MINISTER REBIC VISITS EVACUATED SERBS FROM W. SLAVONIA IN KUTINA

KUTINA, May 8 (Hina) - In Kutina a Croatian minister and the head of the Croatian Government's office for displaced persons and refugees, Adalbert Rebic, Monday met 160 evacuated people, mostly of Serb nationality, from western Slavonia. The evacuated people were accommodated in 'Kutina' hotel and the town's junior dormitory during the Croatian police limited action in western Slavonia. "You will go home in a few days as soon as the security condition allows such move," Rebic told the evacuated people. Most of these persons are the elderly people and they will receive pension and other bonuses and help from the Croatian state, according to Rebic. On Monday Rebic also visited Serbs and Croats from the liberated area, now accommodated in Nova Gradiska. He toured the refugee camp of Kovacevac. In the gymnasium of a Nova Gradiska high schools there are at the moment 189 persons from the liberated areas, whereas 98 people have found shelter with families in Nova Gradiska, and 36 persons have returned to Okucani. (hina) mm mms 081856 MET may 95