1,000 BOSNIA POW'S TO BE EXCHANGED SOON - ICRC

SARAJEVO, Jan 8 (Hina) - The Bosnian government and Serb forces could soon exchange about a thousand prisoners of war, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday. ICRC spokesman Pierre Gauthier told a press conference in Sarajevo that his organization had recently received lists with names of about 1,000 POWs. He added that in the next two days ICRC officials would contact these people to see whether they wanted to be exchanged and where they would want to go. Later today ICRC would present all the parties to the conflict with its plan for the release of POWs. Meanwhile, Bosnian Serbs admitted to IFOR officials that they were holding two men they had arrested outside Sarajevo. Their release would be negotiated by civilian authorities. (hina) vm mm 081806 MET jan 96