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Cable from Albanian American Tahir Kerrnaja to President Bush expressing concern of Serbian violence against Albanians in Kosovo

Presidential Administration: Bush 41
Location: New York
National Archives Catalog Identifier: 646482589
Date: May 29, 1991
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242878 4-0117265148 Dos 05/29/91 ICS IPMRNCZ CSP 2122464146 ROM TDRN NEW YORK NY 165 05-28 MAY 0604P 31 91 20 PMS PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH RPT DLY MGM WHITE HOUSE DC 20500 DEAR MR PRESIDENT, AS IN THE PAST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SERBIAN REPUBLIC OF THE YUGOSLAV FEDERATION IS CONTINUING ITS POLICY OF TERROR AGAINST THE ALBANIAN POPULATION OF THE PROVINCE OF KOSSOVA WHICH RECENTLY FIRING FROM THEIR JOBS ALL INTELLECTUALS AND WORKERS IMPRISONING DISSIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE YUGOSLAV FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KIDNAPPING LABOR LEADERS AND TORTURING WITHOUT DISTINCTION YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN. RECENTLY THE YUGOSLAV ARMY HAS DISTRIBUTED ARMS TO ALL SERBIAN AND MONTENEGRO CIVILIANS TO TERRORIZE THE ALBANIAN POPULATION AND AS A CAUSE A YOUNG MAN IN THE TOWN OF OBILIC AND A 12-YEAR OLD BOY IN THE CITY OF PRIZREN WERE KILLED IN THE STREETS. THIS RECENT EVENT WAS PROVOKED BY THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE CAUSE TO ALBANIANS TO RESIST SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR MASSACRES ON THE INNOCENT PEOPLE. I HOPE MR PRESIDENT THAT YOU WILL RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAINST THESE INHUMAN ATROCITIES OF THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE ALBANIAN NATIONALITY IN YUGOSLAVIA. RESPECTFULLY YOURS, TAHIR KERRNAJA, SENIOR MEMBER ALBANIAN KOSSOVAR YOUTH IN THE FREE WORLD 439 WEST 46 ST APT 4C NEW YORK NY 10036 0613 EST
Collection GB-WHORM
Records of the White House Office of Records Management (George H.W. Bush Administration)
1989 – 1993
Series
Alpha Files
1989 – 1993