NO MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN SERB-HELD BOSNIA - IFOR

SARAJEVO, Nov 18 (Hina) - The NATO-led peace Implementation Force (IFOR) has observed no military movements in Serb-held Bosnia- Herzegovina that would been caused by a power struggle between Serb military and political leaders, IFOR spokesman Simon Haselock said on Monday. IFOR had stepped up patrols so that its troops could respond to any increased military activity, Haselock told a news conference in Sarajevo. There were no blockades on roads inside the Serb entity but in some parts IFOR troops had observed an increased Serb police presence, especially around the southeastern town of Trebinje, he added. Haselock said that the IFOR command maintained regular contacts with the Bosnian Serb amry and recognized the authority of General Pero Colic as the new chief of staff. IFOR officials had not met Colic yet but were in close contact with his aide, Colonel Vinko Pandurevic. Serb-run television at Pale resumed broadcasting after a one- day break. However, followers of ousted General Ratko Mladic still controlled a key transmission tower on Mount Zep which links Pale to the northeastern town of Bijeljina and the northwestern town of Banja Luka. Mladic, indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, and his followers on Monday demanded a meeting with Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic in an effort to resolve the conflict. (hina) vm 181347 MET nov 96