RFE/RL NEWSLINE 
Vol. 1, No. 109, 3 September1997

HUNGARIAN, FOREIGN OFFICIALS ON NATO REFERENDUM. Socialist
Prime Minister Gyula Horn and Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs asked
HUNGARIAN, FOREIGN OFFICIALS ON NATO REFERENDUM. Socialist
Prime Minister Gyula Horn and Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs asked
Socialist deputies on 2 September to persuade voters to participate in
the 16 November referendum on NATO membership, Hungarian
media reported. "The government has no fears of a negative result
but of a potentially low turnout at the referendum," Kovacs said.
Horn emphasized that there is no reasonable alternative to Euro-
Atlantic integration.

CRIMINALS. Police officials said in Zagreb on 2 September that they
have arrested Munib Suljic, Igor Mikula, and Nebojsa Hodak for war
crimes. Police had earlier arrested Miro Bajramovic, who told "Feral
have arrested Munib Suljic, Igor Mikula, and Nebojsa Hodak for war
crimes. Police had earlier arrested Miro Bajramovic, who told "Feral
Tribune" that he and the other three had killed dozens of innocent
Serbian civilians (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 2 September 1997).
Bajramovic told the Split-based weekly that he decided to reveal his
story because he did not enrich himself during the war and hence
has nothing to lose. The Zagreb daily "Vjesnik," which is close to the
government, suggested on 3 September that Bajramovic may be
lying. Meanwhile in eastern Slavonia, trains ran between Osijek and
the Hungarian city of Pecs via Beli Manastir for the first time since
1991.

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