ZAGREB SUMMIT SECURITY TO BE BOOSTED BY 5,000 POLICEMEN - 10,000 PROTESTERS EXPECTED

ZAGREB, Nov 21 (Hina) - The unimpeded proceedings of the Zagreb Summit will be ensured by 5,000 policemen. Of them 1,300 are special police troops, whereas it is expected that the number of protesters may be about 10,000, Croatian police representatives said on Tuesday.#L# Anybody without accreditation will not be allowed to enter the area around the Hotel Intercontinental - the venue of Friday's summit - ant the building of Mimara Museum housing the press centre, and this will apply to participants in protest rallies, said the security headquarters' head and an assistant to Croatian Interior Minister, Zdravko Zidovec. This so-called accreditation zone covers the premises large up to 1,000 metres around Intercontinental and the museum, while a security zone is broader and reaches nearby blocks. Protest rallies can be staged on the margins but not inside the so- called security zone, Zagreb Police Superintendent Ivan Babic told a news conference. He also informed that the parking of cars and any longer stay inside the security zone would not be permitted. Babic said the police refused an application of the Croatian Association of Unions (HUS) and the Zagreb-based headquarters for the protection of the Homeland war's dignity to stage demonstrations as they intended to protest in front of Hotel Intercontinental. They can protest anywhere in the city except in that zone, he stressed adding that police would prevent any attempt to stage a protest rally inside that zone. The police have informed protests' organisers of possibilities for their movement through Zagreb and of their responsibility in case they do not follow the rules. Babic added that all security measures had been taken in accordance with relevant European standards for such occasions and in the last month the supervision of the state border had been intensified. The smallest indication about possibilities of jeopardising the security of the Zagreb Summit is checked. Zidovec said there were anonymous threats mainly issued by individuals, and they were being checked. Asked about "the intensified work" of the Service for the Protection of the Constitutional Order (SZUP), Zidovec replied that this intelligence service was strengthening its efforts to check indications of possible terrorist activities, but to date there had been no information which might point to a direct threat to the Summit. Asked about the treatment of Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, Zidovec answered all participants in the Summit would equally be treated. (hina) jn ms