DATE=5/28/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232912
TITLE=U-S REACT / PAKISTAN (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION OF
THE PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS, AND THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON IS
DISAPPOINTED AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN'S ACTIONS.
V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
TEXT: OFFICIALS HERE SAY THE TESTS OCCURRED DESPITE A MIDNIGHT
WASHINGTON TIME TELEPHONE CALL BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO PAKISTANI
PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF IMPLORING HIM NOT TO PROCEED.
SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURRY SAID MR. CLINTON IS DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS
PLEAS AND THOSE OF OTHER WORLD LEADERS FOR PAKISTAN TO EXERCISE
RESTRAINT IN THE FACE OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS WERE NOT
PERSUASIVE.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THE
DIFFICULTY PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT FACES AND HAS GREAT PERSONAL
RESPECT FOR MR. SHARIF.
MR. MCCURRY SAID UNDER U-S NON-PROLIFERATION LAW, THE
ADMINISTRATION WILL MOVE AHEAD IMMEDIATELY WITH THE SAME SWEEPING
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IT IMPOSED UPON INDIA AND -- THE SPOKESMAN
SAID -- THERE WILL BE REAL CONSEQUENCES. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAG/MMK
28-May-98 9:21 AM EDT (1321 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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