YUGOSLAVIA: ARMY FAILS TO EASE TENSION

Created: 4/2/1991

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YUGOSI-AVIA: Army Fulls To Fas* Tension

Croatian leaders yesterday publicly attacked the federal Prc*'denry's use of Army troops to restore order in the republic's Serb enclave on Sunday, and an emergency Croatian legislative session is set for today, according lo special intelligence. The enclave yesterday declared itself pan of theis are massing 1

ie opposition joined mem tiersne ruling coalition callingJoLlbC republic to secede immediately.

|The Army's deployment has failed to calm theoience could resume at any time and could leadroader confrontation. The Slovene and Croatian legislatures may consider secession resolutions (his week. Serbian leaders probably will give the enclave's accessionympathetic response but will temporize until ihey can gauge Croatia's intentions. Mib'tary hardliners almost certainly are alarmed a; the escalation ofjfntion and may expand IhetropettUons^

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