CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES U.N. TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATOR

ZAGREB, Feb 10 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Monday received the the head of the UN Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES), General Jacques Klein, the President's Office said in a statement. The President said that full agreement between the Croatian Government and the UN Transitional Administrator, as well as a presidential statement by the UN Security Council, provided a firm basis for the holding of elections, full establishment of Croatian authority and successful completion of the UNTAES mandate by July 15. Under discussion was the conduct of elections in the Croatian Danubian area, and it was said that a decision on calling an election in entire Croatia, including the Danubian area, would be announced in the coming days. As regards the security situation in the Danubian area, Interior Minister Ivan Penic and Klein reported that the number of police officers of Croatian nationality in the Transitional Police Force would be increased soon. Attending were Presidential Chief of Staff Hrvoje Sarinic, Deputy Prime Minister and Government Representative to the Transitional Administration Ivica Kostovic, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mate Granic, Defence Minister Gojko Susak, Interior Minister Ivan Penic, Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic, Administration Minister Davorin Mlakar and Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff Vesna Skare-Ozbolt. General Klein was accompanied by General Willy Hanset, Jacques Grinberg, Michaell Hryshchyshyn and Jacqueline Knappenberger, the statement concluded. (hina) vm jn 101530 MET feb 97