C00214546 *** Document 28 of 25 for EBIS *** DOCN 000274868 PDTG R 3,11159Z JUL 95 FM FM FBIS BRUSSELS BE TO TO' RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RUCBAIC/AIC NORFOLK VA RUCWAAA/FBIS AESTON VA//ECON// RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA//POLCH// RUDKMKB/FBIS LONDON UK//BBC// RUDKMKE/FBIS LONDON UK RUDMONI/ONI WASHINGTON DC//2140// RUDPMAX/FAISA FT BRAGG NC RUDPWDC/DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIS/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEALGX/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC RUEBFGA/VOA WASHINGTON DC RUEDADA/AFISA AMHS BOLLING AFB DC RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//EUR/WE// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//SIL// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//EEC// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/WECA// RUEHMIL/AMCONSUL'MILAN RUEHUS/AMEMBASSY BONN//ECON// RUEHUS/AMEMBASSY BONN//LAB// RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MADE MD RUFDBJA/CDR USASETAF VICENZA IT//AESE-CMO// RUFPSSA/775ABS(P) SAN VITQ.DEI NOR.MANNI AS IT//CC// RUWTAEA/NAIC WRIGHT.PATTERSON AFB OH//TAI// ACCT FBBR-EWDK BT CLAS UNCLAS 7XX /LD WARNING: SERI SERIAL: COUN COUNTRY: SUBJ SUBJ: REF REF: FOUO --- FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY BR3107115995 ITALY TAKE 2 OF 2 -- ANSA CARRIES PRESS, ECONOMIC PRESS ROUNDUP BR3107115995 ROME ANSAMAIL DATABASE ENGLISH 3107491//DIRECTLY THREATENING KRAJINA." ((FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT)) "CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE TO THE SERBS OF KRAJINA," SAID L'UNITA. "EITHER YOU COME BACK TO'THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, OR THERE WILL BE WAR... KRAJINA CONSTITUTES 25 PERCENT OF CROATIAN TERRITORY, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS A DEPRESSED AREA, IT IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE: THE ROADS AND RAILWAY LINES WHICH CONNECT THE CAPITAL ZAGREB WITH THE DALMATIAN COAST PASS THROUGH THERE." "THE CROATS TAKE POSITIONS, AND THE SERBS ARE FORCED TO WITHDRAW.... TUDJMAN DEMANDS NEGOTIATIONS, TO GET THE PROCESS OF REINTEGRATING KRAJINA OFF THE GROUND... THE THREAT OF A SPREAD OF THE CONFLICT IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA IS VERY REAL," SAID IL MESSAGGERO. LA STAMPA PUT A DIFFERENT SLANT ON ITS ARTICLE, SAYING THAT A SERB OFFER TO WITHDRAW FROM BIHAC, A MOSLEM ENCLAVE IN WESTERN BOSNIA, IF BIHAC'S BOSNIANJROTECTORS DID THE SAME, WAS REJECTED BY TUDJMAN WHO SAID "IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE UN REPRESENTATIVE THAT HE REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CHIEF OF CROATIA'S SERBS MILAN MATIC OR WITH 'ANY OTHER WAR CRIMINAL'." LA REPUBBLICA CARRIED AN EYEWITNESS REPORT FROM GLAMOC, ONE OF Appr ved for Release C00214546 THE SERB-HELD TOWNS IN WESTERN BOSNIA CONQUERED IN THE PAST FEW DAYS BY CROATIAN FORCES, SAYING "GLAMOC, ON THE FRONT LINE, IS A GHOST TOWN. TWELVE THOUSAND RESIDENTS HAVE DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR, PERHAPS FLEEING TOWARDS DRVAR, A DESPERATE FLIGHT OF REFUGEES TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN AND, PERHAPS, THE IGNOBLE." CORRIERE DELLA SERA INJECTED A SINISTER NOTE INTO ITS REPORT ON THE CROAT ADVANCE, WRITING "NOW, IN THE CONQUERED SERB TOWNS, THE ONLY PEOPLE ABOUT ARE SOLDIERS FROM SPECIAL UNITS OF THE HVO, THE BOSNIAN-CROAT MILITIA, IN THEIR BMWS AND MERCEDES. THEY ARE HARD, UNSMILING. THEY HAVE ATTACK DOGS ON LEASHES AND ON THEIR LAPELS THEY WEAR STRANGE BLACK EAGLES WHICH RECALL FAR-OFF TIMES: THESE ARE THE MEN OF THE VOJNA POLICIJA, THE MILITARY POLICE." MAKING MANY FRONT PAGES WERE REPORTS ON BRITISH PRESS ARTICLES CONTAINING COM' NTS FROM EXPERTS WHO DISMISSED AS A HOAX THE FILM FOOTAGE OF AN AUTOPSY ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT ON TWO ALIENS IN 1947. * "ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT FOR UFO FANS," WROTE CORRIERE DELLA SERA. "PERHAPS THEIR LATEST STARTLING EVIDENCE IS FALSE... THERE ARE TOO MANY DUBIOUS THINGS ABOUT THAT VIDEO, SAYS THE SUNDAY TIMES. ACCORDING TO SPECIAL EFFECTS EXPERTS, 'IT'S A GOOD FAKE'." "IN ONE SEQUENCE OF THE FILM, THEN-PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN IS SHOWS AT THE AUTOPSY BUT AT THAT TIME, SAID THE BRITISH PAPER, TRUMAN NEVER WENT TO NEVADA" WHERE THE AUTOPSY WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT, REPORTED IL MESSAGGERO. ECONOMIC PAGES WERE, AS USUAL ON MONDAY, MISSING ALTOGETHER OR HAD VERY LITTLE NEWS. SOME REPORTS FOCUSSED ON THE PROBABLE CONTENTS OF THE 1996 FINANCE BILL, CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON BY THE GOVERNMENT AND TECHNICIANS. L'UNITA TOLD READERS.TRAT IF THEY WANTED TO FIND' FALLING INFLATION, ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS SHOP IN HARD DISCOUNT HYPERMARKETS, WHILE LA STAMPA CARRIED AN ACCOUNT OF A EUROPEAN UNION REPORT DESCRIBING ITALY'S POSTAL SYSTEM AS OVER-EXPENSIVE AND UNDER- STANDARD AS FAR AS QUALITY IS CONCERNED. THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. (ENDALL) 310749 31/1159Z JUL p531 BT #1671 NNNN NNNN =s-EOD---