YUGOSLAVIA: UNREST IN KOSOVO

Created: 2/6/1982

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YUGOSLAVIA: Unrest in Kosovo

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worse then iunii l1 vtuUent demonstrations ore continuing, that attacks on Serbs by Albanian nationalists are on the rise in some communities, and that ur.rost is spreading to the Albanian ethnic areas ln-Maceacnia and Montenegro. The source estimates thateople have been convicted of political crimes since Lhc unrest.beganear ago. ource claims that Kosovo causing deepening divisions in the leadership.

-tflB^flt Albanian nationalists may attempt to incite more violence during the anniversary next month of the' riots Such unrest would in turn strengthen the determination of Serbian leaders to reassert tighterover Kosovo and their other "autonomousojvodina. The dispute over who should hold the balance of power in the federal system is likely to caAry over into the political infighting before-the party congress in June.

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