NEW NATIONAL TRUST ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEE DEPUTY HEAD NAMED

( Editorial: --> 0957 ) ZAGREB, July 31 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman has relieved Ivica Vrkic of his duties as deputy chairman of the National Committee for the Realisation of the Programme for Establishing Trust, Accelerated Return and Normalisation of Life in War Affected Regions of the Republic of Croatia, a statement from the President's office said on Friday. Vrkic has left the position to take up his new post as director of Croatian Radio Television (HRT). Committee member Josko Moric has been named as the new deputy chairman, the statement said. Moric is an Assistant Interior Minister responsible for security in the Croatian Danube River region. (Hina) mbr 311224 MET jul 98