U.N. COMMAND ESTABLISHES CONTACT WITH CONFINED TROOPS

SARAJEVO, May 29 (Hina) - Radio-operators in UNPROFOR headquarters in Sarajevo this morning managed to get in contact with UNPROFOR officials who are being detained on some of heavy-weapon collection sites around Sarajevo. UNPROFOR officials who were on these sites, said the tension had subsided to some extent, UNPROFOR spokesman Guy Vinnet said. Bosnian Serbs were in control of all heavy-weapon collection sites around Sarajevo and held 325 UNPROFOR officials prisoner. A part of the officials, at least 17 of them, were still being used as human shields, Vinnet said. During the last night, Bosnian Serbs fired around ten mortar shells at the Bosnian army defence lines on the Zuc Hill, north of the city centre. Six shells were fired on the suburb of Butmir, but so far there have been no reports on consequences of these attacks, according to UN military observers. (hina) mm rm 291042 MET may 95