YUGOSLAVIA: ETHNIC TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH

Created: 8/30/1990

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YUCOSI-AVIA: fthruc Tensions Remain High

Trying loeneral strike set for next week in Kosovo, Serbian militia this week arrested ethnic Albanian opposition union leaden and yesterday used force to disperse AlbaniansS Congressional delegation. In Croatia, press reports that Jovan Raskovic, leader of an ethnic Serbian nationalist party, was dismissedospital staff position and that Croatian bankers are foreclosing on Serbianbusincsscs arc keeping tensions high between Serbs and

. ie arrests in Kosovo axe likely to further radicalize the Albanian community and riskiolent confrontation between Serbian police and Albanians. An explosion in Kosovo could have broad repercussions, prompting Slovenes and Croats to withhold conscripts from federal military service andecent compromise between Belgrade and the Slovenes. The reported economic pressure on local SerbwiiCroatiacoulc^cighten the prospect for civil conflict