A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK devotes much of the front page to yesterday's meeting of President Tudjman and the head of Croatian Displaced Persons' Union, Mato Simic. Simic informed President Tudjman of the bad living condition of the displaced farmers and elderly displaced people. VJESNIK reports on the session of the Croatian Parliament House of Counties. In an article on yesterday's meeting between the Croatian President's chief-of-staff, Hrvoje Sarinic, and the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) co-chairmen, David Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg, the daily quotes Owen as saying that President Tudjman's and the Croatian Government's demands were legitimate in which they asked changes in certain questions. The daily carries an interview with the oldest parliamentary deputy, writer Vinko Nikolic, under the headline "My Dream about Reconciliation Has Come True". The daily's commentator, Ivkica Bacic, writes about a possible summit of Presidents Tudjman, Izetbegovic and Milosevic in the article headlined "Milosevic Without Trump Cards?". The other daily VECERNJI LIST carries a first-page column devoted to the agreement on establishing the joint headquarters of Croatian and Bosniac (Moslem) armed forces. "The Joint Headquarters - Argument For the Peaceful Solution" is the headline of the daily's interview with the commander of the Bosnian Army's headquarters, General Rasim Delic. Gen. Delic says the Serbian aggressors must understand that they are facing the force that can oppose them. He believes this force is stronger than the Serbian aggressors. The daily's commentator, N. Ivankovic, raises the question "Who Wants Status Quo" in an article referring to threats which include even sanctions following Croatia's decision to end UNPROFOR's mandate. The daily carries a report on the session of the Croatian Parliament House of Counties. "Changes in Croatia's Favour?" is the headline of VECERNJI LIST'S article on yesterday's meeting between Sarinic and the ICFY co-chairmen Owen and Stoltenberg. (hina) mms 081050 MET mar 95