DATE=5/16/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232333
TITLE=CLINTON/INDIA NUKE (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: AT THE EIGHT-NATION BIRMINGHAM SUMMIT, PRESIDENT CLINTON
IS STEPPING UP HIS CRITICISM OF INDIA FOR ITS NUCLEAR TEST
SERIES. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS.
TEXT: MR. CLINTON SAYS INDIA HAS PUT ITSELF AT ODDS WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY WITH ITS
UNJUSTIFIED WEAPONS TESTS. IN HIS REGULAR SATURDAY RADIO
MESSAGE, BROADCAST FROM THE EIGHT-NATION SUMMIT, HE SAID INDIA
CAN HELP REPAIR THE DAMAGE BY JOINING THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN
TREATY:
/// CLINTON ACTUALITY ///
I HOPE INDIA WILL REVERSE COURSE FROM THE DANGEROUS PATH
IT HAS CHOSEN BY SIGN THE C-T-B-T IMMEDIATELY, AND
WITHOUT CONDITIONS. AND INDIA'S NEIGHBORS CAN SET A
STRONG EXAMPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORLD BY NOT
YIELDING TO THE PRESSURE TO FOLLOW INDIA'S EXAMPLE AND
CONDUCT THEIR OWN NUCLEAR TESTS. I HOPE THEY WON'T DO
THAT.
///END ACT///
THE PRESIDENT IS AWAITING A REPORT FROM DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE
STROBE TALBOTT, WHO IS ENROUTE TO BRITAIN FROM ISLAMABAD AFTER
URGING PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF NOT TO RESPOND IN
KIND TO THE INDIAN TESTS. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/TMD/JO
16-May-98 7:41 AM EDT (1141 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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