DATE=5/16/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232345
TITLE=CLINTON / PAKISTAN (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=BIRMINGHAM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
// RE-ISSUING WITH NUMBER //
INTRO: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE STROBE TALBOTT HAS FLOWN TO
ENGLAND TO BRIEF PRESIDENT CLINTON ON HIS EFFORTS IN ISLAMABAD TO
PERSUADE PAKISTAN NOT TO RESPOND IN KIND TO INDIA'S NUCLEAR
TESTS. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM BIRMINGHAM, SITE OF
THE EIGHT-NATION ECONOMIC SUMMIT.
TEXT: MR. TALBOTT BRIEFS PRESIDENT CLINTON SUNDAY MORNING ON HIS
MISSION TO ISLAMABAD -- WHICH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS CONCEDE DID
NOT NOT SECURE A PAKISTANI PLEDGE NOT TO TEST.
THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY PAKISTANI RESTRAINT WOULD MAKE
IT EASIER TO PERSUADE CONGRESS TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON AID TO
PAKISTAN IMPOSED YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. BUT
CLINTON NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SANDY BERGER SAYS PAKISTAN IS
NOT LOOKING FOR ANY REWARD:
///BERGER ACTUALITY///
IT HAS NOT BEEN MY SENSE HERE THAT THE PAKS
(PAKISTANIS) HAVE PUT A PRICE TAG ON NOT TESTING. THIS
IS GOING TO BE DECISION BASED UPON THEIR OWN JUDGMENT OF
THEIR NATIONAL INTEREST. I HOPE THEY WILL DECIDE IT IS
THEIR NATIONAL INTEREST AS WE HEAD TO THE FUTURE TO BE
PART OF THE TIDE OF HISTORY THAT IS GIVING UP NUCLEAR
TESTING.
///END ACT///
IN HIS SATURDAY RADIO ADDRESS, PRESIDENT CLINTON SAID INDIA'S
NEIGHBORS CAN SET AN EXAMPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORLD BY
NOT YIELDING TO THE PRESSURE TO TEST. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/JO
16-May-98 1:25 PM EDT (1725 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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