"APEL" FORWARDS LETTER TO ECMM HEAD

ZAGREB, June 6 (Hina) - The Centre for the Protection of Human Rights of Imprisoned or Missing Croat Citizens, "Apel", on Thursday forwarded a letter to the head of the European Community Monitory Mission (ECMM) in Zagreb, Giorgio Franchetti Pardo. The letter, among else, says: "After the aggression of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Serb paramilitary groups and after many exchanges of prisoners in the past years, the fate of 2,766 persons remains unknown... "Since ECMM monitors were present in Vukovar, we think your mission too has a moral duty to take a more active role in solving this problem. A part of your mission is in Belgrade and is in condition to demand the publication of data in the hands of the military chief commanders of the so called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ), in relation to the fate of imprisoned and missing persons. Since the documentation was stored on the premises of the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade, but is no longer there, we appeal to you to bring about the publication of the documentation, that is to make it available to members of the families of imprisoned and missing persons... "We take advantage of this opportunity to appeal to you to arrange a meeting with some foreign ministers of the countries of the Contact Group and the European Union..." (hina) ha mm 061838 MET jun 96