TBILISI PROMOTES DIVISIONS WITHIN MESKHETIAN MOVEMENT.
Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 66
Officialsof the Georgian government are willing to meet with the moderateMeskhetian Turks, but not with the more radical Meskhetian Vatanorganization, Russian radio reported August 2. Both groups wantTbilisi to allow the Meskhetians, who were deported by Stalinin 1944, to be allowed to return, but the Vatan group wants theGeorgian authorities to set up a special region for the Meskhetiansnext to the Turkish border.
Tajik Opposition Readies Major Attacks.