4300 SERBS RETURN TO KARLOVAC AREA

( Editorial: --> 2617 ) KARLOVAC, March 26 (Hina) - The Karlovac Municipal Council on Thursday discussed problems in the process of two-way return in the area of Karlovac, 50km south-west of Zagreb. About 4,300 Serbs have returned to the Karlovac area, it was said at the session. The municipal Commission for Return of Property has so far processed 90 cases, said Karlovac Mayor Josip Zaborski. About 1,000 Croats from Bosnia-Herzegovina are accommodated in several villages around Karlovac, with 4,000 Bosnian Croats living in the wider Karlovac area. Independent councillor Mile Sokolic said that many of them, who were accommodated on the basis of temporary certificates, were being pressured by Serb owners, returnees from the Croatian Danubian region and Serbia. (hina) mm rm/mrb 261921 MET mar 98