PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND PRIVREDNA BANKA GENERAL MANAGER

HISTORY AND PRIVREDNA BANKA GENERAL MANAGER ZAGREB, Apr 6 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman today received a delegation from the Institute for Contemporary History, comprising the Institute's director, Dr. Mirko Valentic, and the general manager of Privredna Banka Zagreb (Commercial Bank), Marin Katicic, the President's office said today in a statement. Following is the full text of the statement: "The delegation informed the President of the Institute's situation and activities, new projects and plans for extending research to the entire Croatian history. The President supported the involvement of young researchers. He also urged the researchers to appear in public, because their scientific interpretation of historical facts would promote a better understanding of present- day events. Thanking the President for his support, Valentic announced that several new publications would come out this summer and a big scientific panel would be held in autumn under the working headline 'Croats in World War II'. Valentic also emphasised the sponsorship of Privredna Banka. Valentic presented to President Tudjman the first copy of a reprint edition of "Historiarum Cathedralis Ecclesiae Zagrabiensis" (History of the Zagreb Cathedral) by Baltazar Adam Krcelic Krbavski, and its Croatian translation, as well as a reprint edition of "Half a Century of Croatian Politics" by Jere Jareb. (hina) mm as 061351 MET apr 95