A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON THURSDAY

ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - Warning about the situation in Bosnia- Herzegovina, the Zagreb daily Vjesnik carries today a report by correspondent from Bonn Nenad Ivankovic. The report headlined "Brcko Will Decide The Outcome Of War" deals with Germany's estimations of the situation there. Vjesnik also brings exert of an article by Margaret Thatcher published in New York Times daily, in which she said that Serbs should be stopped "now and forever". Ivo Jakovljevic's editorial headlined "(Good) Timing for Kuna" estimates that the timing of introduction the real money is perfect. Besides a monetary weight, a decision on conversion carries a political weight also - it shows Croatia's final intention to peacefully reintegrate all crisis areas, said Jakovljevic. An article by Bruno Profaca deals with preparations for the tourist season and the 30th international conference of tourist journalists, which is to be held in Makarska on Saturday. Today's Vjesnik also carries a commentary by Stjepan Cuic on forming the Croatian Independent Democrats (HND) party. The commentary asks: "Can the two most conspicuous turncoats, by forming a new party, evade responsibility for everything that happened and they now deem was wrong." Vecernji List carries on the front page an article on introducing the kuna, noting the groundlessness of speculations about possible devaluation. The subject of Zoran Vodopija's commentary, under the title "A Lesson from Sarajevo" is President Clinton's world press conference. Vodopija pays special attention to questions by CNN correspondent from Sarajevo Christiana Amanpour. Vecernji List reporters, who talked to some of 521 persons forced out from Bosnian Krajina at an UNPROFOR check-point near Nova Gradiska, write about ethnic cleansing of Moslems and Croats in northern and north-western Bosnia. A report headlined "Knezevic Knows Nothing" carries talks between the Union of mothers of detained and missing Croatian defenders and head of the Yugoslav Govt. Office Veljko Knezevic. 051442 MET may 94