CROATIA PROTESTS OVER INTIMIDATION OF CROATS IN YUGOSLAVIA

YUGOSLAVIA $ ZAGREB, July 30 (Hina) - An assistant to Croatian Foreign Minister, Hido Biscevic, on Wednesday delivered a severe protest to Yugoslav Embassy charge d'affaires in Zagreb, Veljko Knezevic, over frequent examples of intimidation and eviction of Croatians in some towns of the FR Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), particularly in Zemun. Biscevic said that the Republic of Croatia was especially concerned about a lack of Yugoslav authorities' official response by which they would condemn such negative acts carried out or stimulated by individuals from the FRY political life, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Biscevic spoke of the contents of a recent letter which Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic had sent to his Yugoslav counterpart Milan Milutinovic, in which Granic stressed that such acts did not contribute to building of mutual confidence, but obstructed talks on rights of populations in border areas and could affect overall relations in implementation of the normalisation agreement between the two countries, read the statement. (hina) mm mš 301522 MET jul 97