NOBILO WRITES TO U.N. CHIEF ABOUT YU-ARMY PRESENCE IN CROATIA

NEW YORK, March 29 (Hina) - Croatia's ambassador to the United Nations, Mario Nobilo, yesterday forwarded a letter to UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali on involvement of high Yugoslav army officers in paramilitary and military forces in occupied Croatian areas. Nobilo enclosed a list with the names and ranks of 51 Yugoslav officers deployed in the Serb-occupied parts of Croatia. "I should like to draw your attention to the enclosed list of 51 former officers of the "Yugoslav People's Army - JNA", presently commissioned into the "Army of Yugoslavia", who have been detached on active duty to the occupied territories of Croatia. They continue to be compensated for their services by the Government of the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)". In addition to the highest ranked professional officers listed in the Annex, there are approximately 6000 other officers and petty officers commissioned in the "Army of Yugoslavia" who are detached to the General Headquarters of the "Serbian Army of Krajina" and other paramilitary units on the occupied territories of Croatia; of these, there are an additional 30 Colonels, 170 Lt. Colonels and 150 Majors. This is yet another confirmation of direct involvement of the Belgrade regime in the military occupation of the Republic of Croatia, as already established by the General Assembly in its resolution 49/43, and provides further evidence that the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)" did not fulfill its obligation to fully withdraw the "JNA" from Croatia. In this regard I should also like to draw your attention to Security Council resolution 871 (1993) that establishes a clear connection between the immediate demilitarization of the occupied territories and the involvement of the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)" in resolutions 757 (1992), 787 (1992) and 820 (1993). I would kindly request your assistance in circulating the text of the present letter and its Annex as a document of the Fiftieth Session of the General Assembly, under item 92 of the preliminary list entitled THE SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF CROATIA, and of the Security Council." 291102 MET mar 95