APPEAL BY CROATIAN RED CROSS

ZAGREB, Dec 21 (Hina) - The Red Cross of Croatia on Tuesday forwarded an appeal to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent in Geneva, and to all Red Cross organizations round the world, seeking support for its request to Bosnia-Herzegovina's Government and Embassy in Zagreb to secure free passage of a convoy coordinated by Dr Slobodan Lang." The appeal recalled that the 87-truck convoy bound for Nova Bila had brought humanitarian aid to 70,000 people trapped in central Bosnia. It said that the convoy personnel were facing great danger, and the prospect of their safe returning was threatened. According to Dr Lang, Bosnian government forces had dispossessed the convoy personnel of their documents, giving the humanitarians an ultimatum to leave the area at short notice without assurances of safe passage. The appeal was also sent to Mrs Bisera Turkovic, Bosnian Ambassador to Zagreb. 212032 MET dec 93