CROATIA'S DELEGATION LEAVES FOR AUSCHWITZ

ZAGREB, Jan 26 (Hina) - Croatia's delegation, led by the Parliament's Speaker Nedjeljko Mihanovic, this morning left Zagreb for an official visit in Poland to participate in the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis' biggest death complex . The delegation included the Croatian Army's headquarters chief-of-staff, General Janko Bobetko, the head of the Jewish Community in Zagreb, Ognjen Kraus, and a parliamentary deputy, Milivoj Kujundzic. Upon the departure Mihanovic said because Europe and the world ware celebrating this year the 50th anniversary of the victory of the European and world alliance over Fascism, Croatia having been among first countries to resist Fascism would engage itself in the celebration. This visit to Auschwitz was among Croatia's first participations in commemorations of the Nazis' victims abroad. The Croatian delegates were to meet the Polish Parliament's Speaker, Josef Oleksy, as well as Russian and Bulgarian parliamentary delegations. The Croatia delegation was expected to return to Zagreb on Friday night. (hina) mar mms 261042 MET jan 95