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DATE=8/10/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-S / PAK / INDIA (L)
NUMBER=2-252663
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  The United States is urging India and Pakistan 
to exercise restraint as tensions flair over India's 
downing of a Pakistani military plane.  From the State 
Department, VOA's Kyle King reports.
TEXT:  U-S officials say they are still trying to 
gather facts about the latest incident to strain 
relations between the two rival nuclear powers.
India says its jets shot down the Pakistani 
reconnaissance plane Tuesday morning when the aircraft 
strayed into Indian airspace.
Pakistan says the plane was on a routine training 
flight over its own territory when it was shot down 
with 16 people on board.  Officials accused India of 
cold blooded murder, and took reporters to view 
wreckage of the plane inside the Pakistani border.
State Department spokesman James Rubin appealed for 
calm as officials tried to gather facts about the 
incident.
            // Rubin Act //
      We are talking to the parties in India and in 
      Pakistan trying to ascertain the facts, and in 
      ascertaining the facts the message that we will 
      be sending and probably have sent by now is to 
      urge restraint, because we don't want to see the 
      situation grow, and we want the two sides to 
      resolve their differences through dialogue.
            // End Act //
White House officials expressed concern about the 
increasing tensions between the two countries, which 
nearly went to war over the disputed Kashmir region 
last month. U-S officials say they want to be helpful 
in easing tensions if they can.
            // Rest Opt //
Meanwhile, the State Department has issued a new 
travel warning to U-S citizens considering travel to 
Pakistan.  The warning cites recent threats to U-S 
citizens in Pakistan and information that extremists 
in Afghanistan are preparing an attack on U-S 
interests in the near future.
U-S diplomats have also been ordered to defer any 
travel to Pakistan's Northwestern Frontier Province, 
and U-S civilians have been urged to avoid the area.  
The warning cited threats from extremist groups inside 
Pakistan. (Signed)
NEB/KBK/TVM/PT
10-Aug-1999 17:29 PM LOC (10-Aug-1999 2129 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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