DIFFICULT POSITION OF BOSNIAN CROATS

MOSTAR, Nov 9 (HBNA/Hina) - Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Vladislav Pogarcic forwarded a letter to UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali, peace mediators Lord Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg, and American Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith, reported Herzeg-Bosnia's News Agency (HBNA) on Monday. The letter warns about very difficult position of the Croat population in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Pogarcic said in the letter that according to information by EC Monitors some civilians in Vares could be already killed by Muslim forces. The letter further said that the Croat enclaves of Novi Travnik, Vitez, Busovaca, Kresevo-Kiseljak and Zepce have been exposed to fierce Muslim attacks and that 150,000 people there are facing expelling. The letter also warned about difficult position of Croats in Sarajevo. Pogarcic said that Herzeg-Bosnia's authorities will support every initiative for the peaceful solution of the problem and he requested for immediate mediation in order to hinder the tragedy. 090815 MET nov 93