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Austria to Deny Tank Pass-Through
for PfP Exercise
Georg Schoefbaenker, University of Lindz,
Austria
24 February 1999
Austria is likely to forbid the transport of
Hungarian tanks over Austrian territory for a PfP mission
scheduled March 8, in the region of Friuli, Italy. Ten days
ago, NATO-Brussels Headquarters officially asked the office
of the Federal Chancellor whether Hungarian and Czech troops
might pass over Austrian territory for that mission.
Austria' s Department of Interior and Office
of the Federal Chancellor, which will make the final decision,
do not want to grant transport permission, although the Foreign
and Defense Departments showed support for allowing the pass-through.
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