"U.S. ESTABLISHMENT IS DIVIDING BH" - U.S. PROFESSOR BOYD IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO $ WEEKLY SARAJEVO, Oct 9 (Hina) - "The Pentagon, the State Department and the U.S. Congress want to divide Bosnia-Herzegovina", even though not as quickly as former Secretary of State Kissinger, a "hireling of the Serb lobby in the U.S.", does, U.S. professor Francis Boyd said in a long interview with Sarajevo weekly Ljiljan's latest issue. A long-standing legal advisor at the Bosnian government, presented with the Bosnian citizenship, Boyd admits there are no strong proofs for the Kissinger accusations, but extends his accusations on U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke as well who, Boyd said, had criticized Kissinger's theses on Bosnia. Pure hypocrisy is how Boyd calls this criticism of Holbrooke's and his defense of the Dayton Peace Agreement. According to Boyd, Holbrooke's first proposition for the Dayton accord envisaged both a real and legal division of Bosnia into two parts as well as the end of its membership at the United Nations. Only after encountering resistance on a Bosnian delegation's part did Holbrooke come up with the present version of the accord which, Boyd told Ljiljan weekly, represents in fact a division supervised by U.S. troops and other NATO forces even today. Both Holbrooke and Kissinger want to divide Bosnia, but Kissinger wants this division "at once and now", Boyd said in the interview. Kissinger's "pupil Holbrooke", he added, advocates "some sort of sophisticated division which comes with time", in order to avoid a "violent reaction of public opinion, especially in America." Holbrooke's "calls for patience" are the result of wanting "his de facto division to take firm root in Bosnia", Boyd claims in Ljiljan weekly. Asked by the interviewer what should be done to prevent that, Boyd advised the Bosnian government to pay more attention to public relations. People must stage peaceful, non-violent demonstrations, he said, adding the Bosnian government must initiate a strong political campaign in the U.S. and around the world, making a very forward stand at the highest state level. Boyd is of the opinion that if such a forward stand against the division makes a world power cause problems, the Bosnian government should file charges against that state. He advised however, that at the moment charges against the U.S. would not be wise, since the Bosnian government must continue to maintain good relations with it. Charges should be filed "against some European countries", Boyd told Ljiljan weekly. The Bosnian government must let everyone know that it will not stand aside in case of attempted division, but will fight openly, Boyd concluded. (hina) ha 081943 MET oct 97