INA GENERAL MANAGER ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION EARLY NEXT MONTH

ZAGREB, April 3 (Hina) - The general manager of the Croatian oil company INA, Franjo Greguric, has announced his resignation in early May. "This decision is exclusively mine and I'm announcing it in agreement with INA's owner, the Croatian government," Greguric told a press conference in Zagreb today. He described media reports that he would be removed from his position, as "a fruit of political struggles." "I'll continue to discharge all of my political duties in the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union)", Greguric said, adding that in agreement with President of the Republic Franjo Tudjman he would continue to volunteer as his chief adviser on economic affairs. "I think INA has taken a big step in stabilizing the Croatian economy," he said, stressing the need for INA to be restructured, as already decided by the government. (hina) mm vm 031537 MET apr 95