A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON THURSDAY

ZAGREB, May 23 (Hina) - The Zagreb-based daily VJESNIK runs an article in its Thursday edition on the demilitarization of the remaining occupied area of eastern Croatia, under the headline "Serbs Pulling Out Guns and Tanks?" "Mostar Elections May Be Postponed" is the headline of an article which says that Mostar's EU administrator Ricardo Perez Casado will make a final decision on the issue on Friday. Vjesnik comments on an analysis by the US Central Intelligence Agency under the headline "CIA Predicts Disintegration of Bosnia-Herzegovina." "Croatia and Ukraine Sign Military Cooperation Memorandum" is the headline of an article on the agreement that was signed in Zagreb by Defence Ministers Gojko Susak of Croatia and Valery Shuranov of Ukraine. Vjesnik comments on a recent trip by Bosnian Serb leaders to attend a funeral in Belgrade in an article headlined "Pale (Bosnian Serb) Leadership in Belgrade." Another Zagreb-based daily, VECERNJI LIST, runs an article on new conditions that will facilitate the payment of shares for small shareholders, under the headline "New Contracts for Payment of Shares." "Administrative Control of Mayor Marina Dropulic" is the headline of an article commenting on a request to be submitted to the Government by the Zagreb City Council. Vecernji List includes an interview with Fikret Abdic, president of the Bosnian Democratic People's Union party, under the headline "I Will Beat Alija Again (in elections)." Abdic says he is the only opposition to the "extreme and fanatic" wing of the Democratic Action Party (SDA) executive committee. (hina) vm 231103 MET may 96