SRNA REVIEW OF DAILY NEWS, Aug. 12, 1996

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From: Mirjana Petrovic <almirja@cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu>

PALE - Vicepresident and acting president of Republika Srpska (RS), Dr. Biljana Plavsic talked in Pale with Peter Flight, political advisor to the IFOR commander, about the misun derstandings that emerged in inspecting certain the RS Army military bases. Plavsic pointed out that it was necessary to have these talks held. She said that certain misunderstandings are overcome. "I am happy that I can made public that IFOR will within next 24 to 48 hours inspect the area of HanPijesak in such a way suitable for its operative needs", explained Mr. Flight.

BRCKO - The assistant to the RS internal minister, Milenko Karisik, stated in Brcko that the Serb police will make sure that the September elections be freely and peacefully conducted. At a regular staff of the RS Ministry of Internal Affairs, chaired by minister Dragan Kijac, it was concluded that police will rein force their work in order to ensure that preelection activities for the upcoming elections be done in peace.

BRUSSELS - Representatives of the World Parliament of Serbs send a letter of protest to the OSCE because Joan Van Litt, spokesman of this organisation, forwarded a massage to vice president and acting president of RS, Dr. Biljana Plavsic in which she told to Biljana to "stop deceiving the people that the RS independency will be voted for at the upcoming elections". "The OSCE as organiser of the elections in the former B-H is violating all the rules of the European election laws and is prescribing what each candidate may say and what must not say in the preelection campaign", says the protest.

BANJALUKA - According to the latest OSCE's data, some 617,599 refugees from RS and the CroatMuslim Federation who are eligible to vote registered so far in 50 countries all over the world. A total of 220,640 refugees eligible to vote registered in FR Yugoslavia, then 135,455 refugees in Croatia, 128,369 refugees in Germany, 29,725 refugees in Sweden, 22,643 refugees in Aus tria, 19,358 refugees in Switzerland and 10,485 refugees in Slovenia.

BONN - According to the OSCE data, 132,850 eligible voters presently living in Germany registered for the upcoming elections in RS and the CroatMuslim Federation. All votes from Germany should be mailed from August 28 to September 3.

BELGRADE - A total of 220,640 voters registered in FR Yugo slavia to vote at the September elections in RS and the Croat Muslim Federation, stated Zivota de Luka, the chief of the OSCE Office in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - President of the branch of the Serbian Liberal Party, Zoran Cvijic, stated that it is hard to predict what will be achieved at the upcoming meeting between Milosevic, Tudjman and Izetbegovic in Geneva. "Judging by the previous meetings where the Serb side was represented by Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbs are in for a hard time", said Cvijic.

BERLIN - The German media are paying attention to the latest developments in the cooperation between the Serbs and Croats after a meeting between President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia held in Greece, stressing that "both of them turned their back to Europe and are fully carrying out USA' s requests".

BIJELJINA - A threemember delegation of The Hague Tribunal visited Bijeljina and without the presence of public talked with representatives of the RS judiciary bodies and of the Municipal ity of Bijeljina. According to Slobodan Avlijas, the assistant to the RS minister of judiciary and management, representatives of the Tribunal paid a visit on the basis of the recent agreement between minister of justice Marko Arsovic on opening offices of the Hague in RS.

NOVI SAD - In Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, Croatian extremists attacked on and desecrated the Saint Sava Church which brings together about 140 Serbian families, writes the paper Nasa Borba. Representatives of the American Federal Inves tigation Bureau who are leading an investigation reported that they are dealing here with a "crime of religious and national hatred".

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