MINISTER GRANIC'S LETTER TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN

ZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic yesterday forwarded a letter to the U.N. Security Council President, Jean-Bernard Merimee of France. In the letter, Granic informed Merimee about the repeated Serb terrorist attack on downtown Zagreb, when missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads hit a pediatric clinic and the Croatian National Theatre. "Today's casualties include one killed and 43 wounded, of whom as many as twenty are foreign nationals," Granic said. "The Croatian Government considers this as an act aimed at wanton destruction and willful killing, willfully causing suffering and serous injury to body and health," the letter says. "It is the firm belief of my Government that the people responsible should be brought to justice." Granic went on to inform Merimee of the completion of the Western Slavonia action. "The 600 Serbian paramilitary troops that have laid down their arms are presently being disbanded in an orderly manner under the supervision of UNCRO," Granic said. He noted that "Croatia was cooperating fully with relevant international humanitarian organisations in securing the safety and well-being of the civilian population in the area." "Croatia remains committed to its long-standing policy of negotiation and peaceful reintegration of its occupied territories, and in this regard has signed a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement proposed by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Yasushi Akashi," Granic writes, warning that "the state of unpredictability existing within the Croatian Serb leadership on the occupied territories calls for the urgent establishment of control over their missile sytems and bases." "Should, however, the Serbian side continue with its indiscriminate attacks against civilians, my Government once again states that it will be compelled to respond appropriately and disengage the relevant attacking positions of the Serbian paramilitary forces," Granic concludes. (hina) mm as 041121 MET may 95