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DATE=6/4/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233391
TITLE=GENEVA / NUCLEAR WRAP (L)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=GENEVA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  INDIA AND PAKISTAN WERE URGED TODAY (THURSDAY) TO STEP 
BACK FROM THE BRINK OF A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE.  THE NEW APPEAL CAME 
IN THE FORM OF A JOINT COMMUNIQUE BY THE FIVE PERMANENT U-N 
SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHO ARE ALSO THE FIVE ACKNOWLEDGED 
NUCLEAR POWERS.  V-O-A'S GIL BUTLER HAS MORE FROM THE MEETING IN 
GENEVA.
TEXT:  IN HER CLOSING REMARKS AFTER THE MEETING, U-S SECRETARY OF
STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT HAD A DIRECT,  CAUTIONARY MESSAGE FOR 
INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
                      /// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
         THE WHOLE WORLD IS ASKING INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO STOP, 
         LISTEN AND THINK.  DON'T RUSH TO EMBRACE WHAT THE REST 
         OF THE PLANET IS RACING TO LEAVE BEHIND.   DON'T ASSUME 
         YOU ARE THE ONLY COUNTRIES ON EARTH THAT ARE IMMUNE TO 
         MISCALCULATION.  THERE IS NO POINT WORTH MAKING, NO 
         MESSAGE WORTH SENDING, NO INTEREST WORTH SECURING THAT 
         CAN POSSIBLY JUSTIFY THE RISK.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE MINISTERS AGREED TO PREVENT EXPORT OF MATERIAL THAT COULD 
HELP EITHER INDIA OR PAKISTAN BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR THE 
MISSILES TO DELIVER THEM. 
BUT THERE WAS AN OFFER OF POSITIVE HELP, TOO.  THE UNITED STATES 
OFFERED TECHNICAL HELP TO BUILD CONFIDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SOUTH 
ASIAN NEIGHBORS THROUGH IMPROVING HOT LINE COMMUNICATIONS, RISK 
REDUCTION CENTERS, AND TROOP DEPLOYMENTS THAT WOULD APPEAR LESS 
THREATENING.
THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING HAD BEEN CHAIRED BY CHINA'S 
FOREIGN MINISTER TANG JIAXUAN.  MR. TANG SAID WHAT WAS DECIDED 
HERE IN GENEVA WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.  HE SPOKE THROUGH A 
TRANSLATOR.
                        /// TANG ACT ///
         THE CONFERENCE TODAY ONLY ACTS IN A CERTAIN SENSE AS A 
         GOOD BEGINNING OF A PROCESS TO SAFEGUARD PEACE SECURITY 
         AND STABILITY IN THE WORLD AND ALSO IN SOUTH ASIA.  AND 
         TO DEFEND INTERNATIONAL NON PROLIFERATION REGIME IS THE 
         COMMON RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND
         THAT ALSO SERVES THE COMMON INTEREST OF ALL PEOPLES IN 
         THE WORLD.
                         /// END ACT ///
NEXT FRIDAY, THE EIGHT LEADING INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WILL MEET
IN LONDON IN A FOLLOWUP SESSION TO THE GENEVA MEETING. SECRETARY 
ALBRIGHT AND FOREIGN MINISTER TANG SAY GENEVA WAS THE BEGINNING 
OF A PROCESS.(SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/ENE/PT
04-Jun-98 5:42 PM EDT (2142 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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