PEACEFUL REINTEGRATION CANNOT BE HALTED - BARIC

ZAGREB, Feb 25 (Hina) - The peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area could not be halted. The influence of the Croatian police could already be felt, you could enter the area, drive with Croatian license plates and feel rather safe, the Croatian President's envoy at the government's Office of Temporary Administration for the Establishment of Croatian Authority in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem, Major General Slavko Baric, said on Tuesday. Still, we should not delude ourselves into thinking that, during the UNTAES-implemented demilitarization, the Serbs surrendered all arms, Baric told a public panel on peaceful reintegration organized in Zagreb by the Croatian Officers Corps. One could refer to it as demobilization, rather than demilitarization, he warned. Croatia did not want Serbs to leave the Danubian area, Baric pointed out. The Croatian government's letter of intent was intended to show that Croatia guaranteed all their rights, he said, adding that it was up to them to decide whether they wished to leave. Baric confirmed that a unit of special anti-terrorist police, comprised of Croats and Serbs, had entered the Danubian area. The unit, under the command of Transitional Administrator Jacques Klein, would fight crime. Commenting on UNTAES' mandate, Baric assessed that there was no example in the world of such efficient administration on the part of the UN, nor so brief a mandate. (hina) ha mm 252215 MET feb 97