LARGE ARSENAL HIDDEN AMONG POTATOES AND OIL NATO weapons for the KLA seized Italy stops 30 military trucks On page 8

Meidani: And the Army will now guard the border Berisha: We will not enter Parliament On pages 2-3-4-7

The fog that had shrouded the West’s policy toward the Balkans has slowly begun to lift; the outlines of a strategy are gradually starting to emerge. This was helped to some extent by the rhetorically flawless speech that the American President delivered on April 16. The U.S. engagement in the Balkans will not end with an agreement on Kosovo and the return of the refugees, Clinton said, while Continued on page 5

Chernomyrdin at the White House Is Moscow the key to peace in Kosovo? On page 6

Ismail KADARE Crimes in general, but above all great crimes, require lengthy preparation. The oppression inflicted on the Albanian people, something the whole world is witnessing today, is an old dream of Serbia. This country’s political and military class, deranged officials—including heads of state, academics, bishops, journalists, writers and other strata of society—have been and continue to be influenced by the anti-Albanian syndrome. A Serbian academic such as Vaso Çubrilloviç, who in 1937 wrote a treatise on how to wipe the Albanians from the face of the earth, is a monster whom any country would imprison as a criminal—he died several years ago and was buried with full honors, almost as if he were a spiritual hero Continued on page 5