HVO'S INITIATIVE TO REDUCE TROOPS AT CHECK POINTS IN CENTRAL BOSNI

BOSNI $ A VITEZ, Feb 4 (Hina) - The commander of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) in the Vitez area, Brigadier Filip Filipovic, Saturday sent a letter with an initiative to the Bosnian Army's 3rd Corps in Zenica and the British UN battalion in Nova Bila, proposing a decrease in the number of both HVO and Bosnian Army soldiers at check-points between Zenica and Doboj, central Bosnia. Brigadier Filipovic also proposed that the number of UN troops at the check-points could be lessened and their presence reduced from round-the-clock surveillance to 12 hours, the HABENA Herzeg- Bosnian news agency said. The Vitez-based HVO headquarters said this move would make it possible that more HVO and Bosnian Army soldiers could be deployed on fronts against the Serb aggressors, according to HABENA. (hina) mms 041932 MET feb 95