INT. COMMUNITY CAN TALK WITH HDZ, NEGOTIATIONS ARE OUT OF QUESTION-- MILLER

SARAJEVO, April 23 (Hina) - Dialogue between representatives of the Croatian Democratic Union in Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) and legal authorities in that country, namely the international community, is possible and needed but in the dialogue there is no room for those who have decided to take part in a project of the set- up of the third entity, US Ambassador Thomas Miller said in Sarajevo on Monday. At a news conference the American diplomat said the international community was unanimous in the stand on how to settle a crisis caused by radical elements from the HDZ leadership. According to Miller, the HDZ's tactics was to try cause violence and create situation in which they could intimidate and blackmail. Such conduct has gone beyond the frameworks of the Dayton peace accords and we condemn it most severely, the ambassador said adding that it was also the message from Washington where he had held consultations recently. Miller said the HDZ leadership embarked on isolation as soon as its representatives left bodies of authority. If the HDZ really wants to do something for Bosnian Croats, then it must take part in a political process, Miller explained. He dismissed claims of some HDZ representatives that this party was negotiating with the Office of the High Representative (OHR) or keeping contact with representatives of authorities in the Republic of Srpska (the Bosnian Serb entity). Asked whether it was possible for the international community and the HDZ to hold talks in order to find an exit from the current crisis, the US Ambassador answered that dialogue was definitely possible but those would be no negotiations. I would prefer seeing the dialogue between Bosnia's authorities and HDZ officials who have not exposed themselves as the leaders of the third entity, Miller added. He expects that the activities of this political party will become more clear after the completion of the audit of operation of "Hercegovacka Banka". He, however, cautioned that the audit would take some time as a part of the documentation was destroyed or disappeared. The US diplomat said the international community was aware of close contacts between the HDZ party in Croatia and the HDZ party in Bosnia. We know about their contacts and arrivals of Ivic Pasalic (a leader of Croatia's HDZ) in Bosnia or Ante Jelavic's (HDZ BiH leader) visits to Croatia. We assume that there is close co- ordination between these parties, he added. Miller pointed out that the Croatian government's stand was encouraging as Zagreb did not support moves of the HDZ. (hina) ms