UNPROFOR HOPES BOSNIAN SERB MAY "SOFTEN" UNDER PRESSURE

ZAGREB, Nov 8 (Hina) - UNPROFOR's impression from the latest meetings with Bosnian Serbs is that they are under such military and political pressure that they could be prevailed upon to reconsider accepting the Contact Group peace plan, UN spokesman Michael Williams told a news conference today. UN Civil Affairs Chief, Victor Andreev, talked with one of the Bosnian Serb leaders, Nikola Koljevic, at Pale yesterday afternoon. Andreev also had a brief meeting with Radovan Karadzic. The talks focused on the deterioration of the military situation in and around Sarajevo, clearances for the passage of UN fuel convoys for eastern Bosnia and the kidnapping of two Bosnian doctors. The two doctors were kidnapped from a UN vehicle on October 27 while travelling to Gorazde in line with a Red-Cross-brokered agreement on humanitarian issues of October 1. The special representative of the UN secretary-general, Yasushi Akashi, is expected to return today from a high-level meeting of UN officials and representatives of the Conference on Former Yugoslavia, called by Boutros Boutros-Ghali. The meeting discussed the situation in former Yugoslavia and future developments, including a possible withdrawal of UN peace- keepers from Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to Williams, the meeting noted some positive shifts in Croatia, such as recent talks between Croatian government and local Serb representatives. The situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, however, was described as very serious, Williams said. (hina) as 081552 MET nov 94