EUROPEAN BRIEF (DELETED) FOR THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 1991

Created: 3/14/1991

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EUROPEAN BRIEF

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JCOSLAVIA: ARM* PRESSING TO RESTORE ORDER!

YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT JOVtC AND THE MILITARY PROBABLY Will fa It AGAIN TODAY to GET AUTHORITY FRO* THE COLLECTIVE PRESIDENCY TO TAKE MILITARY jeTJON as THEY FIND it NECESSARY to COPE vj. th IN( COUNTRY'S

AT THE LAST PRESIDENCY nEETINC. on TUESDAY. HAflDLiners fell ONLY one VOTE SHORT ON MEASURES to IMPOSE MARTIAL law AND MOBILIZE the RESERVES: CROATIA, BOSNIA. AND MACEDON'a VOTED AGAINST TMf

ure s. the military was asked toew proposal tc;

CONSIDERED at TOOAY'S PRESIDENCY

MEANWHILE, SERBIAN PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC YESTERDAY OFFERED-TO REMOVE THE REPUBLIC INTERIOR MINISTER. ATTEMPTING TO-OEIUS! DEMONSTRATIONS IN BELGRADE AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT) SOME0 WERE ON THE STREETS AGAIN YESTERDAY. SERBIAN NATIONALIST VUK DRASKOVIC AND OTHER OPPOSITION LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR THE MILOSEVIC GOVERNMfNT-Jl-^TEP DOWN ANO ARE WARNING BELGRADE NOT TO DECLARE MARTIAL 1'- ^

R MilPI OS APPARENTLY ABE ST TO MCUN1hACKDOWN.WITHOUT CONSTITUTIONAL COVERAR OF. JRAGMINTING THE ETHNICALLY DIVIDEDCES. BUT TODAY's PRESIDENCY MEETING PROBABLY will NOT GIVE THfRANDATE. THE DtMONSTRAT}OfcS in BELGRADE HAVE DAMAGED THt-POSITlON OF THEIR ALLY. MILOSEVIC AND GIVEN THE PREVIOUSLY INEFFECTUAL..OPPOSITION MOMENTUM. MILOSEVIC PROBABLY REALIZES HE OVIRRE ACTfCjADLTATTACKING OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATORS LAST w[ip)

YUGOSLAV LEADERS MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TQ NEGOTIATE THE COUNTRY'S TRANSFORMATION without MAJOR VIOLENCE If MILOSEVIC'S POWER CONTINUES TO SPIRAL DOWNWARD AND If HARDLINERS FAIL toONSENSUS IN THE COLLECTIVE PRESIDENCY. NEVERTHELESS, POLITICAL OR MILITARY HARDLINERS, fACED WITH AN EROSION Of THEIRTILL ONFRONTN to JUSTIFY INTERVENTi

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