee  conclusions, HSLS does not accept further  negotiations
with HDZ on cooperation."
       Today's   commentaries  by  the  opposition  parties   high
officials:
      Z.  Tomcic (HSS): "Those who are familiar with the situation
in  HSLS expected this Greater Committee decision. The last events
destabilized HSLS but a weak position of any opposition party does
not  make  me  happy for only a strong opposition  can  save  our,
Croatian democracy."
      R.  Cacic  (HNS):  "I  expected this decision  and  believed
Gotovac and majority of the HSLS leadership reject the events that
caused  damage  to  our democratic public. The  sole  natural  and
honorable place of HSLS is within the joint opposition."
      A.  Vujic  (SDP): "HSLS is an important party in Croatia.  I
wish  them  a  quick regeneration besides the fact a certain  time
should  pass  to  repair a political damage  caused  to  HSLS  and
opposition".
      Paraga  (HSP 1861): "Gotovac abused the initiative  for  the
foundation of Croatian democratic block (HDB), using crucial ideas
of  HDB political platform, such as HSLS proposal for negotiations
with  HDZ. HSLS should have been the central party of this  block.
By negotiating with HDZ, Gotovac committed a political suicide and
HDZ  managed to destroy a unity of the opposition. On  the  future
session  of our party central board, we will discuss our exit  for
HDB if HSLS remains in its membership." (end) A.S.
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