HVO GEN. BLASKIC REJECTS UNIFIED HVO-BH ARMY COMMAND

TOMISLAVGRAD, Nov 15 (Hina) - The operative wing of joint Bosnian army and Croatian Defence Council (HVO) headquarters will move from Sarajevo, to an as yet undecided central-Bosnian town, by the end of the month, HVO Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Tihomir Blaskic, told a news conference today. The decision came at a top-level HVO-B-H army meeting in Kresevo, which involved Gens. Blaskic and Rasim Delic. But the command of the joint headquarters, led by Gens. Ante Roso and Fikret Muslimovic, would remain in Sarajevo, Blaskic said. Blaskic called for a NATO-style alliance between the HVO and the Bosnian army, but he rejected a unified command. Ignjac Kostroman, senior Herzeg-Bosnian defence ministry official, said that the "HVO and the Bosnian army would together liberate parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina where their interests coincided" if the Serbs rejected a political settlement. Asked whether the two armies would liberate Jajce next (central-Bosnian town occupied in the fall of 1992 after several months of resistance), Gen. Blaskic said the liberation of the Kupres Plateau was "the first step towards liberating Jajce." (hina) mm as sd 151558 MET nov 94