YUGOSLAVIA: MILOSEVIC EXPLOITS MASS DEMONSTRATION

Created: 3/1/1989

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*temporarily appease the Serbs bui niay createto stability. Milosevic, who capitalized on andthe demonstrations, will uc emboldened toleaders again, and he will TOntinuecJTom to overturnethnic

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Albanians in Kosovo maypiotests and civil disobedience by staging work slowdowns and strikes, closing shops, and boycoinng classes, especially if Ihe local leadership rejecis the resignations.

tactics on Albanians, further restricting 'heir human rights

Political divisions bclwccn Serbia and the northern republics, aggravated by the latest crisis, will makeonsensus on other issues, including economic reform, even more difficult. Western creditors may become more iclucunt to exiend additional hnaneial support, and negotiationstandby agreement might gel

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