DATE=8/16/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=CLINTON-PUTIN (S-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-265560
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: President Clinton - in a 25-minute telephone
conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin -
has reiterated the United States' readiness to help in
the rescue of crewmen aboard the sunken Russian
submarine in the Barents Sea. VOA's David Gollust
reports from the White House.
TEXT: A White House official said Mr. Clinton
expressed concern about the situation on the
submarine and renewed a U-S offer of help, previously
conveyed by his National Security Adviser Sandy
Berger and through military channels
The official said the Russian leader told Mr. Clinton
Moscow is "actively considering" offers of outside
assistance and has already asked Britain and Norway to
join in the rescue effort.
The U-S Navy has deep-diving rescue vessels. But they
are based on the U-S west coast and it is unclear
whether the equipment would be compatible with the
Russian submarine.
Mr. Clinton was returning a call, originally placed by
Mr. Putin, to discuss the Middle East peace process.
The U-S official said that in addition to the Middle
East, the leaders also covered their plans to meet at
the United Nations summit next month, and that Mr.
Clinton raised -- with concern -- the case of Edmund
Pope, a U-S businessman held on espionage charges by
Russia since April. (Signed)
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Source: Voice of America
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