TUDJMAN'S MESSAGES TO WORLD LEADERS

ZAGREB, Jan 11 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and US President Bill Clinton exchanged letters under a diplomatic framework on views on the temporarily occupied Croatian areas and the extension of the UNPROFOR mandate in Croatia. President Tudjman sent his envoys to conduct diplomatic consultations: Prime Minister Nikica Valentic was sent to Beijing; Foreign Minister Mate Granic, to Paris and Bonn, Director of Croatian Information Service (HIS), Miroslav Tudjman, and Ambassador Miomir Zuzul to Washington, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader to London and Rome, Assistant Foreign Minister Ivan Simonovic to Moscow and Ambassador Janko Vrranyczany-Dobrinovic to NATO headquarters in Brussels. They will inform the respective Governments and authorities on Croatia's position on the problem of its temporarily occupied territories and on UNPROFOR. (hina) mar sd mms 111252 MET jan 95