HEAD OF YU. TEAM SAYS YUGOSLAVIA FARED WELL IN SUCCESSION

BELGRADE, July 2 (Hina) - The head of the Yugoslav team for succession to the ex-Yugoslavia has told a Serbian weekly Yugoslavia fared well at the succession negotiations thanks to support from the West. #L# "The Slovenes are not satisfied, the Croats are particularly dissatisfied, and they are now trying to have some minor issues discussed again. The Slovenes and the Croats thought the state property of the (former federation), military and civilian, was worth US$100 billion, that it should have been estimated and divided under a certain key," Dobroslav Mitrovic told the Valjevo- based magazine "Kolubara". He added Croatia and Slovenia knew that most of the property that should have been divided among the successor states was located on the territory of present-day Yugoslavia. The West supported Yugoslavia's demand to have the property divided by the territorial principle, he said. If it had not been so, Yugoslavia would have had to pay US$35 billion to the other successors, said Mitrovic. He added the public had not been notified about the amount Yugoslavia received so that the other successors would not use it as a reason not to ratify the succession agreement. (hina) ha