THREAT TO YUGOSLAVIA
SAME METHODS AS IN SCANDINAVIA TROOPS MASSED ON BORDER [By Telegraph- Press Association-Copyright] Received April 23. 6.5 p.m. LONDON, April 22. The Tinies says German attention is directed on the Balkans in the identical manner it was on Scandinavia before the invasion. The Belgrade correspondent of The Times says that five cases of rifle ammunition were found in the German pavilion at the Belgrade Fair. The Germans have been seeking to buylarge quantities of topboots. Three carloads of Germans were arrested for following King Peter. Seventy thousand troops and 350 warplanes are concentrated in the Klagenfurt area (on the border between former Austria and Yugoslavia). German propaganda regarding Slovakia that Croatia’s struggle for freedom is within sight of achievement. Another report from Belgrade says that the commandant, in a statement, said spies were making trouble in the army.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 95, 24 April 1940, Page 5
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