To Our Readers: Jul. 17, 1995

TIME correspondent Marguerite Michaels was working the floor of the U.N. one day last May when a source began complaining about what he perceived as the American media's one-sided coverage of the war in the Balkans. "He was absolutely furious," recalls Michaels. "I said, 'Fine, let's hear the Serbs' side.'" Michaels offered to go to Belgrade on one condition: she wanted an interview with Serb President Slobodan Milosevic. Her source promised to try.

Three weeks ago, Michaels flew to Belgrade on a hunch that her conduit to Milosevic would come through. After she spent 10 anxious days in a hotel room,...

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