SARINIC WRITES TO AKASHI ABOUT CROATS' PLIGHT IN BANJA LUKA

ZAGREB, May 24 (Hina) The Croatian President's chief-of-staff, and the head of the Croatian commission for relations with UNCRO, Hrvoje Sarinic, sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General's special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, the President's office said on Wednesday. Sarinic asked Akashi to receive with his message the enclosed letter of Banja Luka Bishop, Msgr. Franjo Komarica, which the Bishop sent to Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Monday reporting in detail about the extremely difficult condition and plight of Croats in the Banja Luka Diocese (Serb-held northwestern Bosnia). 'We have directed the attention of the international community to this pressing problem several times, but nothing has been undertaken so far in this respect, to the disgrace to everyone,' reads Sarinic's message to Akashi. Sarinic requested Akashi to read Bishop Komarica's letter and feel how profound dismay is of Croats who remain in the Banja Luka area. "We expect from UN peace forces to take resolute measures this time in order to stop such terror and the ethnic cleansing of Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina,' Sarinic's letter concludes. (hina) mms 241855 MET may 95