Met with Milosevic to negotiate release of captured airmen
Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to meet three captured US soldiers ahead of talks with President Slobodan Milosevic over their release. The meeting with Milosevic is not set to take place until Saturday but preliminary meetings will be held throughout
the day Friday with Yugoslav politicians and officials. Jackson and his delegation of American religious leaders arrived late Thursday and checked into their rooms at a hotel in central Belgrade shortly before NATO bombs rained down on the city in the
heaviest attack yet on the capital.
The White House, which did not endorse the trip, made clear to Jackson that his mission would have no impact on the ongoing NATO air campaign. A National Security adviser told the group their visit would
undermine efforts to isolate Milosevic. The Serbs want the delegation to see NATO bomb damage but the group said it was wary of being used for Yugoslav propaganda.
Source: CNN.com
Apr 30, 1999
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