POGARCIC WRITES BACK TO GENERAL BRIQUEMONT

MOSTAR, Nov 22 (Hina) - The head of the Office of the President of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, Vladislav Pogarcic, on Monday forwarded a letter to General Francis Briquemont, commander of UN troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina, saying that the Croatian authorities of Herzeg-Bosnia would refuse cooperation and communication with him unless UNPROFOR considerably improved its operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. "The track record of UNPROFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina has shown that your forces are clearly incompetent in exercising their mandate in Bosnia-Herzegovina," said Pogarcic, giving a series of examples ranging from the Nova Bila hospital and the expulsion of thousands of Croats from Vares and central Bosnia to arrests and maltreatment of Croatian Defence Council (HVO) leaders in Sarajevo and criminal acts by UN officers. Pogarcic said that General Briquemont and the forces under his command were accessories to genocide over the Croatian people in Bosnia- Herzegovina. The head of the Presidential Office of Herzeg Bosnia said that General Briquemont's reasons for not providing transport for Croat delegates to Mostar were incomprehensible and illogical. 221855 MET nov 93