YU SUPREME DEFENCE COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION ON ARMY REORGANISATION

BELGRADE, Dec 26 (Hina) - The Yugoslav Supreme Defence Council decided at a session on Wednesday to disband army commands and reorganise the country's armed forces into corps, thus reducing the number of generals and admirals by one third. "Certain personnel solutions" were formulated at the session, the Council said in a statement without giving any details. The Belgrade press today speculated that the Yugoslav Army Chief-of- Staff, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, might be replaced at the session, but the statement made no mention of that. Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic said that Gen. Pavkovic "will not be replaced at today's session", refusing to comment further on the matter, which, he said, was within the competence of the Yugoslav President. According to the statement, the Supreme Defence Council also adopted a new project on the protection of the state border, which, once an adequate law is adopted, will be taken over by "the institutions of the interior". The Council also adopted a decision on the protection and management of documents containing secret information of special importance for the defence. The statement included no further details about the decision. The session was held under the chairmanship of Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica. Other officials attending the session were Council members - Yugoslav Premier Dragisa Pesic, Serbian and Montenegrin Presidents Milan Milutinovic and Milo Djukanovic, Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic, and Yugoslav Army Chief-of-Staff Nebojsa Pavkovic. (hina) rml