PATRIARCH PAUL'S UNEXPECTED VISIT TO PALE

BELGRADE, Aug 8 (Hina) - Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Paul, arrived unexpectedly on Monday at the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Pale to discuss Belgrade's severance of ties with them. The talks, which took three hours, were held behind closed doors. Patriarch Paul told reporters after the meeting he had come to promote general peace. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was more blunt. He repeated that the Bosnian Serbs were determined to go their own way. "Yugoslavia should realise this, and the international community must accept the reality and recognise the Bosnian Serb republic," Karadzic said. "Only then shall we decide which territories we might return." According to Belgrade's independent media, all of Serbia's bishops convened today to discuss relations between Serbia and the Bosnian Serbs. No official statement has been released from the conference, but it is believed that Patriarch Paul really visited Pale to tell the Bosnian Serbs about what was decided at the bishops' conference. (hina) jas as sd 082038 MET aug 94