When the Yugoslav evidence was offered in support of the extradition complaint. Artukovics attorneys deemed it so flimsy and irrelevant that he was counseled to waive all questions of treaty validity. jurisdiction and political nature of the charges. and meet the complaint directly. However. because there are other refugees in the United States who might have been similarly returned to Yugoslavia if treaty validity was admitted. and because of his hatred of Tito and what he stands for and a resulting wish to discredit him. Artukovic elected to challenge the validity of an alleged YugoslavAmerican extradition treaty. which in fact was entered into between Serbia and the United States in 1902. The Federal district court sustained the challenge to the treaty. and ruled that it had been terminated upon the submergence of Serbia into the new Yugoslav state in 1919.
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