MYSTERIOUS 'GENERAL HOPP' THREATENS WITH TERRORISM AGAIN

ZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - The mysterious "General Hopp" on Wednesday forwarded another letter to the authorities on behalf of the alleged Croatian People's Liberation Council (HNOV), threatening terrorist actions and accusing them of "anti-Croatian activity." A statement, signed with "General Hopp", was delivered to the media by post today, harshly slamming President Stipe Mesic, calling him the so-called Croatian president, as well as the ruling six-party coalition, calling it the "Yugo-communist six-member gang." HNOV, among else, demands that all officials who engaged in "anti- Croatian activity against the interests of the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Boka, Srijem, and the Croatian part of Vojvodina" step down. "General Hopp" also threatens Croatian Serb returnees and representatives of the international community, calling them "foreign conquerors and observers on Croatian lands." "General Hopp" claims HNOV has already started forming military units and calls on "Croatian patriots", especially members of the military and the police, to self-organise in its units. Commenting on the HNOV statement, an Interior Ministry spokesman briefly said the police "are taking measures and actions within its jurisdiction to establish the authors and take measures envisaged by the law." Spokesman Slavko Rako had released statements of similar content on Sept. 29 and Oct. 11 after the first two HNOV letters, which called on a coup d'etat and made death threats to President Mesic, Prime Minister Ivica Racan and nine political, media and public figures. (hina) ha