IFOR LOGISTIC BASE AT DIVULJE UNDER COMMAND OF HEADQUARTERS IN ZAG

ZAG $ REB AS OF OCT 15 SPLIT, Oct 15 (Hina) - The IFOR logistic base at Divulje near Split (central Croatian Adriatic coast) is under command of the IFOR chief logistic headquarters based in Zagreb as of Tuesday, October 15. The closing of the Divulje logistic headquarters was marked today by a ceremony at which the base commander, Germany's Brigadier-General Holger Kammerhoff said the base had accepted 115 ships, 280 trains, several thousand convoys and helped carry out ten thousand flights. The medical department evacuated and brought in hospital many soldiers of the multinational IFOR force serving in Bosnia as well as a sizable number of seriously wounded civilians. Brigadier-General Kammerhoff thanked to all who had been engaged in the IFOR action, and emphasized good cooperation with the Croatian Government and Split-Dalmatia County authorities. At the ceremony fifteen IFOR officers received NATO medals, awarded to them from NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana. (hina) mš 152015 MET oct 96