TENSION IN SECTOR WEST

ZAGREB, Nov 11 (Hina) - The UN Protected Areas in Croatia are relatively calm, but in Sector West the build-up of Croatian special police forces, which led to the mounting tension on either side of the confrontation line, said UNPROFOR spokeswoman Shannon Boyd at a press conference in the UN Headquarters in Zagreb on Thursday. Boyd said that a large number of Serb soldiers with various kinds of arms had been reported in the Serb-held areas in the Sector, and that UNPROFOR was trying to ease the tension. The UN Force Commander in the former Yugoslavia, General Jean Cot, announced that he would meet with Croatian Minister of the Interior Ivan Jarnjak this afternoon to hear an explanation of the events in Sector West. The French General spoke of the possible use of force in securing free passage for humanitarian convoys in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He said that between 6,000 and 12,000 soldiers would be needed for the operation. 111737 MET nov 93