DATE=12/14/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-224105
TITLE=U-N /IRAQ (L)
BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: HIGH-LEVEL TALKS ARE UNDERWAY IN BAGHDAD ON THE FATE OF
U-N ARMS INSPECTIONS. THE CHIEF U-N INSPECTOR SAYS HE MUST HAVE
ANSWERS FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY THURSDAY. CORRESPONDENT
PAULA WOLFSON REPORTS RICHARD BUTLER SAYS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL
BE CRITICAL.
TEXT: MR. BUTLER SAYS THE U-N POSITION IN THE TALKS IS FIRM.
/// BUTLER ACT ///
WE MUST HAVE ACCESS IF WE ARE GOING TO FIND THOSE
WEAPONS, GET RID OF THEM, AND HELP IRAQ OUT OF THIS HOLE
IN WHICH IT HAS PUT ITSELF.
/// END ACT ///
IRAQ IS WITHHOLDING ACCESS TO KEY SITES, ON NATIONAL SECURITY
GROUNDS. THE SITES INCLUDE DOZENS OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACES. MR.
BUTLER SAYS HE BELIEVES A SOLUTION IS WITHIN REACH.
/// BUTLER ACT ///
THIS IS A DEFINING MOMENT. AND I GUESS WE WILL HAVE A
CLEARER IDEA OF THE ANSWER IN THE NEXT 48-HOURS. I HOPE
AND PRAY IT IS A GOOD AND POSITIVE ONE.
/// END ACT ///
THE CHIEF U-N ARMS INSPECTOR WAS INTERVIEWED ON AMERICAN
TELEVISION JUST HOURS BEFORE AN INITIAL MEETING IN BAGHDAD WITH
IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ. THEY PLAN TO MEET AGAIN
MONDAY. (SIGNED)
NEB/RAE
14-Dec-97 1:41 PM EST (1841 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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