AMERICAN PROTESTS TO JUGOSLAVIA

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24959, 21 August 1946, Page 7

AMERICAN PROTESTS TO JUGOSLAVIA

Second U.S. Plane Reported Shot Down WARNING IMPLIED IN NOTES (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 P-m.) NEW YORK, August 19. With the report that a second American aeroplane has been fired at over Jugoslavia, New York newspapers give prominence to the Lnited States Notes of protest to Jugoslavia. The Washington correspondent of the New York “HeraldTribune” interprets the Notes as a clearly implied warning that further aggression will be repulsed by the United States with any measures necessary.

The Associated Press correspondent in Belgrade says “An eye-witness at Bled (in north-west Jugoslavia) reports that he aaw a large aeroplane spiral to the ground in flames after an attack by two Jugoslav fighters yesterday morning, in an area 25 miles from where an American aeroplane was shot down last week. The eye-witness saw two people parachute to safety.” The correspondent links this report with a Dakota aeroplane which radioed yesterday that it was being attacked with tracer fire between Vienna and Udine. The “New York Times,” in a leading article, lists 16 instances in which American aeroplanes or troops were attacked by Russians, Jugoslavs, or Chinese Communists. It says “An ominous aspect of these incidents is that they were all precipitous by Communist forces and were directed almost exclusively against the United States.” The article compares the Communist campaign for the withdrawal of the American troops from China and elsewhere, “where they might impede the expansion of Russia and her satellites,” with the methods by which the Japanese sought to drive the Americans from China. It adds:“This, represents dangerous playing with fire, for which those indulging in it must accept full responsibility.”