ACCESSION NUMBER:351832 FILE ID:POL302 DATE:07/06/94 TITLE:STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 (07/06/94) TEXT:*94070602.POL STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 (Bosnia, Russia/crime, Turkey, North Korea) (690) NEWS BRIEFING -- Deputy Spokesman Christine Shelly discussed the following topics: U.S. OUTLINES INCENTIVES FOR BOSNIAN PEACE PLAN ACCEPTANCE Outlining incentives for the Bosniac-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serbs to accept a peace plan drawn up by the Contact Group of nations, Shelly said that for the federation, these include international assistance with settlement implementation and help with reconstruction. If the Bosnian Serbs accept the plan and agree to withdraw to a total of 49 percent of Bosnian territory, the incentives would include suspension of U.N. economic sanctions, the deputy spokesman said. However, she said, if the Bosnian Serbs do not agree to the proposal, "they can expect more international pressure," including the "vigorous" enforcement of U.N. safe areas in Bosnia. "At a last resort, a decision by the (U.N.) Security Council to lift the arms embargo (against Bosnia), could become unavoidable," Shelly said. "This would have consequences for the presence" of U.N. forces in Bosnia. The foreign ministers of the Contact Group nations gave final approval to the plan at a meeting in Geneva July 5, Shelly noted, and "The parties will now have two weeks to consider the proposal, which preserves Bosnia as a single union within the internationally recognized borders and provides for constitutional arrangements that establishes a relationship between the Bosniac-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serb entity." U.S. TO AID RUSSIAN CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS The visit to Moscow of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Louis 1reeh is an expression of U.S. interest in working with Russia in anti-crime efforts, Shelly said. "Organized crime is certainly a very serious problem in Russia, as it is in many other countries," the deputy spokesman said. "It's partially the result of the breakup of the old authoritarian system before new laws and enforcement mechanisms are in place." She noted that Russian President Boris Yeltsin has made the fight against crime one of his top domestic policy priorities. Freeh signed an agreement July 5 for the FBI to cooperate with Russian authorities in combating Russian-based organized crime. At the request of the Russian government, Shelly said, the United States helped establish rule-of-law programs in Russia. Started over a year ago, these programs aim to help the Russians develop a legal and judicial infrastructure which would protect human rights and the capacity to deal with organized, economic and other types of crimes. U.S. CONDEMNS MURDER OF TURKISH DIPLOMAT Shelly said the United States "learned with regret of the assassination" of a Turkish diplomat on July 4 in Athens. "We understand that the terrorist group 'November 17' claimed credit for the murder. The United States government condemns this brutal terrorist act," she said. THIRD ROUND OF U.S.-NORTH KOREAN TALKS START JULY 8 The third round of U.S.-North Korean talks, which begin July 8 in Geneva, will include "broad and thorough discussions" on security issues, including North Korea's compliance with its international nonproliferation commitments," Shelly said. "We intend to talk about diplomatic and economic relations and North Korea's stated desire to convert to light-water reactors," she said. "Our overall objectives remain the same," the deputy spokesman said. "We wish to uphold the global nonproliferation regime to ensure a Korean Peninsula which is free of nuclear weapons and to support peace and stability in Northeast Asia through a reduction of tensions on the peninsula." She emphasized that "resolution of the nuclear issue requires an unambiguous commitment by North Korea to the Nonproliferation Treaty and full-scope International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards" as well as implementation of the 1991 North-South Denuclearization Declaration. Noting that the United States has seen reports that North Koreans have been arrested in Russia for trying to buy missile and nuclear weapons technology, Shelly said "Certainly reports of that kind are of concern to us. It is certainly our belief that the North Koreans have not been successful in any endeavors...to try to obtain this type of technology and nuclear capability." NNNN .
