FENCE OF ST. MIHOVIL CHURCH IN VARES DESTROYED

VARES, Nov 7 (Hina) - Bosnian Croat representatives from Vares in central Bosnia (under Moslem control) on Thursday forwarded a protest letter to the UN high representative Carl Bildt and highest Bosnian Federation officials because of the destruction of a Catholic church fence in Vares. The letter said that Moslem extremists had completely destroyed the fence of the St. Mihovil church, the oldest Catholic church in Bosnia-Herzegovina which originated from the beginning of the eighth century. The authority and police said and did nothing in such cases of which there had been several recently, the letter said. "The only solution for situations like this is the establishment of legal institutions of power which will be ready to protect all residents of Vares, whatever their nationality or religion," the letter said. (hina) lm jn 071427 MET nov 96