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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 3 PM), February 6, 1997

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    GONZALEZ CAUTIOUS OVER MILOSEVIC'S LETTER

    The OSCE will only congratulate itself when the recommendations in
    its report are implemented, said the leader of its mission to
    Belgrade, Felipe Gonzalez, on Wednesday. Mr. Gonzalez, in an
    interview on Spanish radio, was commenting on Serbian President
    Slobodan Milosevic's letter to the Serbian Parliament ordering the
    recognition of a majority of election results in accordance with
    OSCE recommendations.


    LILIC: ARMY AVOIDED MANIPULATIONS

    The Yugoslav Army has preserved its unity and successfully fended
    off many attempts from both home and abroad to manipulate it, said
    Yugoslav President and Chairman of the Supreme Defence Council
    Zoran Lilic on Thursday. Speaking during a visit to Nis, Mr. Lilic
    stressed the importance of achieving political stability in the
    country in order to attract foreign investment and said that
    Yugoslavia could be a good economic partner.


    SESELJ: MILOSEVIC BREACHES CONSTITUTION ONCE AGAIN

    The Serbian Radical Party will vote against Milosevic's Bill to
    recognise the November 17th election results because it is ``yet
    another breach of the constitution,'' said their leader Vojislav
    Seselj on Thursday. If the Serbian Parliament pass the Bill into
    law, the Radicals will appeal against it in the Supreme Court of
    Serbia in order to protect the law. The only legal way to
    acknowledge the disputed election results is for the Public
    Prosecutor to file extraordinary legal means in the Serbian
    Supreme Court together with an application for protection of
    legality or for a rerun of the election procedures, Mr. Seselj
    stated.


    BOZIC: WE SHALL INSIST ON NEW BELGRADE AND MLADENOVAC

    Zajedno will insist on the full implementation of the report of
    the OSCE, including the acknowledgement of opposition majorities
    in New Belgrade, one of the biggest municipalities in Serbia, and
    in Mladenovac, said Milan Bozic of the Serbian Renewal [Zajedno]
    Party. The two Municipalities have been left out of the Bill on
    electoral results drafted by the Serbian government on Wednesday.
    Zajedno will take power in the cities where the act allows it in
    the meantime.


    CONDEMNATION OF PLANTED POSTERS IN VOJVODINA

    Posters and German flags appeared on homes and vehicles belonging
    to SPS members in the town of Vrsac, Vojvodina. These were
    described as plants, designed to discredit the opposition, by the
    Banat Forum [the ruling opposition party] and it advised citizens
    to ignore this and similar actions by ``the last dictatorial
    regime in Europe.''


    CENGIC ESTABLISNING INTELLIGENCE NETWORK IN BOSNIA

    The Clinton Administration has received a confidential report
    stating that the Muslim Government in Bosnia was establishing an
    intelligence network under the auspices of Iran, the Los Angeles
    Times reported on Thursday, citing sources in US intelligence. The
    LAT stated that Hasan Cengic, who was ousted from the post of
    Defence Minister in the Sarajevo Government under US pressure, was
    working on in intelligence on behalf of President Alija
    Izetbegovic. According to LAT, Mr. Cengic was notorious for his
    close connections with Iran, and he has now undertaken taken an
    unofficial but important role on behalf of Mr. Izetbegovic. The
    Clinton Administration, the LAT claimed, has not contacted Mr.
    Izetbegovic yet, FoNet reported on Thursday.


    CROATIA COMMENDS MILOSEVIC'S DECISION

    The Croatian Government has favourably received Serbian President
    Slobodan Milosevic's recommendation that the November 17 results
    of the local elections in Serbia be recognized according to the
    OSCE report, the Croat press reported on Thursday. Croat Deputy
    Foreign Minister Hido Bisevic said in his talks with the Yugoslav
    Charge d'Affairs in Zagreb on Wednesday that the carrying out of
    this proposal would allow stabilization of the political situation
    in FR Yugoslavia. He thought that this would meet Serbia's
    obligations to the OSCE, the Dayton agreement and the Agreement on
    normalization of relations with the Republic of Croatia.

    Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
    Edited by: Mary Anne Wood

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