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To: Jacalyn Deaner who wrote (4365)	4/18/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: George Papadopoulos	Respond to of 17770

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Greek diplomat has gone to Belgrade to work out details of a humanitarian medical and food supply operation for displaced people in Kosovo, sources told CNN Thursday. Sources familiar with the mission told CNN that Yugoslav authorities have tentatively agreed to permit several Greek trucks with medical supplies to drive into Kosovo from the Macedonian capitol of Skopje, perhaps starting in the coming days. If that works well, the sources say, the truck convoy will be expanded. The NATO allies are aware of the Greek mission and do not oppose it. But the mission is described as strictly an initiative of the Greek government. Greece is a member of NATO. On Wednesday, the State Department and the White House expressed hope that a third party, perhaps Greece, might be able to get aid to the hundreds of thousands of displaced ethnic Albanians inside Kosovo. NATO officials have rejected air drops as too dangerous. They've also rejected introducing ground forces to fight their way into Kosovo with food and medical supplies. Sources familiar with the new mission say Alex Rondos, an adviser to Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, arrived in Belgrade on Wednesday and has been meeting with high-ranking Yugoslav officials. On the agenda: permitting the Greek branch of the organization "Doctors of the World" to expand its operations inside Kosovo. The group has been able to keep three officials in Pristina since the start of the NATO air strikes -- the only international aid organization that has operated inside Kosovo. It has been providing medical assistance to displaced ethnic Albanians and Serbs. The group hopes to expand its operation beyond Pristina.