BRCKO INCIDENTS ARE RESULT OF ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN - BULLIVANT

SARAJEVO, Aug 29 (Hina) - The situation in Brcko was calm and without incidents since morning, spokesman for the office of the international high representative for BH Duncan Bullivant told reporters in Sarajevo on Friday. Staff of the high representative's office in that north-eastern Bosnian town continued to carry out their regular tasks despite yesterday's serious incidents, he said. UN spokesman Liam McDowall said there were no UN representatives in Brcko anymore. It was impossible to say when they could go on with their work, he added. According to McDowall, members of the Stabilization Force yesterday evacuated from Brcko the remaining 50 UN employees, mostly civilians, with the assistance of 40 international policemen. SFOR spokesman Chris Riley confirmed that two U.S. soldiers were injured after being hit with stones during yesterday's incidents in Brcko. U.S. soldiers at a check-point on a bridge near Brcko fired shots in the air and used tear-gas to prevent the mob from hitting them with Molotov cocktails, he said. What happened in Brcko was the result of an arranged campaign, Riley said. Since early morning, the instigators called on people to come out in the streets and cause trouble, he added, pointing out the media in Pale directly incited the tension. UN spokesman McDowall warned that top politicians in Pale were also responsible for the violence in Brcko. Representatives of international organizations in BH reiterated today the only way out of the current crisis in the Bosnian Serb entity was the scheduling of a new parliamentary election. Commenting on a proposition by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that a presidential election be scheduled simultaneously, Bullivant said Milosevic should not interfere with interior issues of another country. (hina) ha jn 291838 MET aug 97