On Croatia

On Sept. 24 you published a short article titled Bosnian factions trapped in dispute. Apparently the arguments are given and then "verified" by the phrase "...analysts say, diplomats say, ...critics say..." If the source identified those who said something and if the source quoted all sides involved, including perhaps the opinion expressed by Mr. Nicholas Burns (of the U.S. State Department) concerning the meeting between two members of Bosnian presidency (Serb, Mr. Krajisnik and Croat, Mr. Zubak), your readers would have information and not a biased report with blurred issues. Unless blurred issues, presented for so long in many articles dealing with the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, were the goal of the author.

When dealing with alleged Croatia's ambition for "Greater Croatia" and its relationship to Bosnia and Herzegovina, here is the quote by Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic in New York: "(Croatia)...would support the Croat-Moslem Federation and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the way it had agreed to in the Washington and Dayton agreements -- as an entity which guarantees equal rights to all three peoples."

MARIJAN ORESNIK

Counselor

Embassy of Croatia

Jakarta