YUGOSLAVIA: SERBIAN MILITIA TO KOSOVO PROVINCE TODAY

Created: 9/10/1988

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officials have stepped up their attacks on SerbianMilosevic and publicly threaten to arrest any Serbt templing toto Milosevic In key locaU>arty committees, probablya move ugainst him. I

move Of Serbian poller mto KoSOVO may prove to be ^ReoTthe most divisive, potentially explosive actions in Yugoslavia since President Tito's deathf. as seemss being made unilaterally, ft would present the weak national leadershipey test of Its authority Federal and Kosovo authorities may attempt to hinder thepolitical pressure if notat lOBStjosuporvtse closely the Serbian police once they are on the

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If the police detachment Is large or acts harshly. It could escalate the already serious ethnic tensions and provokeThere may also be violence in Bosnia nextB

Politically, the deployment may further consolidateto Milosevic In his increasingly aggressive bid tocontrol overajor poliucal ccnfrontatlon overprobablydevelop soon, possibly surfacing at thefor the end of thla

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