51.   Akashi met unsuccessfully for almost seven hours Monday with Croatian officials and Croatian Serb leaders, and planned to try again today.

52.   Akashi met unsuccessfully most of Monday with Croatian officials and Croatian Serb leaders.

53.   Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke met Tuesday with Croatian officials and Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey.

54.   Back in Bosnia, Croatian officials apparently could not persuade Bosnian Croat leaders to agree to even a compromise.

55.   Blomberg said Monday he had worked out an agreement with Croatian officials to protect the refugees from possible reprisals when they are sent to the former Yugoslav republic.

56.   Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic has asked Croatia to stop rebel Croatian Serbs from attacking Bihac, and Croatian officials have indicated they would consider attacking the rebel Serbs.

57.   Both NATO and Croatian officials dismissed the accusations.

58.   But a high-ranking Croatian official who demanded anonymity said Croatia cannot accept some points of the plan.

59.   But Croatian officials disagreed.

60.   But Croatian officials said there was progress Wednesday in talks with the Serbs, raising hopes that Tudjman might change his mind.