VECERNJI LIST: CROATIA GOVT'S GOOD WILL - COMMENT PIECE

ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - "Once again, as so many times since the beginning of the aggression, Croatia has taken the first step showing its good will," today's VECERNJI LIST says in a piece commenting on Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic's statement of the last Friday. (Granic said the Croatian army would pull out of the would be UN-controlled buffer zones - by Sunday from Knin sector and "in a reasonable time" from the other two.) The paper recalls that the entrance of some Croatian army units into the zone was only a respond to the same advances of the Serb paramilitaries, undisturbed by UNCRO forces. "The entrance of the Croatian army to the separation zones, and taking positions opposite to Serb paramilitaies was the act of self-defence and protection," the paper says recalling that the Serbs had put they heavy weapons inside the buffer, albeit the heavy weapons, according to Zagreb agreement, were to have been removed from there. The comment piece forecasts that the rebel Serbs' reply to this Croatian unilateral move was to be known very soon. "By that time we shall also have the answer to what the international mediators meant by saying the presence of the Croatian army in the 'blue zones' was cramping their peace efforts and had they just accidentally forgotten to inform the public and their New York bosses that the Serb paramilitaries were the ones to break the Zagreb agreement first, to drag the heavy weapons inside, to open fire at the Croatian army positions and civilian targets, as well as to block UN bases and troops." (Hina) mm bk 151206 MET may 95