15,000 REFUGEES TO RETURN TO E. SLAVONIA UNDER PILOT PROJECTS

ZAGREB, Mar 11 (Hina) - About 15,000 displaced people would return to the Croatian Danubian area within the framework of pilot projects, Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic told reporters Monday. Gen. Jacques Klein was supposed to set up headquarters by April 1 and the deployment of UNTAES troops would begin on April 15, Kostovic said, adding that demilitarisation should be completed by June 1. The international community was insisting that the return of Serbs to their homes in other parts of Croatia be conducted hand in hand with the reintegration of eastern Slavonia, Kostovic said. Croatia had already provided lists of Croatian policemen who were to help keep law and order in the Danubian area, Kostovic said, adding that Croatia insisted that they wear Croatian insignia. Croatia also insisted that protection of property be included among the tasks of the joint police force, in order to prevent Sarajevo-type situations. (hina) mm as 111851 MET mar 96