LETTER OF PRLIC TO GENERAL COT

MOSTAR, Dec 4 (Hina/HABENA) - The Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna (HR HB), Jadranko Prlic, forwarded a letter today to UNPROFOR Chief Commander to the former Yugoslavia, General Cot, in which he informed General Cot of measures and initiatives of the HR HB concerning the humanitarian situation. Prlic points out the fact that the Government of the HR HB has just embarked on a programme in which the first task is to change the arrangements of the civil authorities, army and police. More effective measures are undertaken to reach a complete hierarchy among those who are to issue orders in the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), so that malfeasance and arbitrariness of the local commanders may be prevented. In the towns law and order is implemented effectively with encouraging firs results, says the letter of Prlic forwarded to General Cot. The Government of the HR HB requests that conditions for the free passage of humanitarian convoys should be strictly ensured. Prlic's letter states as well that investigations into the events in the village of Stupni Do (Central Bosnia) and the destruction of the Old Bridge in Mostar are underway, since those events have justly provoked a public outcry. Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna Jadranko Prlic concludes his letter to General Cot with a statement on the unanimous view of the Government of HR HB on a peaceful solution to the B-H crisis. 041603 MET dec 93