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DATE=5/12/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232102
TITLE=CLINTON / INDIA (L)
BYLINE=DEBORAH TATE
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYS HE 'DEEPLY DISTURBED' BY THE 
NUCLEAR TESTS CONDUCTED BY INDIA, AND HE IS CALLING ON THE INDIAN
GOVERNMENT TO SIGN THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY.  V-O-A'S 
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT DEBORAH TATE REPORTS.
TEXT: MR. CLINTON SAYS INDIA'S ACTIONS THREATEN THE STABILITY OF 
THE REGION AND CHALLENGE THE INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS TO STOP THE 
PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
                     // CLINTON ACTUALITY //
         I CALL ON INDIA TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL CONDUCT NO FURTHER 
         TESTS, AND SIGN THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY NOW, 
         AND WITHOUT CONDITIONS. I ALSO URGE INDIA'S NEIGHBORS 
         NOT TO FOLLOW SUIT AND NOT TO FOLLOW DOWN THE PATH OF A 
         DANGEROUS ARMS RACE.
                          // END ACT //
MR. CLINTON INDICATED THAT SANCTIONS WOULD LIKELY BE IMPLEMENTED.
                     // CLINTON ACTUALITY //
         OUR LAWS HAVE VERY STRINGENT PROVISIONS SIGNED BY ME IN 
         1994 IN RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR TESTS BY NON-NUCLEAR WEAPONS
         STATES, AND I INTEND TO IMPLEMENT THEM FULLY.    
                          // END ACT //
UNDER THE LAW, NON-NUCLEAR NATIONS THAT EXPLODE NUCLEAR DEVICES 
ARE SUBJECT TO A CUT OFF OF U-S CREDIT AND LOAN GUARANTEES.  IN 
ADDITION,  THE LAW BARS THE EXPORT OF ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD 
BE USED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURRY SAYS U-S OFFICIALS ARE 
'ASSESSING' WHETHER MR. CLINTON WILL GO AHEAD WITH PLANS TO VISIT
INDIA LATER THIS YEAR. 
ON CAPITOL HILL, THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, RICHARD SHELBY OF ALABAMA, ACCUSED U-S 
SPY AGENCIES OF BEING CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS.
                      // SHELBY ACTUALITY //
         THE FAILURE OF OUR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING CAPABILITY 
         DEALING WITH THE THREE DETONATIONS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN
         INDIA WAS A COLOSSAL FAILURE ON THE PART OF U-S 
         INTELLENCE AGENCIES.  MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, THIS IS 
         A HUGE ITEM THAT COULD SET OFF A NUCLEAR RACE IN ASIA.
              // END ACT //                        
SENATOR SHELBY SAYS HE PLANS CLOSED-DOOR HEARINGS ON THE MATTER 
THURSDAY.                                
MEANWHILE, U-S AMBASSADOR RICHARD CELESTE WAS EN ROUTE TO NEW 
DELHI WHEN HE WAS RECALLED TO WASHINGTON TO CONSULT ON THE 
TESTING. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAT/TMD/PT
12-May-98 5:44 PM EDT (2144 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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