U.S. ARBITRATOR MEETS BOSNIAN CROAT OFFICIALS IN VITEZ

VITEZ, March 13 (Hina) - US diplomat Robert Owen, international arbitrator in the implementation of the Constitution of the Bosnian Moslem-Croat federation, yesterday afternoon visited Vitez to meet representatives of the Croat communities from central Bosnia. They discussed the implementation of the Washington accords on establishing the Moslem-Croat federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croat officials said that deadlines set at the Bonn talks were too short. Bosnian Moslem officials presented similar views during Owen's earlier visit to Zenica. Owen said that this should be nobody's alibi for extending the deadlines in advance. He stressed that his job would be to arbitrate in disputes that could arise in the establishment of the Federation's Constitution. Owen was accompanied by the secretary at the UN Embassy in Sarajevo, Scott Thompson, and Croat and Moslem officials Josip Silic and Salko Beba. (hina) jn vm 131136 MET mar 95