Evening star., 1946-12-20
Tito Reported
|Massing Army
Near Greece
Forces Concentrated
On Invasion Route,
Allied Officials Told
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BY the Associated Press
ATHENS, Dec. 20.-An in
formed source said today that
concentrations of large numbers
of Yugoslav troops at Skoplje, on
the traditional Vardar Valley in
vasion route, and near the
Monastir Gap at Bitolj had been
reported to Allied military au-
thorities.
A highly confidential report says
heavy movements of ammunition
trains through Skolpje had been
noted for three weeks and normal
traffic from Skoplje southeastward
to Djevdjelija, which is immediate
l. ly north of the Greek border on the
Vardar. had been stopped since De-
cember 6.
"It is reasonable to believe" the
report says, "the highway is now be-
ing used for military traffic"
An Allied diplomat said the con-
Lcentration of Marshal Tito's troops
Fat Skoplje probably was connected
with the Greek complaint before
the Security Council that her north
ern neighbors-Yu -Yugoslavia, Albania
and Bulgaria-were aiding anti
government guerrillas.
The United Nations Security
Council voted unanimously last
night to send a commission to the
Balkans to investigate the border
troubles.
Can Associated Press corre-
spondent en- route across Yugo-
slavia to the Greek border 10
days ago reported that the
Skoplje-Djevdjelfja road had
been closed to traffic December
g.
Medical Units Increased.
Both Skoplje and Bitolj, 10 miles
to the south, are completely over
run" with troops who are occu-
pying houses and buildings for bill
let's, the report said. Also noted,
1t said. were "a large number of
Greeks out of military formation"
and some, believed to be refugees,
wearing American Army uniforms.
The uniforms, it was added. were
believed to have been from UNRRA
relief supplies.
An abnormal number of medical
hospital units was also reported in
Skoplje, with scores of men wear
ing Red Cross armbands At a
huge ammunition dump near the
city, the account said, men are
working "24 hours day"
Another report said approximately
$500 Greeks trained at the Bulkjes,
Yugoslavia, camp and wearing Brit
ish and American battle dress, had
passed through Belgrade since No
vember IS.
A confidential report from a
leading Allied capital said its in
telligence service was informed the
Yugoslavs had promised to send
from 10000 to 5000 men to re-
Elieye Greek insurgents and that
training at Bulkjes had been sus-
pended until peace treaties were
signed. 1t was added that no Yu-
goslav soldiers were believed to be
on Greek soil at present.
This same report expressed the
opinion that all the activity was de-
signed to create semi-independent
Macedonian state under Yugoslav
control, to become a member of the
Yugoslav feueration.
Aid to Insurgents Charged.
The report dealing with the con-
lcentration at Skoplje said, Obvious
lily the Yugoslavs are aiding Greek
insurgents with arms. training,
evacuation and protection.
mo official comment on this
dispatch was available immedi-
ately from Belgrade, with which
communication Is considerably
delayed)
The area controlled by the guer-
rillas roughly starts at the bottom
neck on the western side of the
Greek bulge between Bulgaria and
Turkey, extending almost IS miles
westward. Fingers Of this control
project southwark just north of
Alexandroupolis, east of Komotini
and southwark east Of Xanthi.
:. An official announcement said 800
guerrillas had been killed, 300 more
wounded and an additional 500
taken prisoner in the last two weeks
In Northern Greece.
Military sources said 40 members
of one guerrilla. band were killed
two days ago in an eight-hour bat
tie which included hand-to-hand
| fighting during mopping-up opera
tions at the village of Deskate, in
the Khasia mountains between Ko-
zane and Trikkala.