PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES GENERAL KLEIN

ZAGREB, 13 June (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Thursday received the head of the U.N. Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem (UNTAES), Jacques Paul Klein, a statement from the President's Office said. General Klein informed President Tudjman about the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area, in particular about the demilitarization process in the area. President Tudjman said he was satisfied with cooperation between General Klein and his associates and the Croatian authorities. Croatia wanted the process of peaceful reintegration to be completed within the framework of the UNTAES mandate of one year, as it was in the interest of the local population, President Tudjman added. Present at the talks at President Tudjman's side were also Vice Premier Ivica Kostovic, General Zvonimir Cervenko, deputy to the President's Chief-Of-Staff, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, and the head of the government Office of Temporary Administration, Ivica Vrkic, the statement said. (hina) rm mm 131333 MET jun 96