SECURITY SITUATION IN DANUBE RIVER REGION IMPROVING

( Editorial: --> 0062 ) VUKOVAR, 21 Dec (Hina) - Between 15 and 21 December, the Transitional Police Force in the U.N.-administered area registered two persons moving out of the area with their property as well as 18 cases of transport of property from the Danube river region, officials in the Office of Assistant Interior Minister Josko Moric in Vukovar said. A week earlier, between 9 and 15 December, 100 persons were leaving the area per day. Last week, the state border was crossed by about 8,000 persons a day. In previous weeks, 25,000 to 30,000 persons would cross the border per day. This decrease in the number of people crossing the border is not the result of restrictions, but of the introduction of regulations and control of the state border, following the beginning of application of an agreement on local border traffic between Croatia and Yugoslavia. There have been no incidents on the state border, officials in Moric's office said. (hina) mm rm 211425 MET dec 97