MAIL-IT REQUESTED: JANUARY 27, 2000 10580X CLIENT: PAUL LIBRARY: NEWS FILE: ALLNWS YOUR SEARCH REQUEST AT THE TIME THIS MAIL-IT WAS REQUESTED: FRANCE BOSNIAN SERBS NUMBER OF STORIES FOUND WITH YOUR REQUEST THROUGH: LEVEL 1... 15 LEVEL 1 PRINTED DISPLAY FORMAT: FULL SEND TO: WEBSTER LIBRARY, # 1 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 7141 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST MONTREAL, QUEBEC CANADA H4B 1R6 **********************************03211********************************** PAGE 1 LEVEL 1 - 1 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1998 Newspaper Publishing PLC The Independent (London) December 19, 1998, Saturday SECTION: FEATURES; Page 12 LENGTH: 518 words HEADLINE: Arts: The Week In Radio BYLINE: Robert Hanks BODY: THERE WAS a telling moment in one episode of Yes, Prime Minister when Jim Hacker was asking about the point of the independent nuclear deterrent - could it really scare the Russians? Of course not, he was told, the point was to scare the real enemy: the French. A joke, you may think, but there are times when it seems unsettlingly close to the truth. Anglo-French relations came up for discussion on Start the Week (Radio 4, Monday), where it was suggested that the old stereotype of perfidious Albion is alive and well, and living in Paris. We fondly imagine that the Second World War created bonds of loyalty and gratitude between France and Britain; in fact, it seems, France regards Dunkirk as one item on a long list of betrayals, along with the destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kabir, and the embarrassment of Suez. The problem is, Paxman suggested, that where we take defeats as lessons in realism, the French continue to believe in a grand global destiny, thwarted by lesser nations. This sounds like flighty, big-headed Continentals versus sturdy British common sense - but there is hard evidence that at least some French officials still think this way. In the past few weeks, there has been the case of Major Pierre-Henri Bunel, a French officer who has admitted passing operational details of Nato air-strikes to the Serbs; and in 1994, a retired French general wrote to Radovan Karadzic claiming that France and the Bosnian Serbs share a common cause, "the right of nations to reject German imperialism". In A Mission to Civilise? (Radio 4, Tuesday), Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is examining France's role in Africa. France has a tradition of pouring money into its former colonies - to help democracy, according to one Frenchman. Others see the picture through less rosy spectacles. One expert, discussing France's involvement with the genocide in Rwanda, characterised their policy thus: "We are fully prepared to support dictators here and there, provided they kill reasonably. But these guys were something else altogether; they were total psychopaths." Meanwhile, opposition politicians in Gabon complain that the presidency is, in effect, in France's gift. In return for France's support, oil flows from Gabon to Elf, the French national oil company; and suitcases of money flow from Gabon to French political parties. One Gabonese politician interviewed could see no problem here, so long as everybody gets a slice of the cake. But of course, not everybody does: Gabon PAGE 2 The Independent (London), December 19, 1998 enjoys the highest per capita income in black Africa, but ranks way down the tables on UN measures of development. This was a disturbing programme - but not just because it exposed French corruption. As a French politician pointed out, France's African policy can be criticised, but at least it has one: the amount of aid France gives to Africa dwarfs the puny amounts this country sends, and not all of it goes into the pockets of the continent's politicians. We may be realistic; but perhaps an unrealistic sense of global destiny would have made us a bit more useful. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: December 21, 1998 PAGE 3 LEVEL 1 - 2 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1998 Xinhua News Agency The materials in the Xinhua file were compiled by The Xinhua News Agency. These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Xinhua News Agency. JULY 21, 1998, TUESDAY LENGTH: 202 words HEADLINE: bosnian serb republic prime minister to visit france DATELINE: paris, july 21; ITEM NO: 0721303 BODY: the prime minister of the bosnian serb sub-state of republika srpska, milorad dodic, will start an official visit to france wednesday, announced the french foreign ministry tuesday. the visit by dodic, who is invited by french foreign minister hubert vedrine, is aimed at continuing the contacts between france and the bosnian serb authorities, said foreign ministry assistant spokesman yves doutriaux. he recalled that the bosnian serbs have chosen to cooperate with the international community for the full application of the dayton peace agreement. french officials will focus their talks with dodic on the issue of the return of displaced people, the running of the common institutions of the two entities of bosnia and the internal situation of republika srpska which will hold its general elections in september. "we appreciate the balance sheet of these six primary months of the government (of dodic) but we remain careful about the crucial question of the return of refugees and displaced persons," said the spokesman. only 20,000 displaced people have returned to republika srpska, as against 120,000 to 140,000 first expected by the international community. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: July 22, 1998 PAGE 4 LEVEL 1 - 3 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1996 The Washington Post The Washington Post June 26, 1996, Wednesday, Final Edition SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A26 LENGTH: 865 words HEADLINE: Serbian Escalates Demand That Karadzic Quit Office; Resumption of U.N. Sanctions Threatened BYLINE: Michael Dobbs, Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: Faced with a threat of a resumption of United Nations economic sanctions against his country starting in July, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic yesterday delivered his strongest demand yet to Radovan Karadzic to step down as political leader of the Bosnian Serb Republic. The increasing political pressure on Karadzic, who is wanted for war crimes by a U.N. court in The Hague, coincided with a decision by the head of a European security forum to approve the holding of Bosnia-wide elections on Sept. 14. Karadzic indicated through a spokesman that he was ready to "sacrifice his power," but it remained far from clear whether any concessions that he is planning will be sufficient to satisfy the United States and its allies. U.S. officials said the question of what to do about Karadzic and Bosnian Serb military leader Gen. Ratko Mladic will be an important item on the agenda at the summit meeting of the seven leading industrialized nations next weekend in Lyons, France. Bosnian Serb political leaders will be holding their own meeting in their capital, Pale, on the eve of the G-7 summit to decide how to respond to the international demands. Up until now, the American strategy for getting rid of Karadzic and Mladic has focused primarily on applying pressure on Milosevic, who retains significant influence in the Bosnian Serb political entity. Milosevic is president of Serbia, which dominates what remains of Yugoslavia and which borders the Serb-controlled part of Bosnia. Initially, Milosevic was regarded as the political godfather of Karadzic, but relations between the two men deteriorated sharply over the past two years as Serbia scaled back its support for the Bosnian Serbs. U.N. economic sanctions against Serbian-led Yugoslavia were suspended following the conclusion of the Dayton peace agreement last November in recognition of the role played by Milosevic in ending the 3 1/2-year war. U.N. Security Council resolutions make clear that the sanctions can be reimposed at the suggestion of either Carl Bildt, who is responsible for supervising the civilian aspects of the Dayton agreement, or Adm. Leighton W. Smith Jr., the NATO commander in Bosnia. A unanimous Security Council vote would be required to overrule either Bildt or Smith. PAGE 5 The Washington Post, June 26, 1996 U.S. officials and Western diplomats said that Bildt earlier this month told Milosevic that he would recommend a resumption of sanctions against Yugoslavia starting July 1 unless action were taken against Karadzic by this week. He reiterated the threat during a meeting with the Serbian president in Belgrade yesterday. Apparently responding to Bildt's threats, the official Yugoslav news agency Tanjug yesterday issued a statement threatening to take "all necessary measures" against the Bosnian Serb entity if Karadzic does not step down as "president" of the Serb Republic. The statement was issued following a reportedly stormy meeting in Belgrade between Milosevic and top Karadzic aides. "An acting president of the Bosnian Serb Republic with full powers must be appointed immediately to prevent its citizens' interests being further jeopardized in the implementation of the peace agreement," said the statement, which was issued in the name of Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic. The Clinton administration has expressed general support for Bildt's efforts to secure Karadzic's removal from power, but has not made any explicit threat about the resumption of sanctions on a definite date. The State Department point man on Bosnia, acting assistant secretary of state John Kornblum, is scheduled to meet with Milosevic today to reiterate demands for Karadzic's removal. "I have been telling Milosevic that the patience of the international community is declining, and that he has to expect some kind of reaction if things don't happen in a very limited period of time," Kornblum said before his departure from Washington. He said that yesterday's statement by Tanjug appeared to be a move "in the right direction." The decision to push ahead with Bosnian elections on Sept. 14 was made at a meeting of the permanent council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), chaired by Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti. In calling for the elections to proceed, Cotti also described the continuing presence of indicted war criminals in positions of influence as the biggest obstacle to a free and fair poll. In Pale, the chairman of the Bosnian Serb parliament, Momcilo Krajisnik, floated the prospect of Karadzic's resignation yesterday by saying that he was ready to "sacrifice his power in the interest of the people of Republika Srpska [Serb Republic]." Karadzic himself has refrained from giving interviews to reporters for more than a month, but Krajisnik said that he was speaking on behalf of the Bosnian Serb "president." Even if Karadzic steps down from office, he is likely to be replaced by close aides, several of whom are regarded as even more hard-line than he is. Over the past week, Bosnian Serb officials have been boycotting joint meetings with their counterparts from the Muslim-Croat federation chaired by international officials in Sarajevo. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: June 26, 1996 PAGE 6 LEVEL 1 - 4 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1995 Gannett Company, Inc. USA TODAY December 13, 1995, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 9A LENGTH: 399 words HEADLINE: Two French combat pilots finally freed BODY: In France: -- Bosnian Serbs released two French combat pilots, Capt. Frederic Chiffot and Lt. Jose Souvignet, shot down over Bosnia Aug. 30. The pilots were returned to Paris. Their release cleared the way for the Bosnia peace treaty signing Thursday. -- ABC News said U.S. intelligence officials intercepted phone conversations in which Serb President Slobodan Milosevic threatened Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb military leader, with arrest to get him to free the pilots. In Bosnia: -- Reports abounded, despite denials by France and the United States, that Bosnian Serb rebel leader Radovan Karadzic expects to attend the peace treaty signing. -- A "no" vote was expected on a non-binding referendum in Serb suburbs of Sarajevo asking if they accept the rule of their enemies. -- More U.S. flights arrived in Tuzla. More than 100 U.S. troops now are in Bosnia preparing for the main peacekeeping force. In Washington: -- The Senate votes today on resolutions on the U.S. troop deployment to Bosnia. The Senate is expected to support the deployment in a resolution by Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Dole wants assurances U.S. troops will train and arm Bosnian Muslims. -- President Clinton departs tonight for the Paris peace signing. It's at noon Thursday (6 a.m. ET). 14 UNITS CALLED TO DUTY The Army activated 14 National Guard and Army Reserve units Tuesday and ordered them to prepare for duty in support of the U.S. peacekeeping effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina: -- Colorado: 5502nd Army Hospital, Aurora, eight people. -- Indiana: 21st Theater Army Area Command, Indianapolis, 100 people. -- Iowa: 3rd Corps Support Command, Des Moines, 75 people; 34th Transportation Team, Camp Dodge, eight people. PAGE 7 USA TODAY, December 13, 1995 -- Kansas: 102nd Military History Detachment, Topeka, three people. -- Michigan: 210th Military Police Battalion, Taylor, 74 people; 1776th Military Police Company, Taylor, 125 people. -- Minnesota: 329th AG Postal Company, St. Paul, 32 people. -- New Hampshire: 114th Public Affairs Detachment, 13 people. -- New York: 353rd Civil Affairs Command, number of people not determined. -- North Carolina: 130th Military History Detachment at Raleigh, three people. -- South Dakota: 57th Transportation Team at Brookings, eight people. -- Tennessee: 30th Finance Battalion at Smyrna, 79 people. -- Washington: 300th Transportation Company at Tacoma, 35 people. GRAPHIC: PHOTO, b/w, Gerard Fouet, AP LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: December 14, 1995 PAGE 8 LEVEL 1 - 5 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1995 Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation The Toronto Sun September 23, 1995, Saturday, Final EDITION SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 34, WORLD WATCH LENGTH: 864 words HEADLINE: WORLD WATCH COLUMN BODY: RESCUERS STRIKE OUT 3 TRIES MADE FOR SERB-HELD AIRMEN PARIS (AP) - Commandos from NATO nations failed three times to rescue two French flyers shot down by Bosnian Serbs, France said. Two American airmen were wounded in the third raid, a senior U.S. defence official said. The first two missions failed because of bad weather; the third was abandoned when the helicopter came under heavy Serb fire, France announced. France said the two fliers, shot down at the start of the NATO bombing campaign against Serbs besieging the capital, were in Serb hands, which could make them bargaining chips in an overall peace deal. Yugoslavia's foreign minister said yesterday that the two French pilots were safe, but that their exact whereabouts were unknown. Milan Milutinovic said one of the flyers shot down Aug. 30 over the Serb stronghld of Pale near Sarajevo broke a leg, but the other was not injured. LOCATION UNKNOWN "If we knew where they were, we'd do everything possible, even kidnap them, to bring them here," Milutinovic told a news conference in Paris. "Our interest is to know where they are and bring them back to France." Bosnian Serb leaders have refused to release any details about the men, but a farmer in the town of Gornja Sjetlina told The Associated Press he captured them and turned them over to Serb police. The French would not release any more details of the rescue missions of Sept. 5, 6 and 7. But a senior U.S. defence official said in Washington that the two American soldiers were wounded by gunfire in the third rescue attempt, but managed to return to their helicopter and escape. He said the wounds were not serious. NBC Nightly News quoted Pentagon officials as saying the United States was prepared to risk American lives again to rescue the pilots. NATO forces have rescued two other pilots. PAGE 9 The Toronto Sun, September 23, 1995 BICKERING DELAYS ISRAEL-PLO PACT TABA, Egypt (AP) - Israeli and PLO delegates argued for hours yesterday until it was too late to conclude a deal before the Jewish Sabbath began. Both sides had predicted they would reach a long-delayed agreement yesterday on broadening Palestinian autonomy. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel and PLO leader Yasser Arafat said they would resume negotiations after the Sabbath ends tonight. "We are sure we will continue our negotiations to finish it in the next few hours tomorrow night," Arafat said. The agreement would grant self-rule to the one million Palestinians on the West Bank and provide for Palestinian elections and the withdrawal of some Israeli troops who have occupied the West Bank for 28 years. Peres said he had to halt negotiations at the start of the Sabbath, when religious Jews are forbidden to work. Negotiations will resume after sundown today, he said. "We have worked very hard together, solving many problems - very difficult and complicated problems," he said. "Actually I am saying we have agreed on the nature of the problems, but there are still other problems that we have to resolve." Reports said hitches arose over a timetable for when Israel would release 5,500 Palestinian prisoners and the exact size of the autonomous zone around the West Bank city of Jericho. Both issues were left over from the May 1994 accord that granted autonomy to the Gaza Strip and Jericho. WORLD BRIEFS BEDEVILLED KILLER PUT TO DEATH RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A man was executed yesterday for doing what he said was God's work: Killing four elderly people he saw as devils with red eyes, horns and tails. Phillip Ingle, 34, was given a lethal injection at Central Prison. Ingle, who had a history of mental illness, said he enjoyed watching his victims die in agony. INJURED WORKER'S SUIT FINGERS COMPANY MONTICELLO, Ind. (AP) - A personnel director exhibited a worker's severed fingertip at safety seminars, the worker says in a lawsuit . The man referred to it as "Exhibit A," said a lawyer for the injured worker. IT'S BISCUITS, GRAVY FOR TONYA'S THUG SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Shawn Eckardt, the 300-pound bodyguard of figure skater Tonya Harding, walked out of prison yesterday and straight to a restaurant where he ordered biscuits and gravy. Eckardt, 28, served 15 months for racketeering after admitting he helped Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly plan the January PAGE 10 The Toronto Sun, September 23, 1995 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan, Harding's chief rival for the U.S. figure skating title. SURGEON SAWS OPEN WRONG SIDE OF SKULL BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A doctor sawed through the wrong side of a patient's skull during emergency surgery to remove a blood clot, hospital officials said yesterday. The mishap is not expected to affect the patient's recovery. WARLORD FREES 14 FOREIGN HOSTAGES NAIROBI, Kenya (AP-Reuter) - Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid released the last of his 14 foreign hostages yesterday, six days after taking the aid workers captive. A UN official said no ransom was paid. DEADLY TYPHOON HEADS FOR JAPAN TAIPEI (AP) - Typhoon Ryan, which has left one person dead and three missing in Taiwan, turned toward Japan yesterday. If it continues on its current course it will hit Kyushu, Japan's southernmost island, late today, forecasters said. GRAPHIC: 1. photo by AP HOT LICKS ... U.S. President Bill Clinton, flanked by actor James Belushi and Vice-President Al Gore, hams it up Thursday night as an honorary Blues Brother at the House of Blues in Hollywood. Who knows, it could turn into a steady gig. 2. photo of SHAWN ECKARDT Let's eat LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: July 23, 1996 PAGE 11 LEVEL 1 - 6 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1995 The Des Moines Register, Inc. The Des Moines Register September 15, 1995, Friday SECTION: Main News Pg.8 LENGTH: 470 words HEADLINE: Serbs agree to move guns ringing city NATO will suspend bombing for three days to see if the rebels keep their word. SOURCE: New York Times BODY: New York Times Paris, France - The Bosnian Serbs have agreed to withdraw their heavy guns out of firing range of Sarajevo, ending at least temporarily NATO's two-week- old bombing campaign, U.S. officials said Thursday. The agreement, signed by the Bosnian Serbs' leader, Radovan Karadzic, and their military commander, Gen. Ratko Mladic, gives the Serbs six days to withdraw about 300 guns that have bombarded Sarajevo since April 6, 1992, the officials said. In return, NATO will suspend its bombing for three days, with a promise to refrain further if convinced the Serbian guns are being moved. If the Serbs do indeed withdraw their guns beyond the 12 1/2 miles demanded by NATO, the long siege of Sarajevo would be considerably eased and the shelling that has terrorized the city's 300,000 inhabitants stopped. This would amount to a considerable achievement for American diplomacy, which only moved into high gear in the Balkans six weeks ago after four years of hesitancy. Government Mulling Plan The agreement was under review by the Muslim-led Bosnian government. It was unclear whether objections from the government could lead the accord to unravel. The officials said that Richard Holbrooke, the chief American mediator in the Balkans, was seeking assurances from Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic that he would restrain his forces from any offensive aimed at land vacated by the Serbs' guns and allow Bosnian heavy weapons in the capital to be monitored by U.N. peacekeepers. The United States has also urged the Bosnian government to consider the possibility of a cease-fire brokered by the United Nations in the Sarajevo area, the officials said. "The Serbs' acceptance is unconditional," one U.S. official said. "They have signed a document. But we agreed to request the Bosnian government's cooperation in these areas." If, however, the Bosnian government views the accord as making significant concessions to the Serbs in return for their withdrawal of the guns, it might raise objections. PAGE 12 The Des Moines Register, September 15, 1995 Pause in Bombing NATO on Thursday began a "temporary pause" in its airstrikes "pending possible political developments that could meet the conditions on Sarajevo laid down by NATO and the United Nations," a NATO spokesman said. Those demands were the unconditional withdrawal of Bosnian Serb guns, the reopening of Sarajevo airport, and improved access to the city by road. On Aug. 30, after 41 months of hesitation over how to combat the siege of the Bosnian capital, NATO embarked on a bombing campaign aimed at securing these objectives. President Clinton, clearly determined to be cautious given the history of diplomacy in the Balkans, said on Thursday that there was now "some reason to hope" that progress had been made toward securing Bosnian Serb compliance. LANGUAGE: English LOAD-DATE: April 1, 1996 PAGE 13 LEVEL 1 - 7 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1995 National Public Radio NPR SHOW: Morning Edition (NPR 6:00 am ET) July 24, 1995 Transcript # 1656-2 TYPE: Interview SECTION: News; International LENGTH: 728 words HEADLINE: U.N. Deploys Rapid Reaction Force Near Sarajevo BYLINE: ANDY BOWERS HIGHLIGHT: U.N. rapid reaction forces are positioning themselves outside Sarajevo to help protect the only road going in and out of the city that the Serbs are shelling. The force is planning to target Serb gunners. BODY: BOB EDWARDS, Host: The United Nations has begun to deploy its Rapid Reaction Force outside Sarajevo. They're taking positions on Mount Igman, which overlooks the city. Serb gunners have been targeting the road on Mount Igman. It's the only road going in or out of the city. [interviewing] NPR's Andy Bowers joins me from Vitez, near Sarajevo. What's the Rapid Reaction Force supposed to do? ANDY BOWERS, Reporter: Well, what this force is supposed to do is place about 12 artillery pieces on Mount Igman in various places and they are supposed to target Serb gunners if the Serbs shoot at the U.N. anywhere around Sarajevo. As you know, over the weekend two French peacekeepers were killed by Serb mortars. This is what triggered this deployment, and so if the Serbs shoot at the U.N. - not at civilians I should stress, but only at the U.N. - the U.N. will fire back. The deployment is currently scheduled to last only five days, which seems odd because they're- it's taking a lot of work to actually dig gun emplacements up on Mount Igman. They've brought in earth-moving equipment to do this. As the plan stands now, these guns would just be there for five days and then removed, but it could be extended. BOB EDWARDS: Has the deployment been going smoothly? ANDY BOWERS: Not exactly. The Rapid Reaction Force has not lived up to the rapid part of its name. It started off yesterday, they were having trouble getting permission from the Bosnian government authorities to let this large convoy of troops and artillery pieces pass through various checkpoints along the way. They finally did get permission. Some of the guns we understand now have actually made it to Mount Igman, but some other parts of the force, specifically some French tanks, have been having a lot of trouble getting through. The- the problem seems to be that they're painted camouflage green rather than U.N. PAGE 14 Morning Edition (NPR), July 24, 1995 white. The Bosnian authorities want these guns to be obviously part of the U.N., but the French say, 'We're- we're not going to go into an offensive or a- a military situation with the- the color of surrender and the very- very obvious color of white on their tanks. They want to be more protected than that.' BOB EDWARDS: How does the mission fit in with the recent ultimatum made to the Serbs? Can- can the Reaction Force take offensive action? ANDY BOWERS: No, it cannot take offensive action. As the mandate stands now, they can only fire back if the Serbs start it, basically. If the Serbs fire at the U.N. then the U.N. can do something about it. Now this new ultimatum that's been issued by the United States, Britain, and France, to the Bosnian Serbs, warns them against taking any offensive action against U.N.-declared safe areas. That would include Sarajevo which, in fact, is supposed to have a heavy weapons exclusion zone around it. The U.N. has pretty much stopped enforcing that, but this ultimatum seems to be threatening the Serbs with retaliatory action if they shell Sarajevo. Now, this may only apply to the use of air power, but now the Rapid Reaction Force is getting in place up on Mount Igman. They have 12 large guns that could target any Serb gunners if they were shelling the hospital in Sarajevo, if they were shelling the downtown civilian areas, as they have often done, but so far the United Nations has not given the Rapid Reaction Force the permission to do that, so they- their hands are tied basically when it comes to enforcing this new ultimatum. BOB EDWARDS: How do you think the Serbs will react? ANDY BOWERS: We haven't had any official word from the Serbs yet. I doubt they'll be very happy about this, but I would also suspect that they may calm down their shelling activity around Sarajevo, at least while these guns are in place. Again, we're not sure how long they're going to be staying there. It's not an indefinite deployment, so the Serbs might do well to stop shelling for a while, not bring on the wrath of these new U.N. guns, and see what happens. BOB EDWARDS: NPR's Andy Bowers in Vitez, Bosnia. The preceding text has been professionally transcribed. However, although the text has been checked against an audio track, in order to meet rigid distribution and transmission deadlines, it may not have been proofread against tape. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: July 24, 1995 PAGE 15 LEVEL 1 - 8 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1995 Globe Newspaper Company The Boston Globe June 4, 1995, Sunday, City Edition SECTION: NATIONAL/FOREIGN; Pg. 22 LENGTH: 890 words HEADLINE: Remaining UN hostages to be released, Serbia says BYLINE: By Paul Quinn-Judge, Globe Staff DATELINE: ZAGREB, Croatia BODY: The remaining UN hostages will be released in the "next few days," President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia said yesterday as the first group of freed hostages was flown to UN headquarters in Croatia and as a search continued for a US pilot shot down over Bosnia on Friday. Television footage showed that little was left of the pilot's F-16C jet fighter, brought down by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile over northern Bosnia. UN special envoy Yasushi Akashi told journalists here yesterday that the Bosian Serbs may be holding the pilot prisoner. "We still do not know for sure the whereabouts of the pilot or his condition," Gen. John Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday after a meeting in Paris of NATO and European defense ministers. Search-and-rescue efforts over the site continue, Shalikashvili said. Immediately after Milosevic's office issued his statement, the Bosnian Serbs, who have been showing signs of disarray in the last few days, cast an element of doubt on his promise. "We are not going to release the hostages if the option of using force, airstrikes precisely, is not abandoned," said Jovan Zametica, a senior adviser to the Bosnian Serb leadership. Zametica insisted that his faction had released the hostages on its own initiative as a good-will gesture. "Serbia is certainly not in charge of releasing the prisoners," he said. About 300 UN personnel remain in Bosnian Serb detention. Zametica's statements could be bravado by a faction that is slowly being forced to back down. Or it could be a sign that a trial of strength is under way between the Bosnian Serbs and their one-time sponsors in Belgrade. Yesterday, Bosnian Serbs attacked a Dutch UN unit in Srebrenica and seriously wounded two UN soldiers in Tuzla, when they fired an antitank shell at a UN armored car. The British charge d'affaires in Serbia, Ivor Richards, implied that Milosevic had decided to take control of the hostage situation. On Friday, PAGE 16 The Boston Globe, June 4, 1995 Milosevic sent his shadowy security chief, Jovica Stanisic, to the Bosnian Serb headquarters at Pale. Stanisic told Karadzic and his colleagues "in crisp and no uncertain terms what was expected of them," Roberts told journalists. Milosevic also phoned President Jacques Chirac of France yesterday and told him that all hostages would be released soon. More than half of the 121 hostages released Friday were French. The released soldiers said they had on the whole been well treated, but had been asked not to discuss their experiences to avoid jeopardizing those still being held. After spending a night in the northern Serbian town of Novi Sad, they flew to Zagreb last night. UN officials said that most of the soldiers would return to their units. For a conflict that had been characterized as a quagmire, last week's changes in and around Bosnia have been remarkable. The Bosnian Serbs, who usually look out on the world with callous confidence, have suddenly been beset by a sense of insecurity. This feeling has probably been increased by the fact that Milosevic has decided that supporting them is no longer to his advantage. After they first seized the hostages, on May 24 and 25, the Bosnian Serbs behaved in their usual way: Against the incongruous backdrop of a library, Bosnian Serb adviser Zametica made it clear that the hostages would pay a "high price" if NATO warplanes struck again. They had grounds for confidence. In November 1994, they had taken UN officials hostage after airstrikes, and won the concessions they demanded. This time things went wrong. They showed their hostages on television, chained to military sites. Faced with unusually swift and tough action from Western countries, particularly Britain and France, the Bosnian Serbs seemed to waver. On Wednesday, they called for talks but refused to hand over the hostages. They repeated their call on Thursday. On Friday they first denied any release, then freed 121 soldiers - apparently without conditions - then ran the risk of pulling the United States into the conflict by shooting down a US F-16C jet fighter. And then they took more UN soldiers hostage. Behind the Bosnian Serb wavering is a sense that their former supremacy on the battle field is eroding. At the start of the war, three years ago, the Bosnian government force was a militia of lightly armed amateurs. The Bosnian Serb forces, armed by Milosevic from the arsenals of the former Yugoslav National Army, was a conventional fighting force. There is no sign of an early end to the war. If Milosevic recognizes Bosnia - as the West is trying to persuade him to do in return for suspending sanctions - and if he seals the Serb-Bosnian border to military supplies, Bosnian Serbs may soon find their military superiority steadily eroding. Milosevic has used the crisis to speed his transition from war criminal, as he has been described by Western leaders in the past, to statesman. In a PAGE 17 The Boston Globe, June 4, 1995 further move that could increase the Bosnian Serbs' discomfort, the Serbian authorities yesterday arrested the extreme Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj. Seselj, once one of Milosevic's closest allies, is held responsible for some of the worst atrocities in the Bosnia war. Relations between the two men have turned to animosity since Seselj accused Milosevic of abandoning the Bosnian Serbs. GRAPHIC: PHOTO, 1. REUTERS PHOTOS / Danish UN peacekeepers prepare yesterday to secure an area in Sarajevo with barbed wire (left) as a British UN soldier who had been held hostage by Bosnian Serbs is helped off the plane after his arrival in Zagreb. 2. AP PHOTO / Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic confers with officials yesterday from his office in the Bosnian Serb headquarters in Pale. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: June 6, 1995 PAGE 18 LEVEL 1 - 9 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1995 Guardian Newspapers Limited The Observer June 4, 1995, Sunday SECTION: THE OBSERVER NEWS PAGE; Pg. 12 LENGTH: 1294 words HEADLINE: RECIPE READY FOR FRESH BATCH OF FUDGE BYLINE: Adrian Hamilton And Mark Frankland BODY: 'WE'RE involved in embroidery,' declared a furious French President, Jacques Chirac, to his Defence Council when pictures of French hostages chained by the Bosnian Serbs to vital installations were shown last weekend. Thanks to dramatic increase in the blue berets agreed in London last tuesday and in Paris last night, that embroidery of interlocking military and diplomatic endeavour has become both tighter and more frayed. On one hand, the sudden escalation - from Nato bombardment and Serbian hostage -taking to the sending of new British and multi-national rapid response brigades - has produced one important breakthrough. President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, no friend of his fellow Serbs in Bosnia, pushed through the release of 126 hostages - presumably hoping the West will lift sanctions. On the other hand, this partial release of hostages has only served to muddy further the swirling waters of war and diplomacy. By upping the ante with their new forces, France and Britain have dangerously pushed the Bosnian operation from neutral peacekeeping across the boundary with the much more contentious policy of pro -Muslim peace enforcement. By instructing their troops to take the offensive, the two countries, with the broad support of America and the more reluctant support of the Germans, have also threatened to change an international operation under the UN flag to a nationally-led action in which the UN has been virtually bypassed. The diplomatic effort this weekend in Europe and during the coming weeks in New York will be bent towards rationalising this new momentum and bringing it back into a co-ordinated international plan. It will not be easy. Policy towards Bosnia has always been a fudge, disguising impotence on the ground and profound disagreement among the allies in Nato and the Security Council. On the plus side, the diplomatic whirl has managed to bring Russia and America into the Contact Group set up to bring the parties to the peace table. The Americans have engineered a potentially crucial alliance between the Croats and the Bosnian Muslims. The Russians have pushed President Milosevic hard to reject the Bosnian Serbs and recognise Bosnia's frontiers. To their frustration, however, all these efforts have failed to get all sides to agree to Lord Owen's peace plan dividing Bosnia into ethnic areas. PAGE 19 The Observer, June 4, 1995 Can these efforts now survive the escalation of the last week? Can indeed the whole concept of a UN peacekeeping force continue after the lurch into direct confrontation between the national forces of Britain and France and the Bosnian Serbs? The UN Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was virtually ignored during last week's events, on Wednesday set out the stark alternatives now facing the Security Council. One extreme option, he said, would be to pull out and let the combatants fight it out. It is an option favoured by a substantial minority among politicians in Europe and America, who fear being sucked into a war over which they have little control and from which they have little to gain. Other Western leaders fear they would never be forgiven if TV screens were filled with slaughtered women and children. The second alternative would be to keep the mandate as it is, muddling on as before. This, however, has visibly failed, and neither Britain nor France would stay in Bosnia under these constraints. The third alternative would be to send in a large multilateral force capable of enforcing the peace, whatever the casualties. This is the logical conclusion of the week's events. It would clarify the aims for the politicans and the military. But it would entail potentially large losses and present a dramatic extension of UN powers which Russia and China would vigorously oppose. The final option would be to face reality and reduce the UN commitment, tackling 'only those tasks which a peacekeeping operation can realistically be expected to carry out'. This is the option that seems to be favoured by the UN Secretary-General. But it is not the course favoured by the French and British, both of whom would prefer a combination of the third and fourth options, in which their troops would have the weapons and the authority to defend their chosen objectives and not restrain themselves to firing back only when attacked. The likelihood therefore is a continued fudge built around beefing up the present mandate. As so often before, the politicians are at the mercy of events in the theatre of war; while the soldiers are at the mercy of confused objectives from the politicians. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: June 5, 1995 PAGE 20 LEVEL 1 - 10 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1994 Deutsche Presse-Agentur Deutsche Presse-Agentur October 19, 1994, Wednesday, BC Cycle 17:40 Central European Time SECTION: International News LENGTH: 1280 words HEADLINE: Serb leader speculates about new Bosnia map, London rejects idea DATELINE: Sarajevo/Zagreb, Oct 19 BODY: A Bosnian Serb leader indicated Wednesday he expects the five-nation contact group to make alterations to the peace plan for Bosnia-Herzegovina, while Britain immediately denied any such plans. "Despite our isolation, we see the first favourable signs that the contact group's plan could be altered," said Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic, as quoted by Bosnian Serb television. He said Bosnia should be newly divided up in such a way that "the Serbs will not be forced to accept an unfavourable distribution of territory". But a Foreign Office spokesman in London said: "The Bosnian Serbs are required to accept the (peace plan) map as it is. There is no question of the contact group renegotiating the existing map with them." The contact group is made up of the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany and France. The Bosnian Serbs have repeatedly rejected the contact group's peace map which calls for Serbia getting 49 per cent of Bosnian territory while the Moslem-Croat federation is to get 51 per cent. Since the Serbs hold 70 per cent of Bosnia, they will be required to relinquish large areas to their enemies. The Serbs meanwhile continued military thrusts in various regions of Bosnia, with the heaviest fighting concentrated in the north, according to the United Nations. Serb troops supported by tanks and artillery attacked Bosnian Moslem defence positions around the cities of Gradacac and Doboj. U.N. observers in the area counted nearly 1,700 artillery shell impacts. Frontlines around the Herzegovina capital Mostar, on the other hand, were "unexpectedly quiet" after much fighting during the preceding days. "We only counted 24 shell impacts, which amounts to almost nothing," said a U.N. spokesman. U.N. peacekeepers continued meanwhile to try to convince Moslem troops to evacuate the demilitarised zone on Mount Igman near Sarajevo. "So far the PAGE 21 Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 19, 1994 Moslem commanders have turned a deaf ear," U.N. officials said. Serb commanders have set Thursday night as the deadline for Moslems to leave the area, threatening to take "corresponding measures" if the deadline is not met. The U.N. said it was considering "harsh measures" against the Bosnian Serbs if these continue to block trucks bringing fuel for the peacekeepers' vehicles. The fuel situation for U.N. units in Sarajevo and Moslem enclaves was beginning to get critical. Spokesman Tant U Min said in Sarajevo said, "(We) have reached a point where the whole mission is compromised. If the situation does not change in the next few days, the U.N. will be forced to take some forceful action." An incident on Tuesday near the Moslem enclave around Gorazde, in which NATO air support was requested after a Serb attack on a supply convoy, was Wednesday being downplayed by the U.N. in Zagreb. "The local U.N. commander asked for air support after the Serbs attacked the convoy and killed a driver," said a U.N. spokesman. "Since firing ceased after a short time, there was no need for NATO to take action." On the previous evening, a U.N. statement in Zagreb said that air support had "not been requested" by U.N. commanders "due to bad visibility". In Brussels, the ambassadors of the NATO countries decided at a meeting Wednesday to ask for instructions from their capitals on how to settle the alliance's disagreement with the United Nations in regard to further action in Bosnia. Sources said the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation sought authority to begin air strikes with less time lag and more efficiency. NATO's new secretary general, Willy Claes, said he supported "stronger measures" if the humanitarian or military situation in Bosnia should worsen. He said the U.N. protective zones should be strictly enforced, but this required that international agreement be maintained. Sources said the U.N. appeared to have hesitated Tuesday in asking for NATO air support after the Bosnian attack at Gorazde. They said NATO was worried that the alliance might lose its credibility. dpa ba LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: October 19, 1994 PAGE 22 LEVEL 1 - 11 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1994 Associated Newspapers Ltd. Daily Mail (London) August 4, 1994 SECTION: Pg. 12 LENGTH: 1067 words HEADLINE: BACK TO THE BRINK; BOSNIA FACING NEW NIGHTMARE AS THE SERBS PREPARE FOR WAR BODY: STRICKEN Bosnia was poised last night on the brink of a return to full-scale bloodshed. Peace hopes looked to be in tatters as the Bosnian Serbs found themselves standing alone - and reacted like wildcats. After they appeared to be abandoned by the Serbian government, defiant Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said his people, under intense pressure to reverse their rejection of the latest peace deal, would go it alone. 'Probably we shall have to declare a full state of war, full mobilisation and rationed supplies,' he stormed. Addressing a special session of the Bosnian Serb assembly convened to discuss the plan, Karadzic said his people would move to a full war footing to prepare for closed borders with neighbouring Serbia. He was speaking after the government of Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, facing the threat of stiffer UN economic sanctions, threatened to cut relations with its proteges next door. Karadzic said that if Serbia made good its threat to break relations, the borders would be sealed and 'not even a bird will be allowed to cross'. Milosevic has been widely blamed for inciting the war in a bid to create a 'Greater Serbia', but he appears to have had enough as UN economic sanctions have helped make economic cripples of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro. Karadzic's outburst was the latest and most defiant flare-up in the war of nerves being waged over Western pressure on Bosnia's dominant ethnic faction to yield territory for a peace plan. Under the plan drawn up by the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany and France, the Bosnian Serbs would have to give up land they have seized by force of arms. Karadzic said 49 per cent of Bosnian territory the Serbs were being offered was not of sufficient quality to form a Bosnian Serb state. 'I would not accept it,' he said. 'It is bad, catastrophically bad.' The assembly at Pale, near Sarajevo, voted later to reject the plan but also decided to put it to the Bosnian Serbs in a referendum - the outcome of which is virtually certain to be rejection. PAGE 23 Daily Mail (London), August 4, 1994 As political tensions mounted, so did fighting in chronic troublespots. UN spokesman Major Rob Annink reported some of the heaviest fighting since March in the north and north-east, where Moslem government forces have been on the offensive recently. They were reported to be making inroads into Serb civilian areas around Visoko and Vares, north of the 12-mile zone around Sarajevo in which large-calibre guns are banned. The Serbs appeared to be retaliating by shelling government-held towns. Among them was Tuzla, north-east of Sarajevo, where civilians were wounded when the centre of town was shelled. Sniper fire continued around the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo yesterday, drawing return fire from French peacekeeping troops. BRITAIN'S UN commander in Bosnia has threatened to call in Nato air strikes to prevent rebel Serbs from taking back their heavy weapons, officials said yesterday. Lieutenant General Sir Michael Rose gave the warning after the Serbs said on Tuesday that they would raid three UN collection depots in Sarajevo. Last night, he said the heightened military activity in the Bosnian capital and other regions indicated a failure of policy between the five nations in their peace plan for Bosnia. 'It seems to me that Britain and France are saying exactly the same thing, but there is definitely dispute between America and Russia, with Germany adopting a wait-and-see approach,' he added. 'No country without any troops committed to peacekeeping operations should have much to say about lifting the arms embargo and the consequences that could follow.' LOAD-DATE: August 5, 1994 PAGE 24 LEVEL 1 - 12 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1994 AFP-Extel News Limited AFX News May 26, 1994, Thursday SECTION: Other; General News; Government; Other Political News; Government; Government Changes, Cabinet Lists LENGTH: 287 words HEADLINE: WORLD NEWS UPDATE -- CHINA SAYS U.S. MUST NOT ATTACH CONDITIONS TO MFN RENEWAL BODY: BEIJING - The U.S. must not attach any conditions to the renewal of China's a weekly press briefing. Most Favoured Nation trading status, foreign ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin told President Bill Clinton is widely expected to renew China's MFN status but with limited sanctions. WASHINGTON - The U.S. and Vietnam agreed to open diplomatic offices in their capitals, although no date has been set, the U.S. State Department said. VIENNA - Talks between UN nuclear inspectors and North Korea on the monitoring of fuel rods and regular inspections of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor resumed, an International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman said BRUSSELS - Rwandan rebels have rejected French military participation in a UN force in the country because of its role in training and arming government troops, a spokesman said. GENEVA - Peace talks on Bosnia are to resume in about 10 days at Talloires, France, Bosnian Serb official Aleksa Buha said. MOSCOW - Four armed men took some 30 people hostage in a bus near the northern Caucasus town of Mineralnoye Vody and demanded 10 mln dlrs ransom, a helicopter, and arms, the Russian ministry for emergency situations said. PHNOM PENH - More than 200 Khmer Rouge rebels were killed in fighting in northwest Cambodia as government forces pushed their way from Battambang to the rebel base at Pailin, a government official said. MANILA - The head of the Philippines' communist urban guerrillas, Felimon Lagman, was arrested in Manila, the presidential palace said. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: May 27, 1994 PAGE 25 LEVEL 1 - 13 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1994 The Russian Information Agency ITAR-TASS TASS May 18, 1994, Wednesday LENGTH: 94 words HEADLINE: BOSNIAN SERBS RELEASE FRENCH CITIZENS DETAINED IN APRIL BYLINE: BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT NIKITA YERMAKOV DATELINE: PARIS, MAY 18 BODY: ELEVEN FRENCH CITIZENS, WHO WERE WORKING IN THE HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION "PREMIERE URGENCE" AND WERE DETAINED BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS ON APRIL 8, HAVE BEEN RELEASED TODAY. THEY HAVE ALREADY LEFT SARAJEVO. THE BOSNIAN SERBS HAD ACCUSED THIS GROUP OF ON THE SLY SUPPLYING ARMS TO THE MOSLEMS, AND HAD I NTENDED TO PUT THEM ON TRIAL. THE FRENCH SIDE ASSURED THAT THE FRENCH ORGANIZATION ONLY TRANSPORTED HUMANITARIAN AID. THE FATE OF THESE 11 FRENCH MEN HAD BECOME A SOURCE OF TENSIONBETWEEN FRANCE AND THE BOSNIAN SERBS DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: May 19, 1994 PAGE 26 LEVEL 1 - 14 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1993 Guardian Newspapers Limited The Guardian (London) May 5, 1993 SECTION: THE GUARDIAN FOREIGN PAGE; Pg. 10 LENGTH: 697 words HEADLINE: NATO READY TO DEPLOY UN TROOPS IN BOSNIA BYLINE: DAVID FAIRHALL, DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT BODY: NATO hurriedly completed plans yesterday to deploy up to 75,000 United Nations troops in Bosnia - including substantial ground forces from the United States, Russia, Britain and France - should the Bosnian Serb "parliament" ratify the Owen-Vance peace plan. But American eagerness to launch punitive air strikes against the Serbs if they veto the agreement found no positive response in Paris - where the US secretary of state, Warren Christopher, yesterday met French government leaders - any more than it did in London earlier this week. The multinational force envisaged by Nato would be spearheaded by US paratroopers, flying into Sarajevo to secure its crucially important airport. It would be co-ordinated by the alliance's southern commander, the American admiral, Jeremy Boorda. However, individual governments have yet to give their formal approval and, more importantly, respond to specific UN requests for forces. The Russians, in particular, and to a lesser extent all the governments involved, will want to know who is going to pay the bills and how long their troops will be required. The job earmarked for the Russian contingent is an important one - helping to maintain a corridor across northern Bosnia to link Serbian enclaves. Lord Owen said yesterday he was expecting Russian participation, but Moscow's earlier promise to send 12,000 troops has yet to be formally renewed. The 75,000-strong force would include about 25,000 Americans, according to US defence officials, with both paratroopers and marines from the carrier group in the western Mediterranean playing an early role in securing seaports and airports. American television reports that US special forces are already on the ground identifying targets for future bombing were denied by the Pentagon yesterday, but this is an area where official deception is entirely plausible. The British will add two more battalions to the battalion group of 2,350 men already escorting relief convoys in Bosnia, to make an infantry brigade of about 6,000 men. There will also be perhaps 1,500 men from the Nato Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters in Germany, headed by Lieutenant-General Jeremy Mackenzie, which is expected to direct operations in Bosnia. PAGE 27 The Guardian (London), May 5, 1993 The RAF will play a larger role than hitherto, supplying the ground troops by air and providing fighter support from bases in Italy, while the Royal Navy will continue to provide an escape route through the Adriatic, where the carrier HMS Ark Royal is on station. The total British manpower, therefore, would be of the order of 10,000, in the expectation that the French will match this, doubling the size of their present forces in Bosnia. French reservations about the Nato plan are most likely to centre on the command and control arrangements, particularly the idea of a US admiral, wearing a Nato hat, running the show. French forces are still not part of Nato's integrated military command, although they have happily fallen in with the allied arrangements made for the current Bosnian relief operation, headed by the French general, Philippe Morillon. The French government has also been more openly hostile than Whitehall to carrying through American threats to bomb the Serbs' supply routes and artillery positions should they reject the Owen-Vance peace plan. The foreign minister, Alain Juppe, spoke of "a division of tasks which I don't think is acceptable - that of having some flying in planes a dropping bombs, and others, the Europeans, especially the French, on the ground". If the peace plan does come into effect, Nato can count on Canada's continuing support; the Spanish defence minister has said his country's force would be increased from 1,000 to 1,500; and the Dutch, Belgians and Norwegians are all likely to contribute. But the alliance will also be hoping for contributions from neutrals such as Sweden - which has talked about sending 1,000 men - and, if they can afford it, from the east Europeans. Nato's preparations will be reviewed today by its military committee in Brussels. Initial deployments could begin by the end of the week. Leader comment, page 19 LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: May 13, 1993 PAGE 28 LEVEL 1 - 15 OF 15 STORIES Copyright 1993 The British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Summary of World Broadcasts January 13, 1993, Wednesday SECTION: Part 2 Eastern Europe; C.1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT; OTHER REPORTS ON GENEVA TALKS; EE/1585/C1; LENGTH: 224 words HEADLINE: Bosnian Serbs threaten retaliation if France intervenes in Bosnia SOURCE: France Inter, Paris 1700 gmt 11 Jan 93 BODY: (Text) The tone is becoming quite sharp between France and Bosnian Serbs today [11th January] on the day after the statement of the Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, who said that France was ready to go and liberate on its own prisoner camps in Bosnia by force if need be. The latter replied that there was no question of letting oneself be pushed around and threatened to retaliate if that was the case. Listen to the spokesman of Bosnian Serbs who is in Geneva. [Spokesman] If Mr Dumas thinks that our prisoners in the hands of Muslims and Croats in Bosnia must be freed by force, this is very good but if he thinks of putting more pressure on our side, which has shown in a most obvious manner the best will, this is meaningless and absurd. I cannot imagine once more French troops entering Serb territory by force. We were friends for centuries and so much friendship throughout history between your people and ours cannot be wasted over an electoral necessity. I cannot imagine French soldiers using force and firing at our people. If force is used then there will inevitably be a response from our side. It is not necessary to carry out liberation by force. We are ready to release all [prisoners] without exception on condition that the other sides do the same. That was Mica Milosevic, the spokesman of Bosnian Serbs. LANGUAGE: ENGLISH LOAD-DATE: January 12, 1993