CRO STATE OFFICIALS HOLD TALKS WITH DISPLACED PERSONS' ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION $ REPS ZAGREB, Oct 31 (Hina) - Croatian authority representatives on Thursday held talks with representatives of displaced persons about the final agreement with UNTAES concerning Friday's visit of Croatian displaced persons to cemeteries in UNTAES-administered areas on occasion of All Saints' Day. Croatian Parliament, Government and President's Office representatives informed displaced persons about the most recent report of the UN Secretary-General Boutros Ghali on the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. Deputy premier Ivica Kostovic said after the meeting that the government was satisfied that UNTAES had organized the visit to cemeteries, although it had wanted the list of locations to have been longer. "Still, we understand that it was difficult for UNTAES to organize the visit," Kostovic said, recalling that 24 cemeteries would be visited by 1,910 displaced persons, and that the number of displaced persons who would visit cemeteries in areas included in the pilot-project of return was not limited. Kostovic said the displaced persons had voiced discontent with the fact that the number of persons allowed to visit a cemetery in Tenja (near Osijek, very close to the separation zone) had been decreased from 150 to 50 persons. As regards the fact that reporters will not be allowed to accompany displaced persons on their visit to cemeteries, Kostovic said that this was "exclusively a religious and personal visit". (hina) lm jn 311922 MET oct 96