KOSTOVIC'S LETTER TO KLEIN ON UNTAES PROGRAMMES

ZAGREB, Oct 17 (Hina) - In connection with the opening of the European Commission's office for reconstruction of Vukovar, the Croatian government's public relations office on Thursday sent Hina a copy of a letter which Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic had forwarded to UN Transitional Administrator Jacques Klein in July. The letter specified which UNTAES-drafted programmes for the reconstruction of the Croatian Danuber river area had been accepted fully or partially by the Croatian government and which had been rejected. The Government of the Republic of Croatia fully accepted the following programmes: - reconstruction of the main water supply system, - reconstruction of the suction dredge, - restoration of hot water supply to Olajnica, - reconstruction of the water supply network to Olajnica, - reconstruction of the Institute for Preschool Education. The programmes which were acceptable with certain changes included: - the cleaning of water wells and the digging of new ones, - repair and purchase of new equipment for pumping sites and water purification installations, - revitalization of villages. The programmes rejected by the Croatian Government included: - removal of war rubble and destroyed buildings not safe for living in, - repair of houses and apartments, - construction of health care offices. Kostovic concluded the letter by saying that the Croatian government agreed that the funds proposed for the three programmes it had rejected should be placed at the disposal of the UN Transitional Administration. (hina) vm 172259 MET oct 96