85% OF HEAVY WEAPONS REMOVED FROM CROATIAN DANUBIAN AREA

VINKOVCI, 6 June (Hina) - The process of demilitarization of the Croatian Danubian area was proceeding according to the plan; 85% of heavy weaponry had been removed from the area, deputy head of the government Office of Temporary Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Mirko Tankosic, told a press conference in Vinkovci today. A standstill in the peaceful reintegration of the area into Croatia's legal and constitutional system had occurred because of the so- called new Serb authorities in the Croatian Danubian area, which were invoking plan Z-4, which was unacceptable for Croatia, Tankosic said. 'The U.N. Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia has its mandate, but it lacks financial means, and this has caused the standstill', Tankosic stressed. He added that the temporary administration in the area had not managed to include a single activity into Croatian public companies, reason for this being the fact that the local Serbs were establishing their own companies. (hina) rm mm 061751 MET jun 96