DATE=8/12/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236988
TITLE=U-S EMBASSY/SECURITY (L)
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: U-S OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST FIVE AMERICAN EMBASSIES AROUND
THE WORLD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SUSPEND SOME OPERATIONS FOR
SECURITY REASONS FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST BOMB ATTACKS IN KENYA
AND TANZANIA. AND, THEY SAY SOME DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WILL
UNDERGO SECURITY UPGRADES. BUT AS V-O-A'S NICK SIMEONE REPORTS,
U-S OFFICIALS VOW NOT TO ALLOW TERRORISM TO REDUCE THE AMERICAN
PRESENCE OVERSEAS.
TEXT: THE BOMB ATTACKS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA ARE BEING FELT AT A
NUMBER OF U-S EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH CHANGES IN
NORMAL OPERATIONS, ALL DESIGNED TO INCREASE SECURITY.
U-S EMBASSIES IN MALAYSIA, UGANDA, YEMEN AND IVORY COAST ARE
AMONG THOSE WHICH HAVE SEEN OPERATIONS AFFECTED, INCLUDING
CHANGES IN WORKING HOURS AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO NORMAL EMBASSY
SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS.
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN P-J CROWLEY.
/// CROWLEY ACT ///
AMBASSADORS, COMMANDERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ASSESSING
THEIR SECURITY MEASURES IN LIGHT OF LAST FRIDAY'S
ATTACKS AND TAKING APPROPRIATE SECURITY STEPS.
/// END ACT ///
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION INDICATING
POSSIBLE THREATS TO U-S INTERESTS IN EGYPT, MALAYSIA AND YEMEN,
INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF ATTACKS ON AMERICAN BUILDINGS.
THE U-S EMBASSY IN KAMPALA, UGANDA WAS CLOSED WEDNESDAY BECAUSE
OF SECURITY CONCERNS AND A U-S OFFICIAL SAYS AMERICAN PEACE CORPS
VOLUNTEERS WERE RELOCATED TO THE CAPITAL AS A SECURITY
PRECAUTION.
SINCE LAST FRIDAY'S BOMBINGS, AMERICANS -- EVERYWHERE OVERSEAS --
HAVE BEEN URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN THEIR TRAVEL.
UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE THOMAS PICKERING SAYS AMERICAN EMBASSIES
IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL HAVE TO BE RELOCATED IN ORDER TO
MEET TIGHTER SECURITY STANDARDS AIMED AT PREVENTING A REPEAT OF
THE DEADLY BLASTS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA.
// REST OPT //
IN NAIROBI MEANWHILE, WORKERS ENDED THEIR SEARCH WEDNESDAY FOR
ANYONE WHO MAY STILL BE ALIVE AND TRAPPED UNDER TONS OF RUBBLE
AND STEEL AT THE BOMB BLAST SITE. BUT ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF STATE JOHNNIE CARSON SAYS U-S RESCUE WORKERS WILL REMAIN ON
THE SCENE, HELPING TO TREAT SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WOUNDED IN LAST FRIDAY'S ATTACK.
/// OPT CARSON ACT ///
WE WILL REMAIN ACTIVE UNTIL WE BELIEVE THE SITUATION IS
UNDER CONTROL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING AS MUCH AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN DO IN THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL AREA.
/// END ACT ///
AND, OFFICIALS SAY THE UNITED STATES REMAINS COMMITTED TO
REBUILDING ITS TWO HEAVILY DAMAGED EMBASSIES IN NAIROBI AND
DAR-ES-SALAAM. (SIGNED)
NEB/NJS/SP
12-Aug-98 5:17 PM EDT (2117 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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