FROM CROATIAN ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF'S TV INTERVIEW

ZAGREB, Dec 30 (Hina) - In an last night's interview on Croatian TV the Croatian Army Chief-of-Staff General Janko Bobetko looked back at the past year and stated that the Croatian Army has proved by its activities, especially that one at Maslenica, that they are not exclusively organized to preserve the lines the occupying forces arrived to." (The Croatian Army carried out the action of liberating the Maslenica straits in January 1993. Namely, Serbian rebels had cut off Croatia into two parts when they occupied Maslenica straits.) "After the initial downplaying of the force of the Croatian Army, a number of accusations were brought saying that Croatia is the disturbing factor and that UNPROFOR would have solved the issue in a peaceful way," Gen.Bobetko said and added: "However, as can be seen UNPROFOR has not realized their plan as yet." Gen. Bobetko also stated that was a warning and that the Croatian Army should be taken into account adding: "And I think they do!" Asked if and in which case the Croatian Army will intervene openly in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gen.Bobetko said that the Croatian Army has no territorial nor imperial requirements. 301257 MET dec 93