Our support of her police forces and television journalists may be turning the tide against the thugs in Pale. at least in the western part of the Republika Srpska. Since twothirds of the population of the Republika Srpska lives in the western part of the entity. there is a good possibility that President Plavsics supporters can win control of the Parliament in next months election. If that occurs. we should be kble to leverage the promise of reconstruction assistance to induce President Plavsic to begin to cooperate on refugee returns. Moreover. a lively antinationalist Serbian opposition exists in the Republika Srpska. In Banja Luka.