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DATE=8/7/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=BRITAIN / YUGOSLAVIA (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-265206
BYLINE=LAURIE KASSMAN
DATELINE=LONDON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  Yugoslav authorities are expected to bring 
charges of terrorism and espionage against four 
foreigners arrested last week in the republic of 
Montenegro.  The Yugoslav army detained two Britons 
working for the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, the O-S-C-E, and two Canadians 
at the border between Montenegro and (Yugoslavia's) 
Kosovo province.  As V-O-A's Laurie Kassman reports 
from London, the arrests have aroused an angry 
reaction in Britain.
TEXT:  Britain's Foreign Office is summoning the 
Yugoslav representative in London, for the second time 
in less than a week, to protest the detention of the 
two British nationals who were working in Kosovo for 
the O-S-C-E.
A British spokesman says Britain has never been 
officially informed of the men's arrest, or of any 
charges being lodged against them.
News reports from Montenegro indicate the Yugoslav 
army intends to charge the four men as terrorists.  A 
final decision is expected late Tuesday.  The men 
could then face trial by a military court.
The two Britons and the two Canadians had been in 
Montenegro for a brief visit.  They were arrested at 
the border last Thursday, as they headed back to 
Kosovo. 
Montenegro has distanced itself politically from 
Belgrade, and does  not  require visas for foreign 
travelers, but the central Yugoslav government does.  
Army units patrolling the provincial border detained 
the four men for illegally entering Montenegro.
British and Canadian diplomats say they have still not 
been given access to the men, despite requests to 
Belgrade and pressure from the O-S-C-E and the United 
Nations. 
A lawyer representing the four men told reporters in 
Montenegro's capital they had been questioned on 
Sunday, and denied all accusations of espionage and 
terrorism.  
The two Britons are working for the O-S-C-E in Kosovo 
as police trainers.  One of the arrested Canadians 
runs a construction project in Kosovo; he was 
traveling in Montenegro with his nephew when the two 
were arrested.   (Signed)
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07-Aug-2000 11:12 AM EDT (07-Aug-2000 1512 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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