DATE=5/28/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232970
TITLE=MRS. CLINTON / PAK NUKE (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SAYS THE UNITED STATES
DID ALL IT COULD TO AVERT NUCLEAR TESTS BY PAKISTAN AND INDIA.
MRS. CLINTON WAS INTERVIEWED ON V-O-A (THURSDAY) IN THE INAUGURAL
BROADCAST OF THE NEW 24-HOUR ALL NEWS PROGRAM, V-O-A NEWS NOW.
V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE HAS A REPORT.
TEXT: MRS. CLINTON SAYS THE DECISIONS BY PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO
GO AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR TESTS OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES DO NOT REFLECT NEGATIVELY ON U-S LEADERSHIP AROUND THE
WORLD.
/// CLINTON ACT. ///
CERTAINLY THE UNITED STATES DID ALL THAT IT COULD TO
AVERT THIS EVENT TODAY WITH THE TESTING IN PAKISTAN. BUT
THAT IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT HAD TO BE
DEALT WITH AND UNFORTUNATELY DECISIONS WERE MADE THAT
WILL NOW LEAD TO CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS THE IMPOSITION OF
SANCTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES. THE SANCTIONS WILL BE
IMPOSED, BUT CERTAINLY THE UNITED STATES WILL LOOK FOR
WAYS TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER ESCALATION OF THE
SITUATION IN EITHER INDIA OR PAKISTAN.
/// END ACT. ///
AND MRS. CLINTON ALSO SAYS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO
URGE BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO DEVOTE RESOURCES TO IMPROVING THE
LIVES OF THEIR PEOPLE, NOT BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
/// CLINTON ACT. #2 ///
AND I THINK IT IS REGRETFUL THAT WE ARE SEEING THESE
UNFORTUNATE DEVELOPMENTS WITH RESPECT TO NUCLEAR TESTING
WHEN MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS LONG RECOGNIZED
THAT IS A NO-WIN SITUATION FOR ANY COUNTRY TO PUT ITSELF
INTO AND THAT IT IS FAR BETTER AND MUCH MORE IN BOTH THE
NATIONAL INTEREST AND THE INTERESTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN
INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGING
SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE
RESOLVED AND COULD BE TO THE EXTENT OF REALLY UNLEASHING
THE HUMAN POTENTIAL OF THOSE TWO COUNTRIES.
/// END ACT. ///
THE FIRST LADY ALSO SAID SHE WAS SPEAKING FOR HERSELF AND NOT THE
ADMINISTRATION WHEN SHE CAME OUT IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF A
PALESTINIAN STATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST EARLIER THIS MONTH. MRS.
CLINTON SAYS U-S POLICY REMAINS THAT ISSUES MUST FIRST BE
RESOLVED BY ALL PARTIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEFORE THERE CAN BE A
LASTING PEACE.
MRS. CLINTON WAS INTERVIEWED ON THE DEBUT BROADCAST OF V-O-A'S
NEW ALL-NEWS PROGRAM, V-O-A NEWS NOW, BROADCASTING INTERNATIONAL
AND U-S NEWS AND A VARIETY OF FEATURE REPORTS 24-HOURS A DAY.
(SIGNED)
NEB/JBM/PT
28-May-98 9:19 PM EDT (0119 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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