35,000 DISPLACED PEOPLE CAN RETURN TO THEIR HOMES, RADIC SAYS

ZAGREB, Jan 14 (hina) - Croatian Development and Reconstruction Minister, Jure Radic says some 35,000 displaced people whose houses were free and secure, could return home. His comment was carried in an interview published in today's Zagreb daily, Vecernji List. Radic said the beginning of February would see the start of a major development project for 10,000 people. Radic siad the first phase, which would be set in motion by the Development and Reconstruction Ministry, would involve the reconstruction of entire regions and villages where minimal but necessary sanitary measures would be established. The second phase would involve providing displaced people with credit so that they'd be able to work on the necessary internal structures of their homes. The credit would be easy to pay and strictly controlled. If the entire State budget in the next four years was spent on reconstruction, it would only cover direct war damage, which comes to around one hundred billion Kunas, Radic said. This was it was hoped that there'd be foreign credit, concessions and donations. Asked if there were any plans to redevelop Croatian areas which were occupied, Radic said:"Such areas are not regarded as 'other' Croatian territory." (hina) jn sd 141413 MET jan 95