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DATE=4/7/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-229309
TITLE=CHINA / PAK MISSILE (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ROGER WILKISON
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:  
INTRO:  CHINA HAS TERSELY REFUTED A CHARGE BY INDIA THAT IT 
SUPPLIED PAKISTAN WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP A NEW MISSILE, 
ISLAMABAD SAYS IT SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED THIS WEEK.  V-O-A 
CORRESPONDENT ROGER WILKISON REPORTS BEIJING IS ALSO CRITICIZING 
THE UNITED STATES FOR SAYING IT WILL INVESTIGATE WHETHER CHINA 
HAD ANY ROLE IN THE PAKISTANI MISSILE PROJECT.
TEXT:  PAKISTAN ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT A TEST OF ITS GHAURI 
MISSILE WAS SUCCESSFUL.  ISLAMABAD SAYS THE TEST WAS RELATED TO 
ITS SECURITY NEEDS, WHICH IT SAYS ARE THREATENED BY INDIA'S 
DEVELOPMENT OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AND A PLEDGE BY INDIA'S NEW 
GOVERNMENT TO RETAIN ITS OPTION TO MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
INDIA RESPONDED TO THE TEST BY BLAMING CHINA FOR SUPPLYING 
PAKISTAN WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD THE SURFACE-TO-SURFACE 
MISSILE, THAT HAS A RANGE OF 15-HUNDRED KILOMETERS.
INDIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER --GEORGE FERNANDES-- SAID EVERYONE KNOWS
CHINA IS SUPPLYING MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TO PAKISTAN EVEN THOUGH 
BEIJING HAS TOLD WASHINGTON THAT IT IS NOT DOING SO.  MR. 
FERNANDES CALLED ON WASHINGTON TO TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH THE 
CHINESE.
WASHINGTON APPEALED MONDAY TO BOTH PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO EXERCISE
RESTRAINT IN THEIR ARMS PROGRAMS AND SAID IT IS EXAMINING WHETHER
CHINA HAS PLAYED ANY ROLE IN PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROJECT.
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ZHU BANGZAO --SPEAKING TUESDAY
THROUGH AN INTERPRETER --DENIED THAT CHINA HAD ANYTHING TO DO 
WITH THE PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM.
      /////INTERPRETER ACT/////
 AS FOR THE STATEMENT ABOUT CHINA'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN, I 
MUST SAY THERE'S NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
        /////END ACT/////
MR. ZHU ALSO MADE IT CLEAR HE THINKS WASHINGTON HAS NO BUSINESS 
CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER CHINA HELPED PAKISTAN 
DEVELOP THE MISSILE.
       /////INTERPRETER ACT/////
 I ALSO THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR THE U-S SIDE TO GO INTO ANY 
INVESTIGATION IN THIS INCIDENT.
        /////END ACT/////
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS TOLD THE U-S CONGRESS THAT CHINA 
HAS STOPPED SELLING NUCLEAR-RELATED MATERIAL TO PAKISTAN, BUT U-S
OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY ARE STILL CONCERNED THAT CHINA MAY BE 
TRANSFERRING MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TO ISLAMABAD.  PAKISTAN SAYS THE 
NEW MISSILE WAS DEVELOPED BY ITS OWN SCIENTISTS WITH INDIGENOUS 
RESOURCES. (SIGNED)
NEB/RW/FC
07-Apr-98 6:09 AM EDT (1009 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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