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SLUG: 2-299780 CQ Bush Norkor (S-O)
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DATE=2/18/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=CQ BUSH NORTH KOREA (S-O) NUMBER=2-299780 BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE CONTENT= VOICED AT: ///// RESTORES DROPPED WPRD TO FINAL GRAF OF CR2-299778. ///// INTRO: The White House has dismissed North Korea's threat to pull out of the truce that ended the Korean War. V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports U-S officials say it is just another example of escalating rhetoric from Pyongyang. TEXT: White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says the United States has heard it all before. /// FLEISCHER ACT /// North Korea does have a history, that they have repeated numerous times and in numerous ways, of using strident rhetoric as a way to blackmail other nations into providing economic or other benefits to the North Koreans. /// END ACT /// Mr. Fleischer said that strategy will not work. He stressed that despite North Korean calls for one-on-one talks with the United States, the Bush administration will continue to pursue a multi-national solution to the dispute about Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program. /// FLEISCHER ACT /// The president is going to continue to work with a diplomatic approach with China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan. /// END ACT /// The threat from Pyongyang was attributed to a statement by a spokesman for the Korean People's Army. It warned that North Korea would pull out of the 1953 Korean War armistice if sanctions are imposed. (SIGNED) NEB/PW/RAE |
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