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NEWS: DAILY BULLETIN

          B-H SERB ENTITY: STOP FOR BOSNIAKS AND CROATS FROM FRY

Sarajevo,  June  23,  1996 (Press TWRA)  -  UNHCR  spokesman  Kris
Janowski  confirmed   Republic  of  Srpska  had  introduced  entry
restrictions to its territory for FR Yugoslav citizens of  Bosniak
and   Croat  nationality.  "We  regard  the  decision  absurd  and
unacceptable. So far, we have not got Belgrade's official view  of
this  matter. We have not yet succeeded in getting in contact with
Pale to clear the matter. (end) A.S.

          CROATIA - CHINA, SARINIC - RIJEKA

Zagreb,  June  23,  1996 (Press TWRA) - The closest  associate  of
Croatia's  president released he negotiated  with  the  China  oil
company  "Cinochem" on proposal to the firm to become  sponsor  of
the  football  club  "Rijeka" being in bad   financial  situation.
China's firm delegation was received by president Tudjman whom  H.
Sarinic  informed  on the plans for extending cooperation  of  INA
(Croatia's  oil&gas  firm, the most important state's  firm  whose
business  is  greatly  affected by Sarinic  &  vice-director  Mate
Boban,  ex-leader of  B-H Croat extremists who headed the founding
of "Herzeg Bosnia" in early 1992) and Cinochem.
      Pres. Tudjman expressed pleasure with so-far cooperation  of
Croatia  and China saying Croatia, due to its geopolitic position,
might  be China's entry to Europe. Even before, Croatian president
stressed  the importance of the relation with China underlying  it
was  one of the world greatest powers, politically influential and
militarily  powerful, big state with growing economy  whose  large
market  gives  good  chances to foreign investments.  Except  some
NGOs, with little influence on political decisions in Croatia, its
authorities did not criticize the human right violations in China.
Authorities  of  Bijing condemned resolution of German  Bundestag,
demanding respect of human rights at Tibet and better treatment of
dissidents elsewhere in China.That statement of China's govt.  was
issued  the very day when Cinochem's top officials were in Zagreb,
and  represents frequent China's reactions to criticism  addressed
to that state by parliaments (rarely governments) and associations
in  different states, intensified since China, early  this  month,
resumed  its  nuclear  tests  in Lop Nor,  the  Sinkiang  province
(mainly Muslim populated northwest of the state).
      H.  Sarinic, originating from the Rijeka region (Susak)  has
many  times introduced himself as the region's lobbyist in  Zagreb
where  he  has been a very close advisor and associate of  Tudjman
ever  since  (1990) HDZ took the power (Sarinic was  the  head  of
Tudjman's  cabinet,  head  of secret  service  UNS,  president  of
Croatia's  govt., the main negotiator with Milosevic's diplomats).
Yet,  the  influence of Sarinic in Rijeka and its  surrounding  is
poor  as  well  as of HDZ and Tudjman. Criticisms of  Sarinic  for
being  closer  to  the HDZ top and Herzegovinian  lobby  than  the
Rijeka  region,  are  often  heard.  Sarinic  was  parliamentarian
candidate at the past elections but was defeated by the opposition
candidate,  the  Rijeka mayor Slavko Linic (SDP). Rather  severely
criticizing  "Novi  List", the independent Rijeka  daily  (getting
more popular in Croatia), open for different views, often attacked
by  the  authorities  in  Zagreb), he described  it  as  nostalgic
towards   Yugoslavia  and  communism,  Sarinic,  in   pre-election
campaign  announced new "Croatian daily" in Rijeka  what  recently
happened  - "Primorsko-goranski dnevnik" appeared whose editor-in-
chief  is  Vladimir  Roncevic. "Novi List" did not  have  negative
comments  for the paper whose editorial staff denied  it  was  the
paper  of HDZ but stressed it would not let "ungrounded criticism"
on  account  of Croatian authorities. "Novi List" gave  Sarinic  a
chance  to  explain his views in the interview  what  he  accepted
saying  he was very attached to that region, though his  wife  was
from Zagreb and he lived outside Croatia for long and his children
spoke  English and French, Sarinic claims that by night, he  often
talks  to himself in Cakavski dialect (dialect of Rijeka  and  its
surrounding). (end) A.S.

          THE DAY OF CROATIA'S ANTIFASCIST RESISTANCE

Zagreb,  June,  23,  1996 (Press TWRA) - The state's  holiday  was
celebrated  in Croatia yesterday - Day of Antifascist  Resistance,
when  (1941)  the first partisan unit in the Brezovica  wood  near
Sisak  (south of Zagreb) was formed as the beginning  of  struggle
against  Germany,  its  allies and quislings'  occupation  (Italy,
Bulgaria,  Hungary, Pavelic's Croatia, Nedic's Serbia) of  Croatia
and  Yugoslavia.  The  partisan resistance led  by  Tito  restored
Yugoslavia (less centralized than previous, monarchist  one)  with
communist regime, out of Moscow's influence. Though the Sisak unit
was  the  beginning of partisanship (launched actions when Germany
attacked  the USSR, as the communists only then, called for  fight
against  the  Germans),  Yugoslavia  celebrated  July  4,  as  the
beginning  of  the  "people's resistance"  when  the  first  armed
conflict  broke  out in Bela Crkva, Vojvodina (a  part  of  Serbia
since  1918). Only when Croatia was freed from Belgrade's dictate,
June 22, could become the beginning of partisan fighting.
      Croatian parliament delegation laid wreaths on the Altar  of
the  homeland built at Medvedgrad (a fort on Mt. Medvednica, north
of  Zagreb)  by the wish of HDZ which describes it as magnificent,
while  some claim it is a pagan including its name (altar  belongs
to church, to praise God, and not to a hill, dedicated to homeland
-  it  was a criticism and when the HDZ top official Vrdoljak said
TV  was  a  cathedral of Croatian spirit). Croatian anti  fascists
laid the wreaths on the graves of the victims of fascist terror  -
at Mirogoj (Zagreb), Jasenovac, Dotrscina.
      Serbs in Croatia protested against yesterday's speech of the
retired  gen.  of  Croatian army, Janko Bobetko (who  was  also  a
partisan,  later  on, Yugoslav army general,  suspected  of  Croat
nationalism 25 years ago), who in his speech in Brezovica said the
Serbs  who  had  joined the partisan movement  in  Croatia  (whose
number  grew with weakening of the fascist powers, while at first,
only  the Serbs- pre-war communists and those whose villages  were
burnt  down in ustashas' assaults, became partisans) "acted to  be
antifascists", but had hostile intentions towards Croatia both  55
and 5 years ago.
      The  situation  in  Croatia, called  by  severe  critics  as
schizophrenic,   i.e.  officially  declared  as   inheritance   of
antifascist    movement   ("Croatian   left"),    but    in    the
"reconciliation" project as re-stressed by Tudjman,  means  taking
over  a  part of NDH tradition, and attempt to unite fractions  of
opposite  options and the third (HSS) tradition. In this  respect,
the  55th  anniversary of the first partisan unit near Sisak,  was
NDH-nostalgic  as  shown in the following two  cases:  Independent
delegate  (ex-member of HSP) in Croatian parliament Ivan  Gabelica
proposed to parliament to mark the 25th anniversary of the late so-
called  Bugojno  group  (called after a central  Bosnian  town  of
Bugojno,  in  whose vicinity the group members were  caught).  The
group comprised a few saboteurs who in 1971 entered Yugoslavia  to
organize  Croatian resistance and secession from  Yugoslavia.  The
group members were ustashas and Belgrade claimed they had had  the
task  to  poison  the  water  wells and  water  systems  to  leave
civilians without water. Gabelica claims that in the Bugojno group
were not terrorists "as they tried to destroy Yugoslav state which
was  criminal,  so  any  act  against  it  is  -  permissible  and
justified."  The ruling HDZ resented Gabelica not  consulting  the
party.  It is hold to be pressured by its right wing which support
Gabelica's proposal, but it could additionally harm the  political
reputation of HDZ abroad.
      IDS  delegate  in  the parliament Ivan Pauletta  asked:  "An
incident  occurred at the  sport games of the homeland's  veterans
last month. Namely, at a military parade a unit saluted by fascist
salutation  with  raised  right hand.  Someone  should  answer  to
sensitive  Istria why." Croatian minister of work and social  care
Joso  Skara answered: "I was a witness to  the case. Yet,  it  was
not  regarded as a fascist salutation. It was a merry waving hands
of  the  Homeland's veterans, i.e. cordial and friendly salutation
to all attendants of the games. (end) A.S.
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