DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER RECEIVES HEAD OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE

( Editorial: --> 5931 ) ZAGREB, July 6 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Justice Minister Snjezana Bagic held talks with the Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem, Efraim Zuroff, in Zagreb on Monday. The talks focused on the preliminary investigation proceedings against Dinko Sakic, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp during World War II. The proceedings are being conducted at the Zagreb County Court. Zuroff handed to Bagic documents which he believes can be useful in the investigation proceedings. After the talks, Bagic told Hina that Zuroff was informed "about Croatia's intention for the proceedings to be conducted as objectively and professionally as possible". She also said that Zuroff was informed in detail about the course of proceedings and legal procedure. Bagic said the documentation she received from Zuroff "includes several documents with statements and names of persons who can testify about the facts concerning the concentration camps in Jasenovac and Stara Gradiska," Bagic said adding the persons in question live in Yugoslavia or the United States. Zuroff has also handed a document concerning Nada Sakic, Bagic added. The Justice Ministry will deliver these documents to the judicial bodies for further procedure, she added. (hina) jn rml 062104 MET jul 98