BRITISH OFFICER ON AID CONVOY FOR CENTRAL BOSNIA

TOMISLAVGRAD, Nov 23. (Hina) - Major Patrick Darling, commander of the UNPROFOR British battalion based in Tomislavgrad, South- West Bosnia, said on Tuesday that a humanitarian aid convoy for central Bosnia may arrive in Tomislavgrad in the afternoon. Major Darling also said that this convoy is going to spend the night in Tomislavgrad and then proceed to central Bosnia at 6:30 Wednesday morning. The British officer said that General Ante Roso, Commander-in- Chief of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), guaranteed that HVO forces will not disturb movement of the convoy. The commander of the UNPROFOR British contingent in Bosnia, Brigadier John G. Reith, met with General Roso in Tomislavgrad on Monday. Major Darling said today that these top military officials discussed free passage of the humanitarian convoy from Tomislavgrad, Prozor and Gornji Vakuf to a UNHCR warehouse in Zenica. From this warehouse aid is going to be distributed to civilians in central Bosnia, equally to Croats and Muslims. Major Darling pointed out that Nova Bila's hospital remains main preoccupation of the UNPROFOR. Everything will be done to alleviate suffering of the patients in this hospital. 231505 MET nov 93