Hungarian Guards Open Fire On Yugoslav Territory

Chronicle (Levin), 31 October 1949, Page 5

Hungarian Guards Open Fire On Yugoslav Territory

-Reuter.

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Received Sunday, 5.30 p.m, " ' BELGRADE, Oct. 29. The Yugoslav Ministry of the Interior announced tonight that Hungarian frontier guards opened fire on Yugoslav territory on a 200 yards front on Thursday with automatie weapons in the biggest frontier incident yet between the two countries. \ The Yugoslav communique said the incident took place at Donji Miholjac in Croatia. The Hungarians kept up their fire for six hours. They also threw handgrenades and fired rockets. The Yugoslav troops did not reply to the fire, but "remained in their positions ready for further developments." The communique added that no one was killed or wounded. It described the incident as provocation aimed at sharpening the relations between Yugoslavia and Hungary, and as an attempt to fan the warmongering propaganda. The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry presented a Note to the Hungarian Legation in Belgrade protesting against the incident. Reuter's Belgrade correspondent says the military measures which are being " taken by Yugoslavia are regarded by Western observers today as precautions against possible armed intervention by the Cominform. The measures are believed to include the mobilisation of reservists and the postponement of the release of many reservists who took part in largescale manoeuvres in Serbia at the beginning of this month. Travellers describe a big movement of Yugoslav troop trains from west to east towards the Rumanian and Bulgarian frontiers. Other reports say Yugoslav troops are moving northeast from Zagreb towards the Hungarian border.