DATE=6/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233771
TITLE=CLINTON / INDIA-PAK ONITER (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS AGAIN UNDERSCORED THE DANGER OF A
NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA -- THIS ON THE EVE OF TODAY'S
(FRIDAY'S) LONDON MEETING ON THE ISSUE BY FOREIGN MINISTERS OF
THE G-8 INDUSTRIAL POWERS AND RUSSIA. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST
REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
TEXT: THE LONDON MEETING IS AIMED A PUTTING MORE DIPLOMATIC
PRESSURE ON INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO BACK AWAY FROM THE NUCLEAR
PRECIPICE. AND IN HIS FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS THURSDAY --
OTHERWISE DEVOTED TO HIS UPCOMING CHINA TRIP -- MR. CLINTON SAID
THE NUCLEAR TESTING BY THE SOUTH ASIAN POWERS RISKS WHAT HE
TERMED A "TERRIBLE OUTCOME":
///CLINTON ACTUALITY///
A MISCALCULATION BETWEEN TWO ADVERSARIES WITH LARGE
ARMIES WOULD BE BAD. A MISCALCULATION BETWEEN TWO
ADVERSARIES WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC.
///END ACT///
MR. CLINTON SAID INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE LEGITIMATE SECURITY
CONCERNS BUT PURSUING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION WILL ONLY MAKE
BOTH COUNTRIES POORER AND LESS SECURE. HE PRAISED CHINA'S
DIPLOMATIC ROLE IN THE SOUTH ASIAN CRISIS AND SAID BEIJING MUST
BE PART OF ANY ULTIMATE RESOLUTION. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/TMD/PT
11-Jun-98 5:58 PM EDT (2158 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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