Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announced today that 700 Yugoslavs employed by the United States Army in Germany are to be dismissed by Gen. Joseph McNarney, commander of American occupation forces.
Asked at his press conference about the Army’s use of the Yugoslave, reported to be anti-Semitic, anti-Soviet, and actively engaged in Royalist propaganda, Byrnes said that he had inquired of the War Department, and had been informed that it had advised McNarney to remove the Yugoslavs from their present position as civilian guards.
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