SECURITY SITUATION IN VUKOVAR IMPROVING

( Editorial: --> 6317 ) VUKOVAR, Dec 5 (Hina) - The Trust Establishment Committee of the eastern Croatian city of Vukovar on Friday expressed satisfaction with the improvement of the security situation in the city. Mayor Vladimir Stengl expressed satisfaction with the fact that bombing attacks after 18 November had passed and that the situation had calmed down completely. A Serb representative in the Committee, Djordje Macut, said that the current residents of Vukovar were still concerned about the imminent introduction of local border traffic between Croatia and Yugoslavia, because, as he put it, settlers in the Danubian area from other parts of Croatia and residents of certain villages which were not on the local border traffic list could not receive local border traffic passes, and would not be able to go to Yugoslavia without a visa. Stengl expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of cooperation of the Centre for the Reconstruction and Development of the Danubian area, and criticized the work of the Vukovar Red Cross (which has not yet been reintegrated into the Croatian system). (hina) lm mm 052108 MET dec 97