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Tension in Croatia isever pilch over the referendum, which Croat authorities have denounced as illegal and have vov-ed to suppress. Anti-Croat demonstrations occurred yesterday in several predominantly Serbian towns. Reports that Croatian police units were preparing to intervene led Serbs in Knin and other towns to set up roadblocks and to call for federal military intervention. Serbs in Bosnia and Serbia and Montenegrins are expressing solidarity withn Croatia; some are calling for Tudjmnn's assassination.
A Croatian government press statement claims Yugoslav MiGs forced Croatian police helicopters out of Serbian areas. Press reports say the Serbian-dominated Yugoslav Aimyhad deployed to Knin. but the military has denied those itoi ies H
Croatian leader Tudjman has accused Serbia of fomenting the disturbances to bring down hisepublic spokesman said Croatia will defend Itself and restore- stale authority over entire republic.
[The risk of violence tomorrow is high. If federal forces and .roattan police units are on duty in the same areas, they could dash. Any righting could easily spill over into ethnically mixed Bosnia and other regions andider conflict. In thai event federal and military authorities would have no realistic alternative to imposing martial law.jjcsntieh-orccsthnic linBfe
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