1.   In mid-July the Croatian authorities announced that they did not have the resources to cope with any more refugees unless substantial help from abroad was forthcoming.

2.   Croatian authorities have repeatedly turned down their requests to retrieve the books.

3.   Croatian authorities say the crash was caused by pilot error.

4.   Croatian authorities say they will intervene only if UN forces and the West do not save Bihac.

5.   Furthermore, Croatian authorities, despite persistent reports by Serbs and human rights groups of widespread atrocities, have also failed to investigate the wartime killings.

6.   However, Croatian authorities continue to allow expulsion of some Muslims from areas under Croatian control.

7.   Inexplicably, and despite protests by U.N. officials, Cerda was freed by Croatian authorities the day after the first attack.

8.   It is unclear to many diplomats how tolerant the new Croatian authorities will be with the remaining Serbs or if the agreement will work.

9.   It was the first arrest by the Croatian authorities of someone charged with war crimes.

10.   It was the last his translator would see of him and, according to Croatian authorities at the time, their last knowledge of his whereabouts.