Mr. Speaker, there will be a decision made about the continuation of the presence of our troops in Bosnia and Croatia. We have to
make a decision this month and we will make it known to the House of Commons very soon.
We are of the view that it would be an error for the Croats to ask for the withdrawl of UN troops to get out of that situation but they have explained to us that they are afraid the presence of UN soldiers will create a de facto division of Croatia. They are afraid it might be another Cyprus. That seems to be their political reason to move. The danger is that if troops are out of Croatia by the end of the month there will be a direct confrontation with the Serbs which we think will cause a lot of deaths.