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WORLD, Page 51World NotesYUGOSLAVIAThe More, The Messier
When the Serbian parliament found that it needed $1.8
billion in cash last month, the ministers decided to get it the
easy way -- they printed it. The catch: the Serbians acted in
secret, without the approval of the central Yugoslav
government, and then went ahead and spent the money. When news
of the economic maneuver broke last week, it threatened to
topple the regime of federal Prime Minister Ante Markovic. The
disclosure also jeopardized his badly needed economic reforms,
which have emphasized a tight credit policy to control
inflation.
Serbia's actions accelerated the disintegration of federal
power in Yugoslavia, where ethnic and nationalist conflicts
have been festering for months. Serbia, the largest and most
populous of the republics, advocates a strengthening of the
federation. But Slovenia and Croatia are the most prosperous
of the republics, and they have been threatening to secede if
Yugoslavia is not transformed into a loose confederation of
states. Last week's disclosures made them madder than ever.