US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE VISITS DUBROVNIK

DUBROVNIK, Nov 13 (Hina) - US assistant secretary of commerce, Willian Ginsberg, visited Dubrovnik on Wednesday. Ginsberg met representatives of local authorities, the Chamber of Commerce, the Atlantska Plovidba shipping company and the tourist company Atlas. The United States was interested in furthering the development of Croatian tourism, particularly in the Dubrovnik area, he said, praising the rich tourist offer in the Dubrovnik area. Besides tourism, the US Government was interested in cooperation in other trade branches, he said. The US delegation this morning visited the spot where a US Air Force aircraft carrying the then secretary of commerce Ronald Brown had crashed in April, paying their respects to all the victims. (hina) 131753 MET nov 96