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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 11 PM), April 16, 1997

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      NEWS BY 11 PM

        Djukanovic Visits Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
        Montenegrin President Publishes Top Secret Document  . . . .  33
        Beko: Social Ownership Cannot Survive on Long Term . . . . .  50
  15    Serbian Parliament To Read Privatization Law Beginning of May
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        Canak: Awakening of Decentralists in Sumadija  . . . . . . .  69
        Agreement on Bosnian Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
        RS May Reconsider Committment to Reduce Weaponry . . . . . .  86
  20    Slovenian Prime Minister Annouces Ratification of Agreement with
        EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96

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  25  DJUKANOVIC VISITS GREECE

      A Montenegrin delegation lead by Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic
      visited Greece on Wednesday, Slobodan Markovic reports for FoNet.
      Mr. Djukanovic met the Greek Foreign Minister, Teodoras Pangalos.
      In a meeting with the Management of the General Bank of Greece Mr.
  30  Djukanovic signed a protocol on $5m loan for the Montenegrin
      aluminium industry and tourism. He also discussed the possibility
      of an exports loan for Montenegro.


      MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT PUBLISHES TOP SECRET DOCUMENT

      A top secret letter from the Montenegrin State Prosecutor was
  35  published in full on Wednesday by the Montenegrin Prime Minister,
      Momir Bulatovic.  according to Montena Fax, the President decided
      to publish the letter because he was dissatisfied with the
      contents. Prosecutor Susovic said that the President could not
      file suit against the State Security department, as he had not
  40  produced any facts or hard evidence against it. The prosecutor had
      found no breaches of the law or the constitution in the workings
      of the department.

      The only revelation the letter contained was that the agenda for
      the disputed meeting of police chiefs was drawn up by a top
  45  official from the State Security commander's office and the head
      of the fifth department of security. The letter went on to say
      that the meeting was called to discuss legal measures to repress
      the activities of a small group of extremists who planned to
      destabilize Motenegro.


  50  BEKO: SOCIAL OWNERSHIP CANNOT SURVIVE ON LONG TERM

      Serbian Minister for Economic and Ownership Transformation Milan
      Beko said on Wednesday that Yugoslavia owed foreign countries
      $10.5m and would therefore have to make concessions to the
      international community. ``The sole way out is to get into the
  55  world market. The international community does not insist on that,
      but we want it and we shall therefore have to be cooperative,''
      commented Mr. Beko at a conference, hosted by Belgrade branch of
      the Yugoslav United Left (JUL), on the draft law on ownership
      transformation. He confirmed that the draft did not make
  60  privatization obligatory, adding that in the long term ``social
      ownership could by no means survive,'' reported Beta.


      SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TO READ PRIVATIZATION LAW BEGINNING OF MAY

      Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic told Radio Television
      Serbia on Wednesday that the Serbian Parliament would read the
  65  draft Law on Ownership Transformation in its next session to take
      place beginning of May. Mr. Marjanovic said that this session
      would also probably pass the Law on Public Information, according
      to Beta.


      CANAK: AWAKENING OF DECENTRALISTS IN SUMADIJA

  70  Nenad Canak, one of the leaders of the Vojvodina coalition,
      announced in Novi Sad on Wednesday that Vojvodina and Sumadija
      autonomists would establish cooperation under the slogan ``All
      Autonomists in one state.'' He told a news conference that he had
      had talks on this in Kragujevac on April 12 with the General
  75  Manager of Television Kragujevac, Vidosav Stevanovic, also a
      member of the Movement for Democratic Freedoms. ``They intend to
      establish a coalition similar to ours in Sumadija,'' said Mr.
      Canak, adding that a delegation of the Vojvodina coalition would
      visit Kragujevac at the beginning of May to reach agreement with
  80  the Sumadija decentralists on possible modes of cooperation.


      AGREEMENT ON BOSNIAN COOPERATION

      Representatives of the Governments of Republika Srpska and
      Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina agreed in Sarajevo on Wednesday
      on particular measures for furthering cooperation between the two
  85  entities in power, industry, mining, trade and transport.


      RS MAY RECONSIDER COMMITTMENT TO REDUCE WEAPONRY

      Top military and political officials of Republika Srpska (RS) held
      talks with Viglake Eido, the representative of the OSCE Chairman,
      in Pale on Wednesday. The talks concerned the second phase of
  90  weapons reduction control, according to the RS official news
      agency SRNA.  RS Deputy Foreign Minister Radomir Lukic said after
      the meeting that the RS was willing to fulfil its obligations, but
      would reconsider this position if the political and military
      situation changed unfavourably, stressing the US program to equip
  95  and train the army of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.


      SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUCES RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT WITH
      EU

      Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek said on Wednesday that his
      government would start the ratification procedure for the
 100  agreement on Slovenia's affiliate membership to European Union
      (EU). Mr. Drnovsek stated that he expected the Slovenian
      Parliament to ratify the agreement in May.

      Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
      Edited by: Mary Anne Wood

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