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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
DATE
SUBJECTffiTLE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001. cable
Subject: British Columbia Invitation for First Lady to Examine
Province's Health Care System (2 pages)
02/22/1993
P1/b(1)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
NSC Cables
Jan 1993- Dec 1994 ([First Lady and Health Care])
OA!Box Number: 505,000
FOLDER TITLE:
[01/03/1993 - 09/29/1993]
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DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT
PARIS -- THURSQAY JUNE 3, 1993
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CURB IMMIGRATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT
ARE THE TOP STORIES IN THE PRESS TODAY.
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 PARIS 14277
USIA
USIA FOR P/RC; P/P; P/FW P/FN; VOA NEWS/CA; EU; AF; P/M;
STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN); USCINCEUR FOR
PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR USIS/AIO;
BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR USDEL
CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: NONE
SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT
PARIS -- THURSDAY JUNE 3, 1993
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CURB IMMIGRATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT
ARE THE TOP STORIES IN THE PRESS TODAY.
PRIME MINISTER EDOUARD BALLADUR WAS THE GUEST OF A TWOHOUR LONG TV SPECIAL ON FRANCE 3 LAST NIGHT. HE TRIED
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TO JUSTIFY THE "NECESSARY SACRIFICES" WHICH HE IS ASKING
THE FRENCH TO MAKE. ON GATT, BALLADUR SAID THAT FRANCE
WILL NOT ACCEPT NEGOTIATIONS THAT "WOULD ... PUT
EUROPEAN FIRMS IN A WEAK POSITION VIS-A-VIS THE REST OF
THE WORLD". HE SAID HE WAS SPEAKING FOR EUROPEAN FIRMS
AND NOT ONLY FOR FRENCH, AND ADDED: "EUROPE AS AN
ECONOMIC BODY MUST BE DEFENDED AS WELL AS OTHERS (I.E.
U.S.); (IT MUST NOT BE) THE ONE OF WHOM MOST SACRIFICES
ARE ASKED." SPEAKING OF TRADE PROTECTION, BALLADUR SAID
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS 'A WHOLE ARSENAL' OF SUCH
PROTECTIONIST MEASURES AND SAID: "IT IS NOT A QUESTION
OF GETTING FOR EUROPE MORE PROTECTION THAN OTHERS HAVE,
IT IS A QUESTION OF NOT PROTECTING IT LESS .... AND
REJECTING UNFAIR PRACTICES." (AFP QUOTES).
THE FRANCO-GERMAN SUMMIT, WHICH ENDED YESTERDAY IN
BEAUNE, IS ANOTHER MAJOR STORY. COMMENTATORS REPORT
THAT PARIS AND BONN AGREE ON BOSNIA AND GATT. MASSAPPEAL LE PARISIEN SPEAKS OF "A SUMMIT OF CONSENSUS",
AFP OF A "FRANCO-GERMAN RAPPROCHEMENT ON BOSNIA AND
GATT".
ON BOSNIA, PARIS AND BONN ISSUED A JOINT COMMUNIQUE
WHICH SAYS THAT "FRANCE AND GERMANY CONFIRM THEIR
SUPPORT FOR THE VANCE-OWEN PEACE PLAN AND THINK THAT THE
CREATION OF SAFE AREAS IS NEEDED TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN
BOSNIA". LES ECHOS SPEAKS OF THE "SUCCESS OF COMPROMISE
DIPLOMACY".
ON GATT, BOTH COUNTRIES AGREE ON A "GLOBAL" APPROACH,
AND NOT A "FRAGMENTATION" OF THE CURRENTLY DISCUSSED
ISSUES. AFP QUOTES CHANCELOR KOHL AS SAYING "TALKING OF
AGRICULTURE AND PUSHING ASIDE OTHER ISSUES HAS GIVEN AN
ADVANTAGE TO OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS". AFP SAYS THIS IS AN
"UNUSUAL" CRITICISM OF THE U.S. ON THE PART OF THE
GERMANS. FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE'S SPECIAL ENVOY REPORTS
THAT "THE GERMANS HAVE COME CLOSER TO THE FRENCH
POSITIONS".
THE CONFLICT IN EX-YUGOSLAVIA STILL MAKES THE HEADLINES.
FOCUS IS ON TUESDAY'S RIOTS IN BELGRADE, FOLLOWING THE
OUSTER OF YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT DOBRICA COSIC.
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE QUOTIDIEN REPORTS ON ITS FRONT. PAGE
ON U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER'S
'INTERVIEW ON PBS: "WASHINGTON WASHES ITS HANDS" (SEE
PART D OF REPORT) .
THE PARIS BUREAU OF ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS ON FORMER
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S SPEECH TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF VISA INTERNATIONAL IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA CITY OF
CANNES: "GEORGE BUSH SAYS FORCE IS NOT THE WAY TO BRING
PEACE TO BOSNIA, BUT IF PRESIDENT CLINTON DECIDES TO USE
THE MILITARY, HE'D BETTER BE READY TO COMMIT GROUND
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 04 PARIS 14277
USIA
USIA FOR P/RC; P/P; P/FW P/FN; VOA NEWS/CA; EU; AF; P/M;
STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN); 'USCINCEUR FOR
PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR USIS/AIO;
BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR USDEL
CSCE.
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TROOPS TO THE TASK.
'IN MY VIEW, YOU DON'T USE THE
MILITARY TO SEND A MESSAGE--YOU SEND IT TO PERFORM A
MISSION, I BUSH SAID."
THE PRESS REPORTS ON THE ON-GOING OECD MINISTERIAL
MEETING. FOCUS IS ON U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BENTSEN'S
"CRITICISMS" AGAINST JAPAN AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REPORTS ON BENTSEN'S STATEMENTS,
AND HEADLINES: "THE UNITED STATES CRITICIZES JAPAN AND
URGES EUROPE TO (MAKE) GREATER EFFORTS"; ECONOMIC LES
ECHOS SPEAKS OF BENTSEN'S "BRUTAL FRANKNESS".· (SEE PART
D OF REPORT) .
COMMENTATORS ALSO REPORT ON A QUADRILATERAL MEETING ON
THE URUGUAY ROUND THAT TOOK PLACE WITH REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE U.S., THE EC, JAPAN AND CANADA. LE FIGARO'S
FIGECO SPEAKS OF "PROGRESS"; FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE QUOTES
EC COMMISSIONER LEON BRITTAN AS SPEAKING OF "A
SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH IN THE GATT TALKS." LIBERATION
SPEAKS OF "CALMER WINDS ON COMMERCIAL ISSUES".
(SEE
PART D OF REPORT) .
IN THE U.S.-EC MARKET ACCESS DISPUTE, LIBERATION AND AFP
REPORT THAT THE 12 AMBASSADORS TO THE EC AGREED
YESTERDAY IN PRINCIPLE ON A SERIES OF RETALIATION
MEASURES AGAINST THE UNITED"STATES, FOLLOWING THE U.S.
DECISION TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON THE EC.
FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE PUBLISHES A TWO-PAGE DOSSIER ON
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S "RISKY AND HUGE TASK"--TO
REFORM THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. LA TRIBUNE CALLS
MRS. CLINTON "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIRST LADY IN U.S.
HISTORY".
COMMUNIST L'HUMANITE PUBLISHES A TWO-PAGE INTERVIEW WITH
MARIE-FRANCE TOINET, A WELL-KNOWN SPECIALIST ON THE U.S.
POLITICAL SYSTEM. "TODAY, ONE HAS·THE IMPRESSION THAT
THE UNITED STATES CANNOT FIND THE WAY TO SUCCESS AND
PROGRESS. DIFFICULTIES ARE PILING UP .... FUNDAMENTALLY,
ONE HAS THE IMPRESSION THAT THE UNITED STATES DID NOT
KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE", TOINET SAYS.
(B) STORIES COVERED IN REPORT:
1. EX-YUGOSLAVIA
2. OECD MINISTERIAL
(C) HEADLINES:
OECD MINISTERIAL:
"THE UNITED STATES CRITICIZES JAPAN AND URGES EUROPE TO
(MAKE) GREATER EFFORTS" (AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE)
"WASHINGTON ATTACKS THE EC AND JAPAN" (LES ECHOS-FRONT
PAGE)
.
.
"THE U.S. CRITICIZES EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE
PUSILLANIMITY" (LES ECHOS-PAGE 6)
(D) SUPPORTING TEXT:
1. EX-YUGOSLAVIA:
RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE QUOTIDIEN ON ITS FRONT PAGE: "IN AN
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 04 PARIS 14277
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ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (PAT .NORMAN); USCINCEUR FOR
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PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR USIS/AIO;
BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR USDEL
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OUTBURST OF FRANKNESS, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN
CHRISTOPHER SAID TUESDAY NIGHT (ON TV PBS) THAT THE
UNITED STATES HAD NO VITAL INTERESTS IN BOSNIA AND THAT
THE MILITARY OPTIONS ADVOCATED BY WASHINGTON WERE NOT
VERY EFFECTIVE."
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REPORTS ON THE SAME TV INTERVIEW:
" ... U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER TRIED TO
PLAY DOWN THE IMPORTANCE THAT ONE SHOULD ATTACH ... TO THE
AIR COVER THAT THE U.S. COULD PROVIDE. IN A TV
INTERVIEW TUESDAY NIGHT, HE SAID THAT U.S. MILITARY
EXPERTS THOUGHT THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRIKES
AGAINST SERB ARTILLERY WOULD NOT LAST BEYOND THE SECOND
DAY."
STILL LE QUOTIDIEN WITH PHILIPPE MARCOVICI ON PAGE 12:
" ... ALTHOUGH THEY SIGNED THE WASHINGTON ACCORD, THE
AMERICANS ARE ONCE AGAIN SHOWING THEIR IRRESOLUTENESS-WHICH IS IN FACT THAT OF THEIR PRESIDENT: THEY SUDDENLY
HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT 'SAFE HAVENS'. THEY WOULD LIKE
TO GET A MORE PRECISE DEFINITION OF TERMS UNDER WHICH
U.S. AIRPLANES WOULD EXTEND SUPPORT TO BLUE HELMETS IN
THE PROTECWED AREAS. IN THE MINDS OF THE AMERICANS,
THIS SUPPORT WOULD ONLY BE PROVIDED IN CASE OF A DIRECT
THREAT AGAINST UN FORCES, NOT TO PROTECT THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION."
JEAN-JACQUES MEVEL IN CONSERVATIVE LE FIGARO: "ALREADY
DERIDED BY SOME SERBS WHO ARE DETERMINED TO GET RID OF
THE LAST MUSLIM GHETTOS IN BOSNIA, THE WEST JUST
SUFFERED A NEW EXASPERATING SETBACK IN BELGRADE. PARIS,
LONDON, WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW WERE DREAMING OF SLOBODAN
MILOSEVICDONNING THE FIREMAN UNIFORM AND EXTI8#8,&
5#3 !843 8, 5#3 ?-) (-,. BUT THE BELGRADE STRONGMAN HAS
JUST PUT HIMSELF IN THE RANKS OF THE ARSONISTS (OUSTER
OF DOBRICA COSIC, TUESDAY RIOTS)."
IN LIBERATION, PIERRE HASKI COMMENTS ON THE GERMAN
SUPPORT FOR THE WASHINGTON JOINT ACTION PROGRAM,
EXPRESSED AT THE FRANCO-GERMAN SUMMIT IN BEAUNE:
" ... THIS (FRANCO-GERMAN) AGREEMENT HARDLY HIDES THE
AMBIGUITIES IN THE WASHINGTON PROGRAM, WHICH LACKS ANY
COERCITIVE MEANS. BY SPEAKING OF A 'PROGRESSIVE
IMPLEMENTATION' OF THE VANCE-OWEN PLAN, BY
STRESSING ... THE 'PRIORITY IS TO AVOID NEW MASSACRES',
WESTERNERS RUN THE RISK OF FREEZING THE SITUATION AND
SERBIAN CONQUESTS. YESTERDAY, PARIS AND BONN OPTED FOR
THE POSITIVE READING OF AN AMBIGUOUS TEXT."
PAUL GUILBERT IN CONSERVATIVE LE FIGARO: " ... ONE COULD
SAY THAT (THE FRANCO-GERMAN JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON BOSNIA)
IS A MONUMENT OF SHARED HYPOCRISY, SINCE EVERY ONE KNOWS
THAT THE VANCE-OWEN PLAN IS MORE DIPLOMATIC FICTION THAN
REALISTIC PROMISE."
HELENE DESPIC-POPOVIC REPORTS FROM BELGRADE IN
LIBERATION: "VIOLENCE REAPPEARED IN THE BELGRADE STREETS
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AFTER THE OUSTER OF YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT DOBRICA COSIC,
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 04 PARIS 14277
USIA
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STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN); USCINCEUR FOR
PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR USIS/AIO;
BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR USDEL
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THUS CONFIRMING THE PREDICTIONS THAT HIS DEPARTURE WOULD
INCREASE POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN THE COUNTRY."
2. OECD MINISTERIAL:
BIANCA RIEMER IN FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE: "FOR HIS DEBUT IN
OECD MINISTERIALS, THE NEW U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY,
LLOYD BENTSEN, PLAYED A TUNE WELL KNOWN FROM HIS .
PREDECESSORS' REPERTOIRE: STRONG CRITICISM OF JAPAN AND
A CALL FOR NEW CUTS IN EUROPEAN INTEREST RATES IN ORDER
TO REVIVE WORLD GROWTH .... WHAT IS NEW IS THAT LLOYD
BENTSEN DID NOT TRY TO HIDE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT OVER
RECENT U.S. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE."
ECONOMIC LES ECHOS' MARTINE ROYO.: "WITHOUT KID GLOVES,
U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY LLOYD BENTSEN URGED EUROPE AND
JAPAN YESTERDAY AT THE OECD MINISTERIAL TO MAKE EXTRA
EFFORTS TO REVIVE THEIR ECONOMIES. HE SAID TO JAPANESE
OFFICIALS THAT THEIR HUGE TRADE SURPLUSES HINDER WORLD
GROWTH; HE TOLD EUROPEAN OFFICIALS THAT THEY ARE TOO
TIMID IN BRINGING DOWN THEIR INTEREST RATES. WITH HIS
BRUTAL FRANKNESS, LLOYD BENTSEN DID NOT HIDE THAT
RECOVERY IN JAPAN AND EUROPE WAS NECESSARY FOR THE
SUCCESS OF THE U.S. POLICY OF REDUCING THE BUDGET AND
TRADE DEFICITS .... BENTSEN WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
ABOUT ECONOMIC TRENDS IN JAPAN."
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE: "THE MINISTERS OF THE
INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD, WHICH IS SICK WITH RECESSION AND
UNEMPLOYMENT, TRIED TO FIND REMEDIES FOR THE CRISIS ON
WEDNESDAY IN PARIS. BUT THEY DID NOT SUCCEED IN TONING
DOWN THEIR TRADE DISPUTES. ONCE AGAIN, JAPAN FOUND
ITSELF IN THE POSITION OF THE NUMBER-ONE CULPRIT ....
U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY LLOYD BENTSEN OPENED THE
HOSTILITIES WHEN HE PUBLICLY SAID THAT JAPAN'S HUGE
TRADE SURPLUSES 'HURT WORLD GROWTH'."
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, IN ANOTHER REPORT: "U.S. TREASURY
SECRETARY LLOYD BENTSEN EXPRESSED STRONG CRITICISMS
AGAINST JAPAN WEDNESDAY IN PARIS, SAYING THAT JAPANESE
TRADE SURPLUSES HAD BECOME A 'GLOBAL PROBLEM 1 .WHICH IS
'HURTING WORLD GROWTH'. THE U.S. OFFICIAL SAID 'THE
WORLD CANNOT DEPEND ON GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES TO
PULL IT OUT OF RECESSION.' HE URGED JAPAN TO MAKE EXTRA
EFFORTS TO STIMULAJE ITS ECONOMY AND EUROPE TO PURSUE
ITS EFFORTS TO ADAPT ITSELF TO WORLD COMPETITION."
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FROM PARIS: "JAPAN AND THE
UNITED STATES, USING A MEETING ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION
TO ATTACK EACH OTHER'S TRADING SYSTEMS, SHOW NO SIGN OF
EASING THEIR LATEST CONFRONTATION OVER THE SOARING
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FIGARO'S FIGECO SAYS: "AT LAST A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE
URUGUAY ROUND? THE U.S., EUROPEAN, JAPANESE AND
CANADIAN NEGOTIATORS ... SAID YESTERDAY THEY HAD MADE
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS ON A PACKAGE FOR MARKET ACCESS ....
THE AMERICANS HAVE DECIDED TO PRESS THEIR PARTNERS.
'THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO BE BOLD,' MICKEY KANTOR
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PARIS -- TUESDAY JANUARY 26, 2993
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
EX-YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO BE THE LEAD INTERNATIONAL
STORY IN THE FRENCH PRESS, AS FIGHTING BETWEEN SERBS AND
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 01923
USIA
USIA
USIA FOR P/RC; P/P; P/FW P/FN; VOA NEWS/CA; EU; AF; P/M;
STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITAEUR/FR; USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; GENEVA FOR
USIS; USDEL NST GENEVA; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR
USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR
USDEL CSCE.
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SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT
PARIS -- TUESDAY JANUARY 26, 2993
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
EX-YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO BE THE LEAD INTERNATIONAL
STORY IN THE FRENCH PRESS, AS FIGHTING BETWEEN SERBS AND
CROATS HAS BEEN GOING ON. TWO FRENCH UN-PEACEKEEPERS
WERE KILLED AS A RESULT YESTERDAY. LIBERATION'S FOREIGN
DESK CHIEF PATRICK SABATIER FOCUSES ON THE QUESTION OF
THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE UN PEACEKEEPERS--"AN EASY TARGET
FOR THE BELLIGERENTS." (SEE PART D OF REPORT).
THIS MORNING, ALL ELECTRONIC MEDIA REPORTED PRESIDENT
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CLINTON'S DECISION TO NAME HIS WIFE, HILLARY, AT THE
HEAD OF A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE TASK FORCE. ALL
COMMENTATORS UNDERLINED THAT SINCE THE CAMPAIGN, IT WAS
EXPECTED THAT MRS. CLINTON WOULDN'T STAY INACTIVE.
LIBERATION PUBLISHES AN OP-ED PIECE BY JEROME CHATEAU,
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, URGING FOR REFORM OF
THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: "A CLEAR POSITION FROM THE
CLINTON TEAM IS NECESSARY. THE COMING WEEKS WILL BE
CRUCIAL. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE IMPORTANT OBSTACLES, REFORM
OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS A MUST; AMERICA IS PERHAPS
ON THE EVE OF A MAJOR IDEOLOGICAL TURN·IN ITS HISTORY."
THE PRESS REPORTS ON A US-BELGIAN ATTACK AGAINST CLAN
MILITIAS IN KISMAYU, SOMALIA.
AFP, LE MONDE AND L'HUMANITE REPORT ON US REPRESENTATIVE
IN ANGOLA EDMUND DEJARNETTE'S "VERY FIRM WARNING" TO
UN ITA LEADER SAVIMBI. "ON SUNDAY JANUARY 24, MR.
DEJARNETTE WAS A DETERRENT WEAPON", GEORGES MARION
REPORTS FROM CABINDA IN LE MONDE.
AFP'S MOSCOW BUREAU REPORTED THAT IN BORIS YELTSIN'S
VIEW (EXPRESSED IN THE COURSE OF A PRESS CONFERENCE
MONDAY), THE UNITED STATES "HAS RECENTLY SHOWN A
TENDENCY TO DICTATE ITS TERMS ON THE QUESTIONS OF IRAQ
AND YUGOSLAVIA".
INFLUENTIAL LE MONDE EDITOR DOMINIQUE DHOMBRES AUTHORS A
REPORT ABOUT JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL. "JUSTICE
MARSHALL WAS A GREAT FIGURE," DHOMBRES WRITES.
(B) STORIES COVERED IN REPORT:
1. HILLARY CLINTON (ELECTRONIC MEDIA ONLY)
2. EX-YUGOSLAVIA
3.
IRAQ
4.
ANGOLA
(C) HEADLINES:
EX-YUGOSLAVIA:
"CROATIA: UN BLUE HELMETS UNDER FIRE" (LIBERATION-FRONT
PAGE)
.
"TWO FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLED IN CROATIA" (LE FIGARO-FRONT
PAGE)
"SERBS AND CROATS CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE IN GENEVA" (LE
MONDE-FRONT PAGE)
(D) SUPPORTING TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 PARIS 01923
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STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITAEUR/FR; USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; GENEVA FOR
USIS; USDEL NST GENEVA; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR
USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR
USDEL CSCE.
E.O. 12356: N/A
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SUBJECT: DAILY MEDIA REACTION REPORT
1. HILLARY CLINTON:
PHILIPPE RELTIN ON RADIO FRANCE INTER: " ... PRESIDENT
CLINTON OFFICIALLY NOMINATED HIS WIFE AT THE HEAD OF A
HEALTH CARE REFORM TASK FORCE. THE TASK FORCE WILL WORK
TO COUNTER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECESSION IN THE AREA
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OF HEALTH CARE. FOR AMERICANS, THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY."
TV PRANCE 2 AT 8:00AM, WITH ANCHORMAN ETIENNE LEHNARDT:
"A CONSIDERABLE TASK; A DECISION WHICH PROVES THAT MRS.
CLINTON WILL NOT BE JUST A WALLFLOWER."
LUC BAZIZIN ON TV FRANCE 2: " ... DURING THE CAMPAIGN,
HILLARY CLINTON HAD PROMISED THAT SHE WOULDN'T ONLY BAKE
COOKIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE--A PROMISE SHE KEPT. THE
UNITED STATES' FIRST LADY IS GOING TO GET DOWN TO
WORK .... SHE IS ALREADY CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S CLOSEST
ADVISOR."
2. EX-YUGOSLAVIA:
PATRICK SABATIER IN LIBERATION: " ... AS THE NUMBER OF
VICTIMS (AMONG UN FORCES) WILL INCREASE, THE QUESTION TO
MAINTAIN OR WITHDRAW THE UN BLUE HELMET FORCES ... WILL BE
POSED MORE ACUTELY .... THE PRINCIPAL--PERHAPS THE ONLY-MERIT OF THE BLUE HELMETS IS THEIR PRESENCE. INDEED,
FEW EXPERTS DOUBT THAT THEIR WITHDRAWAL WOULD LEAD TO A
NEW GEN'ERAL CONFLAGRATION. THE CROATS HAVE NOT GIVEN UP
ON THE IDEA OF RECAPTURING THE SERB-OCCUPIED PARTS OF
THEIR TERRITORY AND HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS OVER
THE LAST YEAR; AS FOR THE SERBS--THOSE OF KRAJINA LIKE
THOSE OF BOSNIA, STILL WANT TO ATTACH THEIR SELFPROCLAIMED 'REPUBLICS' TO GREATER SERBIA. ALL KNOW THAT
THE LAW OF THE STRONGEST REMAINS THE BEST. AS LONG AS
PEACE IS NOT THE ACCEPTED ORDER, THE UN BLUE HELMET
SOLDIERS WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE NOTHING BUT ALIBIS,
HOSTAGES OR EVEN WORSE SACRIFICIAL LAMBS."
CONSERVATIVE LE FIGARO HEADLINES ON PAGE 3: "AFTER SERB
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC, THE CROATIAN PRESIDENT HAS LEARNED
THE LESSONS OF WESTERN IMPOTENCE."
JEAN LEVALLOIS IN REGIONAL LA PRESSE DE LA MANCHE:
" ... WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE BALKANS IS THE FUTURE OF THE
(WHOLE) WORLD, AT LEAST FOR THE NEAR TERM; BECAUSE IT IS
ALSO THE UNITED NATIONS WHOSE FORTUNES ARE AT STAKE
THERE."
GILLES DAUXERRE IN REGIONAL L'YONNE REPUBLICAINE:
" ... THE IMMENSE HOPES FOR PEACE AND LIBERTY THAT EMERGED
AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM AND THE FALL OF THE WALL
ARE DISAPPEARING IN THE YUGOSLAV CALDRON. WESTERN
DEMOCRACIES ARE DOING NOTHING, MAKING US BELIEVE THAT
THEY PREFER A POLITICAL SOLUTION RATHER THAN A MILITARY
'ADVENTURE'; BUT THEIR LACK OF WILL IS EVEN MORE OBVIOUS
THAN THEIR IMPOTENCE."
3.
IRAQ:
PIERRE BEYLAU IN WEEKLY LIBERAL LE POINT: "SADDAM
HUSSEIN HAS PERHAPS SCORED HIS FIRST VICTORY SINCE THE
GULF WAR--NOT IN MILITARY TERMS OBVIOUSLY .... BUT THE
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 PARIS 01923
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STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITAEUR/FR; USCINCEUR FOR PAO; NATO FOR USIS; GENEVA FOR
USIS; USDEL NST GENEVA; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR
USIS/AIO; BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR
USDEL CSCE.
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RECENT STEEL THUNDER OVER IRAQI SKIES SEEMED TO SOUND
THE DEATH KNOLL OF THE COALITION WHICH HAD OVERCOME
SADDAM'S LEGIONS IN FEBRUARY 1991. MOST OF THE ARAB OR
MUSLIM NATIONS WHICH HAD TAKEN PART IN THE CRUSADE
AGAINST THIS MODERN NABUCHODONOSOR HAVE BEEN VERY
CAUTIOUS; EVEN EGYPT, TRADITIONALLY ALIGNED WITH
WASHINGTON'S POSITION, HAS DISTANCED ITSELF FROM IT;
TURKEY IS ANGRY; RUSSIA, FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
MARGINALIZED, HAS EXPRESSED ITS DISPLEASURE. PRANCE,
FOR ITS PART, HAS SHOWN A NICE DIPLOMATIC MESS .... IN
HIS FINAL CONFRONTATION WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN, GEORGE BUSH
MADE PERHAPS A MISTAKE ON TIMING: WEAKENED, IRAQ IS NO
LONGER PERCEIVED AS THE MAIN THREAT TO SECURITY IN THE
REGION--EXCEPT BY KUWAIT. IN THE FACE OF IRAN'S
AMBITIONS, THE IRAQI ARMY MAY REDISCOVER ITS ROLE AS
DEFENDER OF THE ARAB WORLD."
STEPHANE MARCHAND REPORTS IN FIGARO FROM WASHINGTON:
" ... SINCE HE CAME TO POWER, PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS
CONTINUED ... TO LAUNCH AIR RAIDS (AGAINST IRAQ) IN ORDER
TO PROVE, AT THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE, THE CONTINUITY OF
US POLICY. HIS DETERMINATION IS STRENGTHENED BY US
OPINION (LOS ANGELES TIMES POLL) . THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT WILL PERSIST IN THIS LINE OF ACTION UNTIL THE
MOMENT WHEN HE THINKS HE CAN NO LONGER BE ACCUSED OF
WEAKNESS VIS-A-VIS SADD~, A VIEW ALREADY HELD BY MANY
AMERICANS (39, SAME POLL). BUT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
HAS SOME DOUBTS. IT IS TEMPTED TO SEE THE IRAQI
LEADER'S APPARENT GOOD WILL·As AN ENCOURAGING SIGN."
4. ANGOLA:
ECONOMIC LES ECHOS BACK-PAGE UNATTRIBUTED EDITORIAL:
" ... THIS WAS THE MOST SEVERE WARNING EVER ADDRESSED TO
JONAS SAVIMBI BY (THE UNITED STATES), A COUNTRY WHICH
DOESN'T USUALLY JOKE WHEN ITS CITIZENS AND ITS ECONOMIC
INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE. CEASE-FIRE NEGOTIATIONS ARE TO
TAKE PLACE LATER THIS WEEK IN ADDIS ABABA. IF THEY END
IN FAILURE, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS THREATENED IT MAY
WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM ANGOLA. THIS WOULD BE A
RADICAL OUTCOME, UNACCEPTABLE TO WASHINGTON, WHICH MAY
THEN HAVE TO GET INVOLVED ALL OVER AGAIN IN THIS AFRICAN
CONFLICT." KORENGOLD
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USIA
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USNATO ALSO FOR USDELMC
STATE FOR WUR/PA:MPEARSON
PASS FSI/CSFA
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SUBJECT: GERMAN MEDIA REACTION REPORT
FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF GERMAN MEDIA OF JANUARY 27, 1993
D. U.S.: HILLARY CLINTON TO REFORM HEALTH CARE
1. CENTRIST STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG AND CENTRIST
MITTELDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG OF HALLE CARRIES AN EDITORIAL BY
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JUERGEN KOAR UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"JOB FOR THE FIRST LADY."
"SOME HAD FEARED IT, OTHERS HAD HOPED FOR IT, BUT
NOBODY HAD DOUBTED THAT HILLARY CLINTON WOULD TAKE OVER
TASKS IN HER HUSBAND'S ADMINISTRATION. SOONER THAN
EXPECTED, THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW CREATED FACTS WHICH ARE
GIVING NEW MEANING TO THE TITLE OF 'FIRST LADY'. HE HAS
COMMISSIONED HIS WIFE TO COME UP WITH A HEALTH CARE
REFORM WITHIN THE NEXT HUNDRED DAYS. THIS IS A
PATHBREAKING DECISION FOR TWO REASONS: NEVER BEFORE HAS
THE WIFE OF A PRESIDENT AS OPENLY PARTICIPATED IN THE
POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, AND NEVER BEFORE HAS
THIS ISSUE BEEN ASSIGNED SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE. IT IS A HERCULEAN TASK, A JOB CUT OUT FOR
SUPERMAN, AND IF HILLARY CLINTON SUCCEEDS, SHE WILL HAVE
QUALIFIED HERSELF AS SUPERWOMAN .....
"THE COST EXPLOSION IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR IS
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 07 BONN GM 02096
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BRUESSELS ALSO FOR USIS AND USEC
USNATO ALSO FOR USDELMC
STATE. FOR WUR/PA:MPEARSON
PASS FSI/CSFA
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE ALSO FOR//ECPAO/POLAD
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE ALSO FOR//ECJ5-E
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CINCUSAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE ALSO FOR //PA/POLAD
USSUPPORT 'ELEMENT HQ BALTAP ALSO FOR //PIO/NATO
HQUSAF WASHDC ALSO FOR //XOXX//.
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION -- DO NOT SERVICE"
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VOA/BRE, P/P, MBFR - STATE
EUR/CE;EUR:P/M.PEARSON;PM;INR/RWE;S/CSCE/J.KORNBLUM
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BURDENING TO AN ALARMING EXTENT THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
BUDGETS, APPROXIMATELY 35 MILLION AMERICANS DO NOT CARRY
HEALTH INSURANCE. IN ORDER TO FINALLY CREATE A
WATERTIGHT SYSTEM AND KEEP THE.COSTS WITHIN A REASONABLE
FRAMEWORK, LAWMAKERS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, INSURANCE
COMPANIES AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY MUST BE BROUGHT
UNDER ONE ROOF. THIS - AND THE 'LACK OF POLITICAL WILLHAVE SO FAR CONDEMNED ALL EFFORTS TO FAILURE. HILLARY
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CLINTON OVERCAME SIMILAR RESISTANCE IN ARKANSAS AND
INITIATED A REFORM OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. NOW SHE WILL
WORK WITH HER HUSBAND AGAIN AT NO COST AND, IN THE END,
SHARE THE PRAISE AND CRITICISM WITH HIM. IT TAKES
COURAGE TO BREAK WITH TRADITIONS AND DARE AN EXPERIMENT
WHOSE OUTCOME HAS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS - NOT LEAST FOR
ONE'S OWN REPUTATION."
2. LEFT-OF-CENTER (FORMER PDS YOUTH PAPER) JUNGE
WELT OF BERLIN CARRIES AN EDITORIAL BY ALMUTH NEHRING
UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"SHOCK FOR PURITANS."
"BILL CLINTON IS GIVING HIS PURITAN CITIZENS A SHOCK
THERAPY. FIRST HE LOOSENS THE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTIONS
AND NOW IT IS TO BE MADE POSSIBLE FOR HOMOSEXUAL MEN AND
WOMEN TO JOIN THE ARMY. STUPIDITY AND PRUDISHNESS ARE
COMING TO THE FORE WHEN MILITARY AND CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES FEAR THAT MORALE AND ORDER COULD BE
DISTURBED AT MISSILE BASES, ON TANKS, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
AND IN THE CORRIDORS OF THE PENTAGON. IN THE PAST TEN
YEARS, 14,000 OF 1,8 MILLION SOLDIERS HAD TO RESIGN FROM
THE MILITARY BECAUSE THEY WERE HOMOSEXUAL. ONLY DURING
THE GULF WAR NONE OF THESE SOLDIERS WERE DISMISSED.
APPARENTLY HOMOSEXUALS DID NOT POSE A RISK FOR AMERICA AT
THE FRONT.· ...
"CLINTON WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO
FULFILL HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROMISE. OPEN
CONFRONTATION APPARENTLY DOES NOT WORK. NEW PENTAGON
CHIEF ASPIN HAS SUGGESTED HOLDING OFF THE DECISION
ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AND TO TAKE A MORE DIPLOMATIC
APPROACH. HOWEVER, THE NEW CREW IN THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
HAVE A HARD TIME STANDING UP AGAINST THE THOUSANDS OF
HOMOSEXUALS WHO SUPPORTED CLINTON IN ,THE ELECTION
CAMPAIGN. AFTER ALL, EVERY SEVENTH VOTE FOR THE
PRESIDENT CAME FROM A HOMOSEXUAL. CLINTON WAS THE FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO MAKE THE DE-CRIMINALIZATION OF
HOMOSEXUALS AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN ISSUE."
E. ECONOMIC: GATT, U.S. ECONOMY
1. LEFT-OF-CENTER FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU CARRIES A
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 07 BONN GM 02096
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REPORT UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"KINKEL CALLS UPON PARIS TO SHOW WILLINGNESS FOR
COMPROMISE."
"FOREIGN MINISTER KLAUS KINKEL DIRECTED AN URGENT
APPEAL TO THE PARIS GOVERNMENT NOT TO FOIL THE GATT
NEGOTIATIONS. DURING A SPEECH AT FREIBURG UNIVERSITY,
KINKEL SAID THAT A SUCCESS OF THE GATT TALKS IS A
'MUST.' BONN 'SHOWED ITS SOLIDARITY' (WITH FRANCE) 'WITH
A WILLINGNESS BORDERING ON SELF-DENIAL.' KINKEL DEMANDED
THAT 'FRANCE MUST NOW ALSO SHOW SOLIDARITY.' HE ADDED
THAT THE INTEREST OF NO PARTNER COUNTRY IN THE EC SHOULD
RESULT IN A TRADE WAR WITH THE OTHER BIG INDUSTRIALIZED
POWERS OF THE WORLD.
"KINKEL WARNED THAT A FAILURE OF THE GATT TALKS WOULD
STYMIE THE POWER CENTERS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, I.E. THE
THREE INDUSTRIALIZED REGIONS IN EUROPE, JAPAN AND THE
U.S. IF 'THESE THREE' TURNED THEIR FORCES AGAINST EACH
OTHER, THERE WOULD HARDLY BE A CHANCE TO OVERCOME THE
GLOBAL CHALLENGES - LIKE THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF POVERTY,
POPULATION EXPLOSION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
ENVIRONMENT .... "
2. IN AN EDITORIAL ON THIS SPEECH, LEFT-OF-CENTER
FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU OPINES UNDER THE HEADLINE:
"EDUCATION TO WEARINESS."
"WELL ROARED, LION KINKEL. OF COURSE, FRANCE SHOULD
NOT FOIL THE GATT TALKS. IT IS SELF-EVIDENT THAT A
SUCCESS OF THE GATT TALKS IS A 'MUST.'
NATURALLY, A
TRADE WAR WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
THESE ARE TRUISMS ... BUT TO BE HONEST, THEY ARE GETTING ON
OUR NERVES. POLITICS WOULD BE MORE CREDIBLE IF IT
DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION INSTEAD OF
RELYING ON GREAT WORDS.
"IN AN EXEMPLARY MANNER, THE GATT TALKS SHOW ON AN
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL HOW THE PUBLIC CAN BE EDUCATED TO
ADOPT A NOTORIOUS WEARINESS OF POLITICS, SINCE THE
POLITICIANS HAVE NOW BEEN PALAVERING FOR MORE THAN SEVEN
YEARS ABOUT A REDUCTION OF TARIFF BARRIERS .... AND THEY
ALWAYS MADE PROMISES THAT, IN HINDSIGHT, DID NOT COME
TRUE ....
"THIS IS 1993 AND A CONCLUSION OF THE GATT TALKS IS
NOT IN SIGHT. INSTEAD, THE 'TRADE PARTNERS' ARE FIGHTING
EACH OTHER WITH OLD AND PARTLY MORE WEAPONS .... THEY ALL
VIOLATE THE SPIRIT OF FREE TRADE,· SOME WITH REGARD TO
CARS, SOME WITH REGARD TO RICE, AND STILL OTHERS WITH
UNCLAS SECTION 07 OF 07 BONN GM 02096
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DRAFT JUSTICE. AND THE SITUATION WILL PROBABLY BECOME
EVEN MORE PROBLEMATIC IN CASE OF MILITARILY DANGEROUS
MISSIONS OUTSIDE OF NATO OR A LARGE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES.
"FOR ALL THESE REASONS, DEFENSE MINISTER RUEHE'S
DECISIONS WILL ULTIMATELY TURN OUT TO BE DECISIONS
POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF A PROFESSIONAL ARMY. THE
PARTIES CURRENTLY STILL HOLDING ON TO THE DRAFT COULD
QUICKLY ADJUST TO THE ALTERED SITUATION AND, IN THIS
PROCESS, EVEN REFER TO A CONCLUSIVE POLITICAL ARGUMENT.
THE DRAFT IS A CHILD OF A SOVEREIGN NATIONAL STATE. ONLY
THIS STATE CREATED THE DEGREE OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITY THAT
IS THE PREREQUISITE FOR DEMANDING THAT SOMEONE RISK HIS
LIFE AS HIS DUTY AS A CITIZEN. IF THE TASK OF DEFEFE IS
PASSED ON FROM THE NATIONAL STATE TO A SUPRANATIONAL
ORGANIZATION, WHICH BONN IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN THE
COURSE OF EUROPEAN UNIFICATION, THE QUESTION ARISES ANEW
OF WHO SHOULD FULFILL THIS TASK AND HOW. UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, A PROFESSIONAL ARMY COULD BY ALL MEANS
LOOK TO THE POLITICIANS AND THE PUBLIC LIKE THE MOST
SUITABLE INSTRUMENT TO ENSURE SECURITY IN EUROPE."
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE -- HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY
ALL ADDRESSEES ARE AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED TO READDRESS THIS
MESSAGE AS APPROPRIATE.
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02
SUBJ: PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE -- HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY
ALL ADDRESSEES ARE AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED TO READDRESS THIS
MESSAGE AS APPROPRIATE.
1. TODAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED ACTION ON THE ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALS
IN THE MILITARY. TEXT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
(QUOTE) GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
I'M SORRY, WE HAD A LAST MINUTE DELAY OCCASIONED BY
ANOTHER ISSUE,,NOT THIS ONE.
THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO LIFT THE BAN ON HOMOSEXUALS
IN THE MILITARY HAS, TO PUT IT MILDLY, SPARKED A GREAT DEAL OF
INTEREST OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
TODAY, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT, AT
LEAST WITH SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR MITCHELL, ABOUT HOW WE WILL
PROCEED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT
THIS ISSUE AND WHY, AND WHAT I HAVE DECIDED TO DO; AFTER A LONG
CONVERSATION, AND A VERY GOOD ONE WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE HOMOSEXUALS
IN THE MILITARY. EVERYONE CONCEDES THAT THERE ARE. THE ISSUE IS
WHETHER MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAN AND HAVE SERVED WITH REAL
DISTINCTION SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM MILITARY SERVICE SOLELY ON
THE BASIS OF THEIR STATUS.
AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD NOT. THE PRINCIPLE ON WHICH
I BASE THIS POSITION IS THIS. I BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS
WHO WANT TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO UNLESS
THEIR CONDUCT DISQUALIFIES THEM FROM DOING SO.
MILITARY LIFE IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM CIVILIAN
SOCIETY. IT NECESSARILY HAS A DIFFERENT AND STRICTER CODE OF
CONDUCT, EVEN A DIFFERENT CODE OF JUSTICE.
NONETHELESS, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT
ALL NECESSARY RESTRICTIONS ON .THEIR BEHAVIOR, MANY OF WHICH
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WOULD BE INTOLERABLE IN CIVILIAN SOCIETY, SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SERVE THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY AND WELL.
I HAVE ASKED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO SUBMIT BY
JULY THE 15TH A DRAFT EXECUTIVE ORDER, AFTER FULL CONSULTATION
WITH MILITARY AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, AND CONCERNED
INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH WOULD END THE
PRESENT POLICY SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF--EXCUSE ME--OF EXCLUSION
FROM MILITARY SERVICE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
AND AT THE SAME TIME, ESTABLISH RIGOROUS STANDARDS
REGARDING SEXUAL CONDUCT TO BE APPLIED TO ALL MILITARY
PERSONNEL.
THIS DRAFT ORDER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STUDY
CONDUCTED DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ON THE REAL PRACTICAL
PROBLEMS THAT WOULD Bg INVOLVED IN THIS REVISION OF POLICY, SO
THAT WE WILL HAVE A PRACTICAL, REALISTIC APPROACH CONSISTENT
WITH THE HIGH STANDARDS OF COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS AND UNIT
COHESION THAT OUR ARMED SERVICES MUST MAINTAIN.
I AGREE WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS THAT THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT MUST BE REQUIRED. THE CHANGE CANNOT AND
SHOULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT DOES REQUIRE EXTENSIVE
CONSULTATION WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS, EXPERTS IN THE CONGRESS AND
IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, JOINED BY MY ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS.
WE'VE CONSULTED CLOSELY TO DATE AND WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE.
DURING THAT PROCESS, INTERIM MEASURES WILL BE PLACED INTO
EFFECT, WHICH I HOPE AGAIN SHARPEN THE FOCUS OF THIS DEBATE.
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE AGREED TO REMOVE THE
QUESTION REGARDING ONE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION FROM FUTURE VERSIONS
OF THE ENLISTMENT APPLICATION AND IT WILL NOT BE ASKED IN THE
INTERIM.
WE ALSO ALL AGREE THAT A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF CONDUCT
CAN AND MUST BE APPLIED. SO THE SINGLE AREA OF DISAGREEMENT IS
THIS. SHOULD SOMEONE BE ABLE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY IN UNIFORM
IF THEY SAY THEY ARE HOMOSEXUAL BUT THEY DO NOTHING WHICH
VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT, UNDERMINES UNIT COHESION OR MORALE
APART FROM THAT STATEMENT?
THAT IS WHAT THE FUROR OF THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN
ABOUT. AND THE PRACTICAL AND NOT INSIGNIFICANT ISSUES RAISED BY
THAT ISSUE ARE WHAT WILL BE STUDIED IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THROUGH THIS PERIOD ENDING JULY 15TH, THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE WILL SEEK CONTINUANCES IN PENDING COURT CASES
INVOLVING REINSTATEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS UNDER
CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICIES BASED ON STATUS ALONE
WILL BE STAYED, PENDING COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW'
THE FINAL DISCHARGE IN CASES BASED ONLY ON STATUS WILL
BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE PRESIDENT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
AND ACT UPON THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENT POLICY.
IN THE MEANTIME, A MEMBER WHO'S DISCHARGE HAS BEEN
SUSPENDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BE SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE
DUTY AND PLACED IN STAND-BY RESERVE UNTIL THE FINAL REPORT OF
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE FINAL ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT I HAVE REACHED WITH SENATOR
NUNN AND SENATOR MITCHELL. DURING THIS REVIEW PROCESS, I WILL
WORK WITH THE CONGRESS AND I BELIEVE THE COMPROMISE ANNOUNCED
TODAY BY THE SENATORS AND BY ME SHOWS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
TO END THE GRIDLOCK THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR CITY FOR TOO LONG. THIS
COMPROMISE IS NOT EVERYTHING I WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR, OR
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE STOOD FOR, BUT IT IS PLAINLY A
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SUBSTANTIAL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD ON OTHER TERRIBLY
IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING FAR MORE AMERICANS. MY ADMINISTRATION
CAME TO THIS CITY WITH A MISSION--TO BRING CRITICAL ISSUES OF
REFORM AND RENEWAL, AND ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION TO THE PUBLIC
DEBATE--ISSUES THAT ARE CENTRAL TO THE LIVES OF ALL AMERICANS.
WE ARE WORKING ON AN ECONOMIC REFORM AGENDA THAT WILL
BEGIN WITH AN ADDRESS TO THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON
FEBRUARY 17TH.
IN THE COMING MONTHS THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON
HEALTH CARE, CHAIRED BY THE FIRST LADY, WILL COMPLETE WORK ON A
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED TO
CONGRESS WITHIN 100 DAYS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
WE WILL BE DESIGNING A SYSTEM OF NATIONAL SERVICE, TO
BEGIN A SEASON OF SERVICE IN WHICH OUR NATION'S UNMET NEEDS ARE
ADDRESSED, AND WE PROVIDE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO TO COLLEGE.
WE WILL BE PROPOSING COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE REFORM
LEGISLATION, AND OTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVES.
I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST TWO
OR THREE DAYS BY SENATOR NUNN, SENATOR MITCHELL AND OTHERS, TO
UNCLAS FINAL SECTION OF 02
ENABLE US TO MOVE FORWARD ON A PRINCIPLE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
ME, WITHOUT SHUTTING THE GOVERNMENT DOWN AND RUNNING THE RISK OF
NOT EVEN ADDRESSING THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ISSUE WHICH IS
SO IMPORTANT TO AMERICA'S FAMILIES, BEFORE CONGRESS GOES INTO
ITS RECESS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ON WITH THIS ISSUE
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND WITH THESE OTHER ISSUES WHICH WERE
SO CENTRAL TO THE CAMPAIGN, AND FAR MORE IMPORTANTLY, ARE SO
IMPORTANT TO THE LIVES OF ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
(UNQUOTE)
2. THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO ISSUED THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE TODAY
CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY REGARDING HOMOSEXUALS IN
THE MILITARY:
(QUOTE) THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY THAT
EXCLUDES HOMOSEXUALS FROM MILITARY SERVICE AND PREPARE A DRAFT
EXECUTIVE ORDER BASED UPON THAT REVIEW BY JULY 15, 1993.
CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL POLICIES RELATED TO THIS
ISSUE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AT LEAST THROUGH JULY 15, 1993, WHILE
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CONDUCTING THE REVIEW DIRECTED BY THE
PRESIDENT, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE:
FIRST, QUESTIONS REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION WILL BE REMOVED
FROM FUTURE VERSIONS OF THE INDUCTION APPLICATION, AND WILL NOT BE
ASKED IN THE INTERIM. THE BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY JUSTICE WHICH ALL
RECRUITS ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE UPON ENTRY TO MILITARY SERVICE AND
PERIODICALLY THEREAFTER UNDER ARTICLE 137 OF THE UNIFORM CODE OF
MILITARY JUSTICE WILL INCLUDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING SEXUAL CONDUCT BY MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED SERVICES.
SECOND, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS SEEKING CONTINUANCES IN
PENDING COURT-CASES INVOLVING FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN
DISCHARGED ON THE BASIS OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND WHO ARE SEEKING
REINSTATEMENT INTO MILITARY SERVICE. THE CONTINUANCES WOULD FREEZE
THOSE CASES PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE REVIEW DIRECTED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
THIRD, COMMANDING OFFICESS WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS CASES UNDER
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THE CURRENT CASES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO HOMOSEXUALITY.
-- CASES INVOLVING HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH
ACTUAL SEPARATION AND DISCHARGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT POLICY.
,- WHEN A CASE INVOLVES ONLY HOMOSEXUAL STATUS AND THE PERSON
INVOLVED REQUESTS A DISCHARGE, THE PERSON WILL BE RELEASED FROM
ACTIVE DUTY.
-- CASES INVOLVING ACKNOWLEDGED HOMOSEXUAL STATUS BEING CONTESTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH ALL APPLICABLE
STAGES, INCLUDING NOTICE OF THE BASIS FOR SEPARATION, HEARING
BEFORE A BOARD OF OFFICERS, REVIEW OF THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS
BY THE SEPARATION AUTHORITY, AND ACTION BY THE SEPARATION AUTHORITY
TO DISCHARGE THE PERSON. IF DIRECTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE
FINAL DISCHARGE IN THE CASES BASED ONLY ON STATUS WILL BE SUSPENDED
UNTIL THE PRESIDENT ACTS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT POLICY. A MEMBER WHOSE DISCHARGE
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BE SEPARATED FROM
ACTIVE DUTY AND PLACED IN THE STANDBY RESERVE. INDIVIDUALS IN THE
STANDBY RESERVE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO RETURN, UPON REQUEST, TO
ACTIVE DUTY SHOULD THE CURRENT POLICY BE CHANGED. THOSE PERSONNEL
WHOSE CASES HAVE NOT BEEN SUSPENDED WILL BE DISCHARGED.
-- COMMANDING OFFICERS MAY, IN THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
OR THE UNIT CONCERNED, DIRECT CHANGES IN THE ASSIGNMENT OF PERSON,
NEL DURING THE COURSE OF SEPARATION PROCEEDINGS.
(UNQUOTE)
3. THE FOLLOWING IS INITIAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE
ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY:
A. DETAILS OF HOW THE POLICY REVIEW PROCESS WILL PROCEED AND OF
MANY OF THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS WHILE THE REVIEW IS IN PROGRESS ARE
NOT YET AVAILABLE. UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW HAS
PRO~RESSED FURTHER AND MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE,
IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO SPECULATE ON THE REVIEW PROCESS, ITS PARAMETERS,
PROGRESS OR OUTCOME. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THE MEDIA OR GENERAL
PUBLIC WILL REQUEST REGARDING THE STATUS OF LEGAL CASES, AND THE
IMPACT ON EXISTING MILITARY DISCIPLINE, HOUSING AND OTHER APPLICA,
BLE POLICIES IS NOT YET KNOWN AND IS CENTRAL TO THE POLICY REVIEW.
B. AUTHORIZED SPOKESPERSONS MAY DRAW FROM THE TEXT OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT AND/OR WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE IN RESPONSE
TO QUERY. IF ASKED ABOUT DOD POLICY, UNIT COMMANDERS AND AUTHORIZED SPOKESPERSONS SHOULD RESPOND TO MEDIA AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES AS
FOLLOWS UNTIL FURTHER GUIDANCE IS RECEIVED:
(QUOTE) THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL ISSUE ORDERS NEXT WEEK TO IMPLEMENT THE
PRESIDENT'S INSTRUCTIONS. THE CONSULTATION AND REVIEW PROCESS
WHICH WILL LEAD TO A DRAFT EXECUTIVE ORDER IS UNDERWAY. (UNQUOTE)
C' REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE HANDLED AT THE UNIT LEVEL
IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH REQUESTS ON ANY DEFENSE/UNIT-RELATED TOPIC. CONSISTENT WITH OPERATIONS AND A UNIT'S ABILITY TO
SUPPORT, MEDIA WILL CONTINUE TO BE PERMITTED TO CONDUCT "PERSON ON
THE STREET" INTERVIEWS TO SOLICIT INDIVIDUAL MILITARY MEMBERS'
OPINIONS ON THE ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY. ALL REQUESTS
FOR ON-BASE MEDIA AVAILABILITIES OR INTERVIEWS WITH ANY MILITARY
PERSON WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE LOCAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE'
ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY MILITARY MEMBERS WILL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS PERSONAL OPINION.
4. OASD(PA) POINTS OF CONTACT FOR PLANS ARE LT COL P.J. CROWLEY,
USAF, OR LCDR CHUCK FRANKLIN, USN, DSN 223,1076, COMM 703,693-1076.
POC FOR MEDIA QUERIES IS LT COL DOUG HART, USAF, DSN 227-5131, COMM
703-697,5131.
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE -- HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY
ALL ADDRESSEES ARE AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED TO READDRESS THIS
MESSAGE AS APPROPRIATE.
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02
SUBJ: PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE -- HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY
ALL ADDRESSEES ARE AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED TO READDRESS THIS
MESSAGE AS APPROPRIATE.
1. TODAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED ACTION ON THE ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALS
IN THE MILITARY. TEXT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
(QUOTE) GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
I'M SORRY, WE HAD A LAST MINUTE DELAY OCCASIONED BY
ANOTHER ISSUE--NOT THIS ONE.
THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO LIFT THE BAN ON HOMOSEXUALS
IN THE MILITARY HAS, TO PUT IT MILDLY, SPARKED A GREAT DEAL OF
INTEREST OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.
TODAY, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT, AT
LEAST WITH SENATOR NUNN AND SENATOR MITCHELL, ABOUT HOW WE WILL
PROCEED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT
THIS ISSUE AND WHY, AND WHAT I HAVE DECIDED TO DD, AFTER A LONG
CONVERSATION, AND A VERY GOOD ONE WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
STAFF, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE HOMOSEXUALS
IN THE MILITARY. EVERYONE CONCEDES THAT THERE ARE. THE ISSUE IS
WHETHER MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAN AND HAVE SERVED WITH REAL
DISTINCTION SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM MILITARY SERVICE SOLELY ON
THE BASIS OF THEIR STATUS.
AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD NOT. THE PRINCIPLE ON WHICH
I BASE THIS POSITION IS THIS. I BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS
WHO WANT TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO UNLESS
THEIR CONDUCT DISQUALIFIES THEM FROM DOING SO.
MILITARY LIFE IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM CIVILIAN
SOCIETY. IT NECESSARILY HAS A DIFFERENT AND STRICTER CODE OF
CONDUCT, EVEN A DIFFERENT CODE OF JUSTICE.
NONETHELESS, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT
ALL NECESSARY RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR BEHAVIOR, MANY OF WHICH
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WOULD BE INTOLERABLE IN CIVILIAN SOCIETY, SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SERVE THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY AND WELL.
I HAVE ASKED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO SUBMIT BY
JULY THE 15TH A DRAFT EXECUTIVE ORDER, AFTER FULL CONSULTATION
WITH MILITARY AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, AND CONCERNED
INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH WOULD END THE
PRESENT POLICY SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF--EXCUSE ME--OF EXCLUSION
FROM MILITARY SERVICE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
AND AT THE SAME TIME, ESTABLISH RIGOROUS STANDARDS
REGARDING SEXUAL CONDUCT TO BE APPLIED TO ALL MILITARY
PERSONNEL.
THIS DRAFT ORDER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STUDY
CONDUCTED DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ON THE REAL PRACTICAL
PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS REVISION OF POLICY, SO
THAT WE WIL.L HAVE A PRACTICAL, REALISTIC APPROACH CONSISTENT
COHESION THAT OUR ARMED SERVICES MUST MAINTAIN.
I AGREE WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS THAT THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT MUST BE REQUIRED. THE CHANGE CANNOT AND
SHOULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT DOES REQUIRE EXTENSIVE
CONSULTATION WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS, EXPERTS IN THE CONGRESS AND
IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, JOINED BY MY ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS.
WE'VE CONSULTED CLOSELY TO DATE AND WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE.
DURING THAT PROCESS, INTERIM MEASURES WILL BE PLACED INTO
EFFECT, WHICH I HOPE AGAIN SHARPEN THE FOCUS OF THIS DEBATE.
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE AGREED TO REMOVE THE
QUESTION REGARDING ONE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION FROM FUTURE VERSIONS
OF THE ENLISTMENT APPLICATION AND IT WILL NOT BE ASKED IN THE
INTERIM.
WE ALSO ALL AGREE THAT A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF CONDUCT
CAN AND MUST BE APPLIED. SO THE SINGLE AREA OF DISAGREEMENT IS
THIS. SHOULD SOMEONE BE ABLE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY IN UNIFORM
IF THEY SAY THEY ARE HOMOSEXUAL BUT THEY DO NOTHING WHICH
VIOLATES THE CODE OF CONDUCT, UNDERMINES UNIT COHESION OR MORALE
APART FROM THAT STATEMENT?
THAT IS WHAT THE FUROR OF THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN
ABOUT. AND THE PRACTICAL AND NOT INSIGNIFICANT ISSUES RAISED BY
THAT ISSUE ARE WHAT WILL BE STUDIED IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THROUGH THIS PERIOD ENDING JULY 15TH, THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE WILL SEEK CONTINUANCES IN PENDING COURT CASES
INVOLVING REINSTATEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS UNDER
CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICIES BASED ON STATUS ALONE
WILL BE STAYED, PENDING COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW.
THE FINAL DISCHARGE IN CASES BASED ONLY ON STATUS WILL
BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE PRESIDENT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
AND ACT UPON THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF
D~FENSE WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENT POLICY.
IN THE MEANTIME, A MEMBER WHO'S DISCHARGE HAS BEEN
SUSPENDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BE SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE
DUTY AND PLACED IN ST~ND-BY RESERVE UNTIL THE FINAL REPORT OF
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE FINAL ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT I HAVE REACHED WITH SENATOR
NUNN AND SENATOR MITCHELL. DURING THIS REVIEW PROCESS, I WILL
WORK WITH THE CONGRESS AND I BELIEVE THE COMPROMISE ANNOUNCED
TODAY BY THE SENATORS AND BY ME SHOWS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
COMPROMISE IS NOT EVERYTHING I WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR, OR
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE STOOD FOR, BUT IT IS PLAINLY A
SUBSTANTIAL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD ON OTHER TERRIBLY
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IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING FAR MORE AMERICANS. MY ADMINISTRATION
CAME TO THIS CITY WITH A MISSION--TO BRING .CRITICAL ISSUES OF
REFORM AND RENEWAL, AND ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION TO THE PUBLIC
DEBATE--ISSUES THAT ARE CENTRAL TO THE LIVES OF ALL AMERICANS.
WE ARE WORKING ON AN ECONOMIC REFORM AGENDA THAT WILL
BEGIN WITH AN ADDRESS TO THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON
FEBRUARY 17TH.
IN THE COMING MONTHS THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON
HEALTH CARE, CHAIRED BY THE FIRST LADY, WILL COMPLETE WORK ON A
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED TO
CONGRESS WITHIN 100 DAYS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
WE WILL BE DESIGNING A SYSTEM OF NATIONAL SERVICE, TO
BEGIN A SEASON OF SERVICE IN WHICH OUR NATION'S UNMET NEEDS ARE
ADDRESSED, AND WE PROVIDE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO TO COLLEGE.
WE WILL BE PROPOSING COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE REFORM
LEGISLATION, AND OTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVES.
I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST TWO
OR THREE DAYS BY. SENATOR NUNN, SENATOR MITCHELL AND OTHERS, TO
ENABLE US TO MOVE FORWARD ON A PRINCIPLE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
ME, WITHOUT SHUTTING THE GOVERNMENT DOWN AND RUNNING THE RISK OF
UNCLAS FINAL SECTION OF 02
NOT EVEN ADDRESSING THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ISSUE WHICH IS
SO IMPORTANT TO AMERICA'S FAMILIES, BEFORE CONGRESS GOES INTO
ITS RECESS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ON WITH THIS ISSUE
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND WITH THESE OTHER ISSUES WHICH WERE
SO CENTRAL TO THE CAMPAIGN, AND FAR MORE IMPORTANTLY, ARE SO
IMPORTANT TO THE LIVES OF ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
(UNQUOTE)
2. THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO ISSUED THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE TODAY
CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY REGARDING HOMOSEXUALS IN
THE MILITARY:
(QUOTE) THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY THAT
EXCLUDES HOMOSEXUALS FROM MILITARY SERVICE AND PREPARE A DRAFT
EXECUTIVE ORDER BASED UPON THAT REVIEW BY JULY 15, 1993.
CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL POLICIES RELATED TO THIS
ISSUE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AT LEAST THROUGH JULY 15, 1993, WHILE
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CONDUCTING THE REVIEW DIRECTED BY THE
PRESIDENT, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE:
FIRST, QUESTIONS REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION WILL BE REMOVED
FROM FUTURE VERSIONS OF THE INDUCTION APPLICATION, AND WILL NOT BE
ASKED IN THE INTERIM. THE BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY JUSTICE WHICH ALL
RECRUITS ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE UPON ENTRY TO MILITARY SERVICE AND
PERIODICALLY THEREAFTER UNDER ARTICLE 137 OF THE UNIFORM CODE OF
MILITARY JUSTICE WILL INCLUDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING SEXUAL CONDUCT BY MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES.
SECOND, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS SEEKING CONTINUANCES IN
PENDING COURT-CASES INVOLVING FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN
DISCHARGED ON THE BASIS OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND WHO ARE SEEKING
REINSTATEMENT INTO MILITARY SERVICE. THE CONTINUANCES WOULD FREEZE
THOSE CASES PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE REVIEW DIRECTED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
THIRD, COMMANDING OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS CASES UNDER
THE CURRENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO HOMOSEXUALITY.
-- CASES INVOLVING HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH
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Page 4 of5
ACTUAL SEPARATION AND DISCHARGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT POLICY.
-- WHEN A CASE INVOLVES ONLY HOMOSEXUAL STATUS AND THE PERSON
INVOLVED REQUESTS A DISCHARGE, THE PERSON WILL BE RELEASED FROM
ACTIVE DUTY.
-- CASES INVOLVING ACKNOWLEDGED HOMOXEXUAL STATUS BEING CONTESTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH ALL APPLICABLE
STAGES, INCLUDING NOTICE OF THE BASIS FOR SEPARATION, HEARING
BEFORE A BOARD OF OFFICERS, REVIEW OF THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS
BY THE SEPARATION AUTHORITY, AND ACTION BY THE SEPARATION AUTHORITY
TO DISCHARGE THE PERSON. IF DIRECTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE
FINAL DISCHARGE IN CASES BASED ONLY ON STATUS WILL BE SUSPENDED
UNTIL THE PRESIDENT ACTS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT POLICY. A MEMBER WHOSE DISCHARGE
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BE SEPARATED FROM
ACTIVE DUTY AND PLACED IN THE STANDBY RESERVE. INDIVIDUALS IN THE
STANDBY RESERVE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO RETURN, UPON REQUEST, TO
ACTIVE DUTY SHOULD THE CURRENT POLICY BE CHANGED. THOSE PERSONNEL
WHOSE CASES HAVE NOT BEEN SUSPENDED WILL BE DISCHARGED.
-- COMMANDING OFFICERS MAY, IN THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
OR THE UNIT CONCERNED, DIRECT CHANGES IN THE ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL DURING THE COURSE OF SEPARATION PROCEEDINGS.
(UNQUOTE)
3. THE FOLLOWING IS INITIAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE
ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY:
A. DETAILS OF HOW THE POLICY REVIEW PROCESS WILL PROCEED AND OF
MANY OF THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS WHILE THE REVIEW IS IN PROGRESS ARE
NOT YET AVAILABLE. UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW HAS
PROGRESSED FURTHER AND MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO SPECULATE ON THE REVIEW PROCESS, ITS PARAMETERS,
PROGRESS OR OUTCOME. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THE MEDIA OR GENERAL
PUBLIC WILL REQUEST REGARDING THE STATUS OF LEGAL CASES, AND THE
IMPACT ON EXISTING MILITARY DISCIPLINE, HOUSING AND OTHER APPLICABLE POLICIES IS NOT YET KNOWN AND IS CENTRAL TD THE POLICY REVIEW.
B. AUTHORIZED SPOKESPERSONS MAY DRAW FROM THE TEXT OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT AND/OR WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE IN RESPONSE
TO QUERY. IF ASKED ABOUT DOD POLICY, UNIT COMMANDERS AND AUTHORIZED SPOKESPERSONS SHOULD RESPOND TO MEDIA AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES AS
FOLLOWS UNTIL FURTHER GUIDANCE IS RECEIVED:
(QUOTE) THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL ISSUE ORDERS NEXT WEEK TO IMPLEMENT THE
PRESIDENT'S INSTRUCTIONS. THE CONSULTATION AND REVIEW PROCESS
WHICH WILL LEAD TO A DRAFT EXECUTIVE ORDER IS UNDERWAY. (UNQUOTE)
C. REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE HANDLED AT THE UNIT LEVEL
IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH REQUESTS ON ANY DEFENSE/UNIT-RELATED TOPIC. EONSISTENT WITH OPERATIONS AND A UNIT'S ABILITY TO
SUPPORT, MEDIA WILL CONTINUE TO BE PERMITTED TO CONDUCT "PERSON ON
THE STREET" INTERVIEWS TO SOLICIT INDIVIDUAL MILITARY MEMBERS.
OPINIONS ON THE ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY. ALL REQUESTS
FOR ON-BASE MEDIA AVAILABILITIES OR INTERVIEWS WITH AND MILITARY
PERSON WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE LOCAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE.
ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY MILITARY MEMBERS WILL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS PERSONAL OPINION.
4. OASD(PA) POINTS OF CONTACT FOR PLANS ARE LT COL P.J. CROWLEY,
USAF, OR LCDR CHUCK FRANKLIN, USN, DSN 223-1076, COMM 703-693-1076.
POC. FOR MEDIA QUERIES IS LT COL DOUG HART, USAF, DSN 227-5131, COMM
703-697-5131.
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RUEATRS/DEPTTREAS WASHDC
RUCPDC/USDOC WASHDC
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RBDBAAX//BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE CAMBERLEY UK
MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
BROADCAST MEDIA
BOSNIA
ON BBC TV'S BREAKFAST NEWS, REPORTER GEORGE EAKIN
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 13 LONDON 01841
USIA
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
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GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR USLO
E.0.12356:N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
BROADCAST MEDIA
BOSNIA
ON BBC TV'S BREAKFAST NEWS, REPORTER GEORGE EAKIN
INTERVIEWED PEACE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRMAN LORD OWEN ON HIS
ARRIVAL AT HEATHROW LAST NIGHT. LORD OWEN SAID :
"MY OWN VIEW IS THAT OVER DISCUSSIONS IN NEW YORK, WE
WILL GET AGREEMENT, EVEN ON THE MAP, PRIOR TO ANY
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. AT LEAST, I HOPE SO. I
COULD DRAW YOU A MAP NOW WHICH WOULD PLEASE BOTH THE
BOSNIANS, SERBS AND BOSNIAN MUSLIMS. BUT AT THE MOMENT,
THEY ARE NOT YET PREPARED TO TRADE OFF AGAINST EACH
OTHER, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WILL. "
UNCLASSIFIED
EAKIN COMMENTED: "LORD OWEN SAYS ONE REASON WHY THE
MUSLIMS ARE HOLDING OUT IS THAT THEY THINK THE AMERICANS
ARE ABOUT TO SEND THEM MILITARY AID. INSTEAD, OWEN SAYS,
PRESIDENT CLINTON SHOULD BACK THE PEACE PLAN. "
LORD OWEN WENT ON
"I WOULD LIKE HIM (CLINTON) TO GO
ONE STEP FURTHER, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY SIGNIFICANT,
WHICH WOULD BE TO SAY HE WOULD ACCEPT U.S. FORCES IN BLUE
BERETS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PEACE EFFORT IN BOSNIAHERCEGOVINA, PERHAPS CO-ORDINATED BY NATO. "
A. TODAY'S MAJOR NEWS STORIES
1. ERM
2. U.S. POLITICS
3. BRITISH ARMY
B. SUMMARY
1. ERM
THE WEEKEND DEVALUATION OF THE IRISH PUNT HAS TURNED MANY
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"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR USLO
E.0.12356:N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
PAPERS' ATTENTION BACK TO THE TWIN SUBJECTS OF THE
MAASTRICHT TREATY AND ERM. OF THE FIVE EDITORIALS THIS
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MORNING, FOUR CATEGORICALLY STATED THAT THE ERM IN ITS
PRESENT FORM WOULD SOON COLLAPSE, AND THAT THIS WOULD BE
A SUBJECT OF CELEBRATION, NOT MOURNING. ONLY THE LIBERAL
GUARDIAN WAS MORE CAUTIOUS, STATING IN NON-SPECIFIC TERMS
THAT:
"EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE ERM SHOWS THAT MORE
UNCLASSIFIED
·CO-OPERATION, NOT LESS, IS THE ONLY LONG-TERM ANSWER.
WITHOUT IT, EUROPE WILL CONTINUE TO SPLINTER UNDER THE
WEIGHT OF RECESSION INTO A SERIES OF COMPETITIVE
DEFLATIONARY NATIONAL ECONOMIES. "
THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT LIKENED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
BUNDESBANK TO GODOT. "WAITING FOR HIM AND HIS COUNCIL TO
MAKE SOME MINIMAL REDUCTION IN GERMAN INTEREST RATES IS
NO LONGER AN ADEQUATE SUBSTITUTE FOR SUBSTANTIVE REFORM."
2. U.S. POLITICS
HOMOSEXUALS AND HEALTHCARE STILL FEATURE AS TOPICS OF
INTEREST, AS WELL AS EVALUATIONS OF THE NEW PRESIDENT'S
POPULARITY. THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT'S RUPERT CORNWELL
REPORTED FROM WASHINGTON, ON THE PAPER'S FRONT PAGE:
"WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HONEYMOON?
THE STANDARD PERIOD OF GRACE USED TO BE 100 DAYS, EVEN
SIX MONTHS. ON JANUARY 20, THE INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST
BABY-BOOMER IN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS HAILED AS A NEW
BEGINNING. TO JUDGE FROM THIS WEEKEND'S HEADLINES, THE
ASSEMBLED RANKS OF AMERICAN PUNDITRY ARE ALREADY SUING
FOR DIVORCE. "
3. BRITISH ARMY
ONE EDITORIAt IN THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH,
CALLING. FOR A DELAY IN THE PROPOSED CUTS IN THE BRITISH
ARMY, IN THE LIGHT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNIA AND
ELSEWHERE.
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 13 LONDON 01841
USIA
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR OSLO
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
C. HEADLINES
UNCLASSIFIED
1. ERM
"GOOD NEWS FROM DUBLIN" (TIMES EDITORIAL)
"AFTER THE PUNT DEVALUATION" (FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIAL)
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"THE WORST OF ALL WORLDS" (INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL)
"THE PUNT TAKES A POUNDING" (GUARDIAN EDITORIAL)
"BURY TREATY WITH THE ERM" (TODAY EDITORIAL)
2. U.S. POLITICS
"FORCE OF UNREASON" (GUARDIAN COMMENTARY)
."CALLING THE PHONE-IN PRESIDENT" (GUARDIAN COMMENTARY)
"THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HILLARY" (FINANCIAL TIMES
COMMENTARY)
3. BRITISH ARMY
"PEACE DIVIDEND DEFERRED" (DAILY TELEGRAPH COMMENTARY)
D. TEXT
1. ERM
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
"SATURDAY'S DEVALUATION OF THE IRISH PUNT WAS GOOD NEWS
FOR IRISH INDUSTRY AND FOR THE 17 PER CENT OF THE
UNCLASSIFIED
COUNTRY'S WORKFORCE WHO ARE NOW JOBLESS LARGELY BECAUSE
OF THE GOVERNMENT'S VAIN EFFORT TO CLING TO A NEEDLESSLY
HIGH EXCHANGE RATE. DEVALUATION WAS ALSO WELCOME TO THE
MANY SENSIBLE PEOPLE IN IRELAND WHO SWITCHED THEIR
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 13 LONDON 01841
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"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR USLO
E.0.12356:N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
SAVINGS INTO FOREIGN CURRENCIES BEFORE THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER, THE FULL BENEFITS OF THE WEEKEND'S WORK BY
EUROPEAN FINANCE MINISTERS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD ACROSS
ALL EUROPE IF THE IRISH DEVALUATION TURNS OUT TO BE THE
BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE ENTIRE EXCHANGE-RATE
MECHANISM. FORTUNATELY, THIS IS QUITE LIKELY.
"MONETARY STRAINS IN EUROPE ARE NOT CAUSED BY SPECULATION
OR BY SMALL MISALIGNMENTS IN EXCHANGE RATES. THEY ARE
CAUSED BY A FUNDAMENTAL DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC
REQUIREMENTS OF GERMANY AND THE OTHER ~EMBERS OF THE ERM.
"THE ERM, AT LEAST IN THE RIGID FORM THAT EVOLVED AFTER
Q1989 WHE/ JACQUES DELORS LAUNCHED HIS DRIVE FOR MONETARY
UNION, HAS DONE GREAT HARM TO EUROPE. NOT ONLY HAVE HIGH
INTEREST RATES AND OVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES CONTRIBUTED
TO THE SHOCKING LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT THAT HAVE TURNED
LARGE PARTS OF FRANCE, ITALY AND SPAIN, AS WEQL AS
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IRELAND, INTO INDUSTRIAL DESERTS. ~UST AS SERIOUSLY, THE
PREOCCUPATION OF EUROPEAN POLITICIANS WITH EXCHANGE RATES
HAS DISTRACTED ATTENTION FROM THE INFINITELY MORE
IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES THROWN UP BY
EVENTS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS -- THE THREAT TO THE WORLD
TRADING SYSTEM FROM THE BREAKDOWN OF GATT, THE CHALLENGE
OF CREATING A TRULY COMPETITIVE AND OPEN SINGLE MARKET,
THE NEED TO DEREGULATE INDUSTRIES AND LABOR MARKETS TO
IMPROVE EUROPE'S PRODUCTIVITY TO THE LEVELS PREVAILING IN
AMERICA AND JAPAN, AND THE CHALLENGE OF ASSISTING RUSSIA
UNCLASSIFIED
AND EASTERN EUROPE AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE WESTERN
MARKET SYSTEM.
"AT THE START OF THIS DECADE THESE WERE THE TASKS
UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE HISTORIC CHALLENGES OF
THE 1990S FOR EUROPE. YET THEY HAVE BEEN SHAMEFULLY
NEGLECTED BY MANY GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE INSTEAD PUT THEIR
ENERGIES INTO FIGHTING SPECULATORS AND TRYING TO
MANIPULATE EXCHANGE RATES. THE ERM, FAR FROM TURNING
EUROPE INTO A 'ZONE OF MONETARY STABILITY' AS ITS
FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED, HAS PRODUCED DESTABILIZING
FINANCIAL CRISES. THE BEST HOPE FOR EUROPE IS THAT THE
UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 13 LONDON 01841
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"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR USLO
E.0.12356:N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
ERM'S NEXT CRISIS WILL BE ITS LAST. "
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
"YET ANOTHER PUNCH-DRUNK EUROPEAN CURRENCY, THE IRISH
PUNT, HAS THROWN IN THE TOWEL . . . . EVERY COUNTRY IN
EUROPE, EXCEPT GERMANY (THOUGH MANY WOULD DISAGREE THERE
TOO), NEEDS FAR LOWER INTEREST RATES. THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER THEY WILL GET THEM IN TIME. EVEN PARIS, THE MOST
RESOLUTE UPHOLDER OF THE 'HARD ERM', MUST RECOGNIZE THAT
PERSISTENCE WITH 'RIGUEUR' MAY LEAD NOT TO THE SUNLIT
UPLANDS, BUT TO A BREAKDOWN WITH DAMAGING POLITICAL, AS
WELL AS ECONOMIC, CONSEQUENCES. TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY MAY
NOW BE A MORE SATISFACTORY ROUTE TO THE STRATEGIC GOAL OF
EMU THAN PERSISTENCE ALONG THE EC'S PRESENT COURSE. THE
ONLY ESCAPE WOULD BE A LARGE REDUCTION IN GERMAN INTEREST
RATES . . . . IF THE BUNDESBANK IS NOT TO PROVIDE RELIEF,
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WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?
"GREATER CO-OPERATION OVER EXCHANGE RATE INTERVENTION IS
OF MODEST HELP WHEN THE FORM OF CO-OPERATION MOST
UNCLASSIFIED
NEEDED -- LOOSER GERMAN MONETARY POLICY AND TIGHTER
GERMAN FISCAL POLICY -- IS UNAVAILABLE. REALIGNMENTS,
THOUGH INESCAPABLE UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE, ARE OF LIMITED
BENEFIT TOO, UNLESS LARGE. THE PROBLEM OF PERSISTENTLY
HIGH INTEREST RATES REMAINS, SINCE REALIGNMENT CAN HELP
HERE ONLY IF SUBSEQUENT UPWARD REALIGNMENTS AGAINST THE
D-MARK BECOME CREDIBLE.
"IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST TO HAVE AGREED A TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION OF THE D-MARK UPON GERMAN REUNIFICATION. IT
REMAINS THE BEST OPTION. LET THE BUNDESBANK FIGHT ITS
BATTLE FOR STABILITY UNHAMPERED BY THE MONETARY
CONSEQUENCES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERVENTION AND RELINK
EXCHANGE RATES WHEN GERMAN INFLATION IS ONCE MORE WHERE
THE BUNDESBANK WANTS IT. YET AN AGREED SUSPENSION OF
OTHER CURRENCIES NEED NOT DO THEM MUCH HARM. GIVEN THE
STRONG FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FRENCH ECONOMY, IN PARTICULAR,
THE FRANC MIGHT LOSE LITTLE VALUE, EVEN WITH LOWER
INTEREST RATES.
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"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION SNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR USLO
E.0.12356:N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
"'C'EST MAGNIFIQUE, MAIS CE N'EST PAS LAGUERRE; AND IT
IS NOT SENSIBLE MONETARY POLICY EITHER. EUROPEAN LEADERS
SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES WHETHER THEIR STRATEGIC GOAL OF
EUROPEAN UNION MIGHT NOT BE BETTER SERVED BY A TEMPORARY
RETREAT THAN BY GALLOPING ON TO GLORIOUS DEFEATS OR
PYRRHIC VQCTORIES. "
('IT'S MAGNIFICENT, BUT IT'S NOT WAR')
THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT EDITORIALIZED:
"THANKS TO THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALERS' CONTINUING
SUCCESS IN EXPLOITING THE GAP BETWEEN PRETENSIONS AND
UNCLASSIFIED
KNOWN WEAKNESSES, THE ERM IS CLOSE TO LOSING ITS LAST
SHREDS OF CREDIBILITY.
"THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH ITS
CENTRAL CONCEPT : THAT PEGGING WEAKER CURRENCIES
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INCREASINGLY CLOSELY TO A CENTRAL OR ANCHOR CURRENCY
WOULD CREATE A ZONE OF STABILITY THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL
THOSE WITHIN IT. THIS CAME TO BE SEEN AS A PRECURSOR OF
MONETARY UNION, FOR WHICH A TARGET DATE OF 1999 WAS SET.
WHAT WAS NEVER FORESEEN WAS THAT THE ANCHOR CURRENCY, THE
MARK, WOULD ITSELF COME UNDER SEVERE THREAT FROM
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES SPRINGING FROM THE HUGE COSTS OF
GERMAN REUNIFICATION.
"IN ONE MEMBER STATE AFTER ANOTHER, THE DEFLATION FORCED
ON THE ERM'S MEMBERS BY POLICIES DESIGNED FOR PURELY
GERMAN CONSUMPTION HAVE PROVED POLITICALLY UNACCEPTABLE
AND ECONOMICALLY TRAUMATIC. FIRST THE ITALIAN LIRA AND
STERLING LEFT. THEN THE SPANISH PESETA AND PORTUGUESE
ESCUDO WERE DEVALUED. NOW ONLY THE FRENCH FRANC, DANISH
KRONA AND BENELUX CURRENCIES (THE LATTER EFFECTIVELY FORM
PART OF A MARK ZONE) ARE CLINGING ON, DESPITE HEAVY AND
FREQUENT ASSAULTS ON THEIR FINGERTIPS.
"COUNTRIES STILL IN THE ERM NOW HAVE THE WORST OF ALL
POSSIBLE WORLDS, WITH AN APPALLING DEFLATIONARY SQUEEZE
ACCEPTED BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS FOR LARGELY POLITICAL
REASONS.
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"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
UNCLASSIFIED
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN)
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
USMISSION USNATO FOR USIS;
PARIS FOR USIS; UNESCO; OECD;
VIENNA PASS USDEL-CSCE;
GENEVA PASS USDEL-NST; USIS; ACDA;
RAF MILDENHALL FOR PA;
BRITISH ARMY STAFF COLLEGE FOR USLO
E.0.12356:N/A
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY FEBRUARY 1
1993
"WHICH CURRENCY WILL BE THIS WEEK'S TARGET WILL SOON
BECOME EVIDENT. IF THE ERM IS NOT TO BE UTTERLY
DISCREDITED, ACTION TO REFORM IT CANNOT BE DELAYED MUCH
LONGER. THE MOST OBVIOUS ALTERNATIVES ARE FOR IT TO
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE
REVERT TO ITS MORE FLEXIBLE FORM IN WHICH EXCHANGE RATE
ADJUSTMENTS, GENERALLY QUITE SMALL, WERE RELATIVELY
FREQUENT; OR FORWARDS, BY ACCELERATING THE TIMETABLE FOR
MONETARY UNION LAID DOWN IN THE MAASTRICHT TREATY. THAT
IS PROBABLY WHAT THE FRENCH AND BENELUX COUNTRIES WOULD
PREFER, ALTHOUGH LAST WEEK HELMUT SCHLESIGNER, PRESIDENT
OF THE BUNDESBANK, ADVISED AGAINST SUCH A MOVE. IN THIS
CONTEXT, MR SCHLESIGNER IS GODOT. WAITING FOR HIM AND
HIS COUNCIL TO MAKE SOME MINIMAL REDUCTION IN GERMAN
INTEREST RATES IS NO LONGER AN ADEQUATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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SUBSTANTIVE REFORM. "
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN EDITORIALIZED:
"MORE THAN EVER, THE FATE OF THE PUNT UNDERLINES THE
DISASTROUS MISTAKE WHICH EUROPEAN FINANCE MINISTERS MADE
LAST SUMMER WHEN THEY FAILED TO PROMOTE 'A MANAGED GENERAL
REALIGNMENT OF ERM CURRENCIES. THAT FAILURE BY
POLITICIANS HAS LEFT THE FIELD OPEN TO BANKERS AND
SPECULATORS TO DO THE JOB THEIR WAY. THE WEAK HAVE BEEN
PICKED OFF ONE BY ONE, WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF A MUTUAL
SUPPORT SYSTEM. FRANCE AS WELL AS DENMARK WILL BE NEXT,
AS SPECULATORS BET AGAINST THE RESULT OF THE FRENCH
ELECTION IN MARCH. SOME WILL DRAW THE CONCLUSION THAT IT
QALL PROV/S THAT CO-OPERATION CANNOT WORK. IN FACT IT
PROVES THE OPPOSITE. EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE
ERM SHOWS THAT MORE CO-OPERATION, NOT LESS, IS THE ONLY
LONG-TERM ANSWER. WITHOUT IT, EUROPE WILL CONTINUE TO
SPLINTER UNDER THE WEIGHT OF RECESSION INTO A SERIES OF
COMPETITIVE DEFLATIONARY NATILZIBZAFDFORIALIZED:
UNCLASSIFIED
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"THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER WHETHER THE EUROPEAN ERM WILL
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TOTALLY COLLAPSE, BUT WHEN.
"FORTUNATELY BRITAIN CAN WATCH ITS DEATH THROES
DISPASSIO~ATELY.
SINCE BLACK WEDNESDAY WE HAVE BEEN OUT
OF ITS CLUTCHES.
"JOHN MAJOR DOES NOT HAVE TO BOTHER ABOUT WHEN TO REJOIN
THE ERM. BY THE TIME HE DECIDES TO, IT WILL NOT EXIST.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN MR MAJOR CAN IGNORE WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO IT. HE IS CURRENTLY PUSHING THE
RATIFICATION OF THE MAASTRICHT TREATY THOUGH THE COMMONS,
FORCING MPS TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. AND
THE KEYSTONE OF THAT TREATY IS EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION.
"ALL THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST MONTHS HAS BEEN THAT THIS
CANNOT WORK. IT IS A DREAM OF THE POLITICIANS AND
BUREAUCRATS. YET THEY WILL NOT LET THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
GO.
"IT WOULD BE MADNESS TO TIE UP OUR CURRENCY, AND OUR
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ECONOMY, IN AN UNWORKABLE EUROPEAN SYSTEM AGAIN. AND
THAT MAKES IT MADNESS TO CARRY ON WITH THE MAASTRICHT
RATIFICATION.
"IF OUR MPS ARE GOING TO SPEND THEIR NIGHTS ARGUING THEY
SHOULD DO IT ABOUT THE GREAT ISSUES FACING THE COUNTRY
THE STATE OF THE HEALTH SERVICE, SCHOOLS AND
UNEMPLOYMENT. THEY SHOULD NOT BE WASTING THEIR TIME
PUSHING THROUGH AN ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS AT BEST
UNWORKABLE AND AT WORST WOULD DRAG THE ECONOMY DOWN
AGAIN. "
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE
2. U.S. POLITICS
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN EDITORIALIZED:
"IT IS BAD NEWS THAT ARMED FORCES WHICH WERE NOBLY IN THE
FOREFRONT OF BREAKING DOWN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN
AMERICA ARE NOW RESISTING MOVES TO ABOLISH DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST GAYS. THAT THE MAN LEADING THIS FIGHT TO
MAINTAIN THE PREJUDICE IS AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK CHAIRMAN
OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, GENERAL COLIN POWELL, IS
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ESPECIALLY IRONIC. TODAY, EVERY ARGUMENT ONCE USED TO
SUPPORT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK, AND THEN FEMALE
RECRUITS, IS BEING USED AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS.
"OF COURSE WOMEN AND BLACK PEOPLE STILL FACE HARASSMENT
AND DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE ARMED SERVICES, BUT THE
IMPORTANF DISTINCTION IS THAT THESE PREJUDICES ARE NOW
UNLAWFUL.
"THE REAL ISSUE IS CLEAR ENOUGH : THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
ARE BEING UNREASONABLY DENIED THEIR CIVIL RIGHT TO FIGHT
FOR THEIR COUNTRY . . . . THE PRESIDENT WAS UNEQUIVOCAL IN
HIS .CAMPAIGN COMMITMENT. HE SHOULD BE AS RESOLUTE IN
OFFICE. TO BACK DOWN NOW WILL DESTROY HIS CREDIBILITY
ACROSS A WIDER AGENDA. HE IS BEING CLOSELY WATCHED TO
SEE IF HE IS READY TO KEEP HIS WORD, AND STAND UP FOR
UNPOPULAR CAUSES. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR GAY SOLDIERS HAS
BECOME THE TEST OF WHETHER HE INTENDS TO STICK TO HIS
GUNS. "
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IN THE SAME PAPER, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT SIMON TISDALL
REPORTED:
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE
"FORGET THE FIRST 100 DAYS. BILL CLINTON IS ALREADY
SCREWING UP AFTER ONLY 10 DAYS IN OFFICE -- OR SO THE
POLITICIANS, PUNDITS AND POSTURERS WHO FORMULATE
WASHINGTON'S 'CONVENTIONAL WISDOM' WOULD HAVE YOU
BELIEVE.
"IT'S ALL NONSENSE, OF COURSE. CLINTON'S YOUNG
PRESIDENCY.IS CERTAINLY BESIEGED. BUT THOSE COMMANDING
THE CANNON AND CATAPULTS ARE NOT CONGRESSIONAL PRIMA
DONNAS LIKE SAM NUNN, NOR THE SNEERING SABOTEURS OF THE
REPUBLICAN RIGHT, NOR EVEN THE GANG-BANGERS OF THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS CORPS. CLINTON IS UNDER SIEGE FROM THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. HAVING PROMISED A POPULIST PRESIDENCY
WHERE THE ORDINARY VOTER'S VOICE WOULD BE HEARD, HE IS
BEING HELD TO HIS WORD. HIS IS BECOMING THE PHONE-IN
PRESIDENCY. FOR CLINTON IS REAPING THE WHIRLWIND OF THE
POLITICS OF INCLUSION, DIVERSITY AND RENEWED HOPE WHICH
PUT HIM WHERE HE IS NOW. WHERE HE IS NOW HAS BECOME
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH, ALTHOUGH THAT HASN'T PUT
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ANYONE OFF. JUST TRY CALLING THE MAIN WHITE HOUSE
NUMBER. THE SWITCHBOARD IS CONSTANTLY ENGAGED.
"YET SO FAR, AT LEAST, DESPITE THE PREMATURE
PROGNOSTICATIONS OF THE CAPITAL'S CASSANDRAS, CLINTON
SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. IN FACT, THE
BOY'S DOING ALL RIGHT. AS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK GOES
THROUGH HIS PACES, IT'S THE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT
WHICH IS CONFUSED. HONEYMOON IS THE WRONG WORD : THIS IS
A NEW ENGAGEMENT, IN THE BROADEST SENSE.
"MORE THAN ANY U.S. LEADER BEFORE HIM, CLINTON HAS THE
MEANS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN AND
CONNECT DIRECT. AND IT IS IN THIS CONTEXT THAT THE
UNCLASSIFIED
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REJECTION OF ZOE BAIRD'S NOMINATION CAN BE SEEN NOT AS A
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DEFEAT, BUT AS A DEFT RESPONSE TO PUBLIC OPINION .
... WHEN THE PUBLIC GOT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, THE WHITE HOUSE
SWITCHBOARD LIT UP AND THE TALK-SHOWS WENT WILD. CALLERS
SOUGHT TO REMIND CLINTON THAT HE HAD PROMISED THAT THE
RICH AND PRIVILEGED WOULD NO LONGER GET PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY BROKE THE LAW. LISTENING
CLOSELY, CLINTON THOUGHT AGAIN, AGREED, AND WITHIN A
REMARKABLY SHORT TIME SPAN, BAIRD'S NOMINATION WAS
HISTORY.
"DESPITE SENATOR NUNN'S SELF-SERVING CLAIMS TO HAVE ·SAVED
CLINTON FROM HIMSELF, LAST FRIDAY'S COMPROMISE OVER
ENDING THE BAN ON HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY WAS A
PRODUCT OF THE SAME PROCESS.
"FOR BEHIND-THE-CURVE WASHINGTON INSIDERS, THE DUCKING
AND WEAVING EVIDENT DURING THE BAIRD AND GAYS-IN-THE
MILITARY EPISODES SHOWED SLICK WILLIE AT HIS WORST. FOR
THE CAPITAL'S MEDIA ELITE, SUCH UNBLUSHING FLEXIBILITY
AFTER THE OH-SO-BRITTLE GEORGE BUSH TOOK THE COLLECTIVE
BREATH AWAY. FOR THE CAPITOL HILL MOB, CLINTON IS
ALREADY BECOMING A FAST-MOVING TARGET.
"WHAT ALL OF THEM HAVE SO FAR FAILED TO UNDERSTAND IS
THAT CLINTON ISN'T LISTENING TO THEM. AS BEST HE CAN
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AMID THE CLAMOR, HE IS LISTENING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
IN A WAY HIS PREDECESSORS HAD NEITHER THE MEANS NOR THE
INCLINATION TO DO. FOR THE 90S AMERICAN AUDIENCE, IT'S
NOT CONSISTENCY THAT MATTERS -- IT'S RESULTS, BASED ON A
QFAIR HEA/ING. AND BY THE WAY, EVERYONE 'OUT THERE' KNEW
HE'D HAVE TO RAISE TAXES, WHATEVER HE SAID IN THE
CAMPAIGN : ASK ANY VOTER. NEXT QUESTION. "
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE
IN THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES, MICHAEL PROWSE
. COMMENTED:
"THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE HONEST. FOR MOST OF THE
CAMPAIGN MRS HILLARY CLINTON WENT INTO 'COOKIE-BAKING'
MODE, GAZING ADORINGLY AT HER HUSBAND AND PROMISING TO BE
A TRADITIONAL FIRST LADY. BUT WITHIN HOURS OF THE
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INAUGURATION, THE OLD ASSERTIVE HILLARY HAD REAPPEARED,
COMPLETE WITH MAIDEN NAME AND HEADBAND.
"HILLARY IS AS WELL-QUALIFIED ACADEMICALLY AS BILL AND,
AS A TOP ARKANSAS LAWYER, .EARNED FIVE OR SIX TIMES BILL'S
MEAGER SALARY AS GOVERNOR. SHE ADVISED HIM THROUGHOUT
HIS CAREER, TO THE POINT OF CHAIRING THE COMMITTEE THAT
DEVISED THE EDUCATIONAL REFORMS NOW REGARDED AS HIS MAIN
ACHIEVEMENT IN ARKANSAS. AS AN EQUAL PARTNER FOR SO MANY
YEARS, HER DESIRE FOR HANDS-ON RESPONSIBILITY IS
UNDERSTANDABLE.
"EVEN SO, HER NEW POSITION RAISES QUESTIONS. AFTER JOHN
F KENNEDY MADE HIS BROTHER ROBERT ATTORNEY GENERAL, ANTINEPOTISM LAWS WERE PASSED TO PREVENT THE APPOINTMENT OF
CLOSE RELATIVES TO POWERFUL POSITIONS. BY NOT PAYING HIS
WIFE, "MR CLINTON HAS DODGED THESE CONSTRAINTS. YET
PEOPLE SEEM ODDLY RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE HILLARY'S ROLE,
PERHAPS BECAUSE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR WOMEN IS SEEN
AS SO OBVIOUSLY A GOOD THING. YET IF MR CLINTON HAD PUT
A BROTHER OR FAVORITE UNCLE IN CHARGE OF HEALTH-CARE
REFORM, ALL HELL WOULD HAVE BROKEN LOOSE.
"THE U.S. HAS HAD ALMOST AS MANY DIFFERENT FYPES OF
PRESIDENCIES AS THERE HAVE BEEN PRESIDENTS. IN AN AGE
WHEN POWER IS INCREASINGLY DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BETWEEN
UNCLASSIFIED
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PAGE
THE SEXES, A HUSBAND AND WIFE WORKING IN HARNESS CAN
ARGUABLY LEAD THE COUNTRY MORE .EFFECTIVELY THAN EITHER
SPOUSE ALONE. THE PITY IS THAT THE ELECTORATE WAS NOT
ASKED MORE EXPLICITLY TO SUPPORT SUCH AN INTRIGUING
INNOVATION.
3. BRITISH ARMY
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH EDITORIALIZED:
"THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE IS DUE
TO REPORT SHORTLY, AND IS WIDELY RUMORED TO BE URGING A
HALT TO THE OPTIONS FOR CHANGE SHRINKAGE (OF THE BRITISH
ARMY) WHILE THE GOVERNMENT GIVES FURTHER THOUGHT TO
BRITAIN'S MILITARY NEEDS. SUCH A CALL SHOULD BE HEEDED.
II
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THOSE PARTS OF BRITAIN'S ARMED FORCES WHICH WERE DESIGNED
SPECIFICALLY FOR A NATO-WARSAW PACT CONFLAGRATION
CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT OF BALANCE WITH THE REST, NOW THAT
SUCH A SCENARIO IS HARDLY CONCEIVABLE.
"BUT BRITAIN IS TODAY ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE WORLD
POWERS WHICH MAINTAIN THE ABILITY TO PLACE EFFICIENT
MILITARY FORCE AT THE DISPOSAL OF UN PEACEKEEPING OR
PEACEMAKING EFFORTS. BRITAIN'S STATUS AS ONE OF THE FIVE
PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL IMPLIES
ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIB·ILITIES MOST OTHER GOVERNMENTS DO
NOT NEED TO CATER FOR.
"FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL POWER WITH AILING ECONOMIC
STRENGTH, BRITAIN CAN TAKE PRIDE IN POSSESSING MORE THAN
ITS SHARE OF EXPERTISE IN THE MILITARY ARTS. THIS IS
VALUABLE NOT MERELY WHERE FULL SCALE WAR IS AT STAKE BUT
UNCLASSIFIED
PAGE
SECT:
ALSO IN LOWER INTENSITY OPERATIONS DEMANDING THE CAREFUL
APPLICATION OF LIMITED FORCE. NORTHERN IRELAND, BELIZE
AND NOW BOSNIA HAVE ALL HELPED TO SHARPEN THOSE SKILLS,
WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY INFANTRY SKILLS.
"FOR ONCE, THE ARMY'S COMPLAINT THAT IT IS FULLY
COMMITTED TO THE POINT OF OVERSTRETCH SHOULD NOT BE
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SUBJECT: SPANISH PRESS ON KING'S WHITE HOUSE VISIT
1. FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF MADRID PRESS COVERAGE OF THE
APRIL 29 VISIT OF KING JUAN CARLOS AND QUEEN SOFIA TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
2. MADRID NEWSPAPERS GAVE PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE MEETING
BETWEEN THE ROYAL COUPLE AND THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY, WITH
LEADING DAILIES "EL PAIS" AND "ABC" FEATURING LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS .
OF THE ENCOUNTER ON THEIR FRONT PAGES. MOST REPORTS, RELYING
HEAVILY ON GOS FOREIGN MINISTER SOLANA'S POST-MEETING REMARKS,
EMPHASIZED THE POLITICAL CONTENT OF THE EXCHANGE, PARTICULARLY
WITH REGARD TO THE BALKAN CONFLICT. SOLANA CHARACTERIZED THE
MEETING AS "EXTREMELY PLEASANT," "CREATING A VERY POSITIVE,
VERY INTENSE PERSONAL CLIMATE" BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS. THE
SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER ALSO NOTED THAT THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTED
THE KING'S INVITATION TO VISIT SPAIN.
3. NEWS ARTICLES NOTED THAT THE MEETING LASTED FOR MORE THAN
THE SCHEDULED 40 MINUTES AND THAT SOLANA, HIS WIFE, SECRETARY
CHRISTOPHER, NSA LAKE, SPANISH AMBASSADOR DE OJEDA, HEAD OF THE
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD ALMANSA AND TWO NOTETAKERS ALSO ATTENDED. THE
PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT OF GRATITUDE TO SPAIN FOR HER COOPERATION
IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WAS WIDELY FEATURED AS PART OF A
LARGER CONSULTATION SESSION WITH THE KING AND SOLANA ON
POSSIBLE WESTERN OPTIONS IN THE REGION. THE SPANISH FOREIGN
MINISTER WAS REPORTED AS SAYING THAT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER HAD
PROMISED TO CONSULT WITH THE ALLIES BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS
ON MILITARY ACTION. SOLANA CHARACTERIZED THE RUSSIAN PROPOSAL
TO HOLD A MEETING IN SARAJEVO OF SPANISH, FRENCH, BRITISH,
RUSSIAN, AND AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES AS "POSITIVE IN
PRINCIPLE," BUT "PERHAPS A LITTLE HASTY."
4. ALL MADRID PAPERS REPORTED, WITH A MIXTURE OF AMUSEMENT AND
ADMIRATION, THAT THE PRESIDENT SURPRISED THE QUEEN BY RECALLING
A PREVIOUS ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE TWO AT A CONFERENCE IN BADEN
BADEN YEARS AGO. MOST DAILIES NOTED THAT THE FIRST LADY AND
THE QUEEN HELD A SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF MRS. CLINTON'S WORK ON
HEALTH CARE REFORM WHILE THE OTHERS DISCUSSED BOSNIA, THE
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(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
THE FRENCH PRESS FOCUSES ON PREMIER BALLADUR'S PLAN FOR
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WHICH HE OUTLINED
CLASS:
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 12178
USIA
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STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
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PARIS -- TUESDAY MAY 11, 1993
(A) SUMMARY OF TYPE OF COVERAGE:
THE FRENCH PRESS FOCUSES ON PREMIER BALLADUR'S PLAN FOR
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WHICH HE OUTLINED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
AS TO FOREIGN STORIES, BOSNIA IS STILL IN THE TOP NEWS.
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FOCUS IS ON THE EC FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING IN
BRUSSELS YESTERDAY. ALL MEDIA REPORT THAT THE 12
MINISTERS DISCARDED THE MILITARY OPTION OPTING, INSTEAD,
TO RELY ON SERB PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC'S "GOOD WILL" AND
HIS PRESSURE ON BOSNIAN SERBS. LA TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT
"THE TWELVE THUS CONFIRMED THEIR REJECTION OF THE
CLINTON PLAN FOR MILITARY AIR STRIKES". LE MONDE AND LA
CROIX REPORT THAT U.S. OFFICIALS SEM TO "HAVE RESIGNED
THEMSELVES" TO THEIR ALLIES REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THEIR
PLAN.
(SEE PART D OF REPORT).
ON GATT, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REPORTS THAT FOREIGN
MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE REAFFIRMED YESTERDAY THAT FRANCE
WANTS A GLOBAL, THEREFORE MULTILATERAL, AND BALANCED
AGREEMENT. SPEAKING IN BRUSSELS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE
EC MEETING ON EX-YUGOSLAVIA, THE FRENCH MINISTER SAID
THAT FRANCE HAD FORMULATED ITS POSITION ON GATT AT A
CABINET COUNCIL MEETING EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON.
DETAILS WILL BE INCLUDED IN A MEMORANDUM ADRESSED TO
FRANCE'S EC. PARTNERS LATER THIS WEEK. "IT SEEMS THAT
FRANCE DOESN'T ACCEPT THE WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL
COMPROMISE .... FRANCE REJECTS THE OILSEED PART OF THIS
ACCORD", AFP ADDS, QUOTING JUPPE AS SAYING: "THIS ACCORD
IS UNACCEPTABLE IN ITS PRESENT FORM BECAUSE IT CREATES
AN IMBALANCE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR".
COMPARING THE BALLADUR GOVERNMENT TO ITS PREDECESSOR,
ECONOMIC LES ECHOS SEES A "DIFFERENCE IN THE STYLE, BUT
NOT IN THE SUBSTANCE OF THE FRENCH POSITION ON GATT"
(SEE PART D OF REPORT).
INFLUENTIAL LIBERATION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT PIERRE
BRIANCON REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON ON "AN OFFENSIVE" IN
THE U.S. MEDIA TO PRESENT HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AT HER
BEST: "THE (U.S.) FIRST LADY TRIES TO MAKE PEOPLE FORGET
HER ALL TOO OBVIOUS TASTE FOR POWER". THIS OFFENSIVE,
BRIANCON SAYS, IS DUE TO THE IMPENDING ANNOUNCEMENT OF
HER PLAN FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM. "THE AIM IS TO SELL
THE MESSENGER BEFORE THE MESSAGE--THE LATTER PROMISES TO
BE CONTROVERSIAL", BRIANCON REPORTS.
(B) STORIES COVERED IN REPORT:
1. BOSNIA
2. GATT
(C) HEADLINES:
BOSNIA:
"RESIGNATION" (LA CROIX-PAGE 3)
"BILL CLINTON RESiGNS HIMSELF TO THE REJECTION OF HIS
PLAN BY THE EUROPEANS" (LE MONDE-PAGE 3)
"THE TWELVE SAY NO TO WAR" (FRANCE SOIR-PAGE 10)
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 PARIS 12178
USIA
USIA FOR P/RC; P/P; P/FW P/FN; VOA NEWS/CA; EU; AF; P/M;
STATE FOR EUR/P/SP; EU/WE; AF; INR/P; PM; OSD ISA FOR
ILN; FOR NEA; WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE; DOC FOR
ITA/EUR/FR AND PASS USTR/PA (PAT NORMAN); USCINCEUR FOR
PAO; NATO FOR USIS; MOSCOW FOR P&C; ROME FOR USIS/AIO;
BRUSSELS FOR USIS AND USEC (PAO); USVIENNA FOR USDEL
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"THE TWELVE WANT TO 'TEST' MILOSEVIC" (LE FIGARO-PAGE 3)
(D) SUPPORTING TEXT:
1. BOSNIA:
PAUL CAMBON AUTHORS AN EDITORIAL IN RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE
QUOTIDIEN: "ON THE VERY DAY WHEN FRENCH PRIME MINISTER
EDOUARD BALLADUR PRESENTED HIS PLAN FOR·ECONOMIC
RECOVERY IN FRANCE, U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON STARTED
A THREE-DAY TOUR IN CLEVELAND, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK IN
ORDER TO SHOW THAT HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN U.S. DOMESTIC
REALITIES, NAMELY THE NEED TO FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO
REVIVE THE ECONOMY. THE YUGOSLAV TRADEGY SEEMS TO BE
MOVING BACKSTAGE. THIS IS ALL THE MORE EASY TO DO
SINCE ... DIPLOMATIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND
THEIR ALLIES HAS NOT GONE FURTHER THAN CONSULTATIONS AND
MUTUAL TESTING OF EACH OTHER'S INTENTIONS .... AMERICAN
AND EUROPEAN (LEADERS) ARE NOW ADVANCING TWO MYTHS TO
THEIR PUBLICS: THAT OF THE VANCE-OWEN PLAN--ALTHOUGH IT
HAS OBVIOUSLY FAILED TO STOP THE SERBS, AND THAT OF
VAGUE THEATS OF MILITARY ACTION--WHICH EVERY ONE
BELIEVES WOULD BE FUTILE AS WELL AS VERY RISKY. THIS IS
WHY, AFTER BEING UNABLE TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE LIMITS OF
THE ESCALATION OF THE WAR FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR, THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED IN AN ENDLESS CYCLE
OF WITHDRAWAL, HUMILIATION, EVEN DENIALS--TO THE EXTENT
THAT (ITS) RHETORIC HAS VIRTUALLY NO CREDIBILITY TODAY."
CATHOLIC LA CROIX WITH BEATRICE TOULON: "STUNNED BUT
RESIGNED. SUCH IS, IN TWO WORDS, THE MOOD WHICH IS NOW
PREVAILING IN THE CLINTON TEAM AFTER WARREN CHRISTOPHER
CAME BACK FROM HIS EUROPEAN TOUR .... IN EIGHT DAYS OF
INTENSE CONSULTATIONS, WARREN CHRISTOPHER UNDERSTOOD
THAT THOSE EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS WHICH HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO ACT--I.E. FRANCE, BRITAIN AND RUSSIA--HAD OPTED FOR
GETTING ALONG WITH SERBIAN POWER RATHER THAN FOR
DETERRING IT."
HENRI PIERRE REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON IN INFLUENTIAL LE
MONDE: " ... (THERE IS) NO MILITARY FEVER AMONG U.S.
LEADERS, WHO SEEM TO RESIGN THEMSELVES TO THE IDLE TIME
IMPOSED AFTER THE MEAGER RESULTS OF THE CHRISTOPHER
MISSION."
BAUDOUIN BOLLAERT REPORTS FROM BRUSSELS IN CONSERVATIVE
LE FIGARO: " ... ALL MINISTERS UNDERLINED THE NEED FOR
'CLOSE AND FRIENDLY CONSULTATIONS' BETWEEN EUROPE AND
THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, MOST OF THEM REJECTED THE
'TOUGH' OPTIONS SET FORWARD BY SOME WHITE HOUSE
ADVISORS--NAMELY LIFTING THE ARMS EMBARGO ON THE MUSLIMS
AND LIMITED AIR STRIKES AGAINST SERBIAN TARGETS."
FINANCIAL LA TRIBUNE ON ITS BACK PAGE: " ... THE 12 EC
FOREIGN MINISTERS CONFIRMED THEIR REJECTION OF THE
CLINTON PLAN FOR AIR STRIKES ... THE TWELVE REMAIN
COMMITTED TO THE 'PEACEFUL STRATEGY' OF THE VANCE-OWEN
PLAN AND DISCARD THE MILITARY OPTIONS FAVORED BY THE
UNITED STATES."
2. GATT:
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 PARIS 12178
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ECONOMIC LES ECHOS' MARTINE ROYO AND JACQUES DOCQUIERT:
" ... THE POSITION OF THE BALLADUR GOVERNMENT IS NO
DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE BEREGOVOY GOVERNMENT ....
THERE IS MORE A DIFFERENCE OF STYLE THAN OF
SUBSTANCE .... IT IS A 'YES, BUT' INSTEAD OF A 'PERHAPS,
BUT'. IN BRUSSELS, ALAIN JUPPE SAID THAT 'THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION'S DESIRE FOR REAL CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
TWELVE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED'. THIS CORROBORATES EC
COMMISSION PRESIDENT JACQUES DELORS' DEBRIEFING TO THE
TWELVE ABOUT HIS MEETING WITH BILL CLINTON LATE LAST
WEEK IN WASHINGTON. THE CLIMATE IS NO LONGER THAT OF
WAR. THE NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION WANTS A GATT ACCORD
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MEDIA REACTION REPORT, LONDON, MONDAY SEPTEMBER
20 1993
BROADCAST MEDIA
CHINA OLYMPIC BID
ON BBC TV'S BREAKFAST NEWS THIS MORNING, REPORTER BRIAN
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 10 LONDON 17066
USIA
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USIA FOR P/M; R/C;. R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
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20 1993
BROADCAST MEDIA
CHINA OLYMPIC BID
ON BBC TV'S BREAKFAST NEWS THIS MORNING, REPORTER BRIAN
BARRON SAID FROM CHINA:
"BEHIND THE MAWKISH VIDEO PROMOTION IS POLITBURO
WILLPOWER. THE QUEST FOR THE 2,000 OLYMPICS IS A MAJOR
FOREIGN POLICY GOAL. SO FAR THE PROMISE OF A MORE OPEN
CHINA IS NOTHING MORE.THAN A PROPAGANDA STATEMENT. THE
RELEASE OF SEVERAL PROMINENT POLITICAL PRISONERS IS A
CLUMSY ATTEMPT TO CARRY SUPPORT AT MONTE CARLO.
BEIJING'S MOST OBVIOUS SHORTCOMINGS, LIKE THE INADEQUATE
AIRPORT, HAVE LED TO AN ADVERSE.IOC TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT.
CHINA'S ANSWER IS TO FORGE AHEAD WITH OLYMPIC-RELATED
CONSTRUCTION.
"PERHAPS THE BEST POLITICAL ARGUMENT FOR BEIJING IS WHAT
HAPPENED AT SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA'S CAPITAL, WHICH HOSTED
THE 1988 GAMES. IN THE LENGTHY RUN-UP TO THOSE OLYMPICSt
THE REPRESSIVE MILITARY REGIME WAS FORCED BY POPULAR
PRESSURE TO MAKE DEMOCRATIC REFORMS. THE OLYMPICS COULD
BE A SIMILAR ENGINE FOR CHANGE FOR CHINA TOO."
A. TODAY'S MAJOR NEWS STORIES
1. WORLD TRADE
2. U.S. POLITICS/ HEALTHCARE REFORMS
3. BOSNIA
4. CHINA OLYMPIC BID
B. SUMMARY
1. WORLD TRADE
THIS HAS ONCE AGAIN COME TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE NEWS
AGENDA. THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN REPORTED:
"FRANTIC DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS WERE UNDER WAY IN BRUSSELS
LAST NIGHT TO AVERT A FRENCH VETO TODAY OF A KEY PILLAR
OF THE GATT WORLD TRADE AGREEMENT -- THE BLAIR HOUSE
ACCORD SLASHING BC FARM TRADE SUBSIDIES. A VETO OF THE
U.S.-EC FARM TRADE AGREEMENT WOULD PRECIPITATE A SPLIT IN
THE EC AND MIGHT TRIGGER THE COLLAPSE OF THE ENTIRE GATT
URUGUAY ROUND TRADE DEAL."
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 10 LONDON 17066
USIA
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
P/FN; P/PFN; P/PPE; P/PFE; P; EU; NEA; VOA NEWS/CA; PL
(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PW
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
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20 1993
2. U.S. POLITICS/ HEALTHCARE REFORMS
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ALL OF THE SERIOUS PAPERS TODAY PREVIEW THIS WEEK'S
ANNOUNCEMENT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON ON HEALTHCARE, LOOKING
AT THE LIKELY CHANGES AND THEIR CHANCES OF BECOMING LAW.
PAPERS AGREE THAT THERE IS A MUCH WIDER POLITICAL
CONSENSUS ON HEALTHCARE REFORM THAN FOR, SAY, THE
PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET CHANGES. HOWEVER, COMMENTATORS ALSO
STRESS THE SCALE AND RADICAL NATURE OF THE REFOB.M,
CALLING IT A 'GAMBLE' FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE COUNTRY.
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES EXPLAINED TO ITS READERS:
"THE BEST WAY FOR NON-AMERICANS TO UNDERSTAND WHY REFORM
HAS BECOME A POLITICAL IMPERATIVE IS TO IMAGINE WHAT THE
HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE UK, SAY, MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF THE
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HAD NOT BEEN CREATED IN THE LATE
1940S."
3. BOSNIA
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN EDITORIALIZED:
"MORE NEW INITIATIVES, MORE NEW IDEAS, ARE URGENTLY
NEEDED. BOSNIA WILL SOON BE BACK ON OUR FRONT PAGES AND
THE WINTER IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY. "
4. CHINA OLYMPIC BID
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
"TRADE SANCTIONS ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO ADVANCE
THE CAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA. BUT TO COMMIT THE
WORLD TO HOLDING ITS TOP SPORTING EVENT IN BEIJING IN
SEVEN YEARS WOULD AMOUNT TO A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN
CHINA'S RULERS WHICH THEY CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE EARNED .
... BEIJING SHOULD BE TOLD THAT IT CAN STAGE THE GAMES
ONLY WHEN ITS OWN PEOPLE ARE AT LIBERTY TO ENJOY THEM."
C. HEADLINES
1. WORLD TRADE
"PARIS THREATENS TO VETO GATT DEAL" (GUARDIAN REPORT)
"FRENCH BRINKMANSHIP THREAT TO GATT" (GUARDIAN REPORT)
"BALLADUR STANDS HIS GROUND AGAINST CUT IN FARM
SUBSIDIES" (INDEPENDENT FRONT PAGE REPORT)
"MAJOR TELLS FRANCE TO BACK DOWN OVER WORLD TRADE TALKS"
(TIMES REPORT)
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 10 LONDON 17066
USIA
"PERISHABLE INFORMATION - DO NOT SERVICE "
USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
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(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
STATE FOR EUR/P AND PLS PASS ACDA/PA; EUR/PA; EUR/P/SP;
EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
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2. U.S. POLITICS/ HEALTHCARE REFORMS
"POLITICAL IMPERATIVE TO END COSTLY HODGE-PODGE" (F.T.
COMMENTARY)
"CONGRESSIONAL ADVERSARIES FIND COMMON GROUND IN PLAN"
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(F.T. COMMENTARY)
"CLINTONS GAMBLE ON THE NATION'S HEALTH" (DAILY TELEGRAPH
COMMENTARY)
"CLINTON TO FULFIL HEALTH PLEDGE" (INDEPENDENT REPORT)
"CLINTON GAMBLES ON UTOPIAN DESIGNER'S HEALTH REFORMS"
(TIMES REPORT)
"BACK FROM THE WILDERNESS" (GUARDIAN PROFILE, CARTER)
3. BOSNIA
"BOSNIA AND THE 'PROBLEM' OF PEACE" (GUARDIAN EDITORIAL)
4. CHINA OLYMPIC BID
"SITING THE GAMES" (F.T. EDITORIAL)
D. TEXT
1. WORLD TRADE
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN COMMENTED:
"FOREIGN AND FARM MINISTERS FROM THE 12 EC COUNTRIES
GATHER IN BRUSSELS TODAY, IN A MEETING WHICH COULD MAKE
OR BREAK THE SEVEN YEAR OLD TALKS TAKING PLACE UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE GATT.
"THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF DECISIONS
TAKEN TODAY: INSIDERS SAY IF THE COMMISSION CAN RESIST
FRENCH PRESSURE, THE GATT PROCESS WILL BE GALVANIZED AND
A FINAL AGREEMENT BY DECEMBER 15 WILL LOOK VERY LIKELY ;
IF THE FRENCH PERSUADE THE EC TO ATTEMPT TO RENEGOTIATE
THE BLAIR HOUSE DEAL, OR EVEN TO ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE
THAN COSMETIC CONCESSIONS FROM THE U.S., THE LIKELY
HOSTILE REACTION FROM THE U.S. WOULD FREEZE THE GATT
PROCESS AND BLOW THE WORLD'S CHANCES OF A FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT.
"THE HOPE IS THAT THE BALLADUR GOVERNMENT, WHILE MAKING
THE RIGHT NOISES TO PLACATE THE MILITANT FRENCH FARMING
LOBBY, WILL SETTLE FOR SOME FORMULA WHICH ALLOWS BOTH
SIDES TO CLAIM THE VICTORY WHILE LEAVING THE SUBSTANCE OF
UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 10 LONDON 17066
USIA
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USIA FOR P/M; R/C; R/M; P/P; P/G; (RMCLELLAN); P/F; P/FW;
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BLAIR HOUSE UNCHANGED.
"BUT THE FEAR IS THAT THE FRENCH WILL GO TOO FAR WITH
THEIR BRINKMANSHIP -- THE RIGHT WORD FOR FRANCE'S
BEHAVIOR, MANY BELIEVE -- AND PUT THE CHANCES OF A WORLD
TRADE DEAL BACK ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS."
THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT REPORTED ON ITS FRONT PAGE:
"THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WAS TOLD TODAY BY JOHN MAJOR THAT
IT WOULD BE 'WRONG AND DANGEROUS' TO BLOCK A WORLD TRADE
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AGREEMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER, ADDRESSING JAPANESE
BUSINESSMEN IN TOKYO, ALSO WARNED FRANCE THAT IT COULD
THREATEN PROGRESS ON THE MAASTRICHT TREATY.
"BRITISH OFFICIALS SAID THE U.S. COULD REIMPOSE DUTIES ON
FRENCH GOODS, SUCH AS WINE, WHICH WERE THREATENED WHEN
GATT TALKS LAST BROKE DOWN, IF THE FRENCH REFUSED TO CUT
SUBSIDIES ON FARM EXPORTS. MR BALLADUR SHOWED NO SIGNS
OF BACKING DOWN . . . . MR MAJOR LAST NIGHT DENIED BRITAIN
WOULD BE SEEKING TO GIVE FRANCE A 'BLOODY NOSE' AT A
MEETING, DUBBED 'LE JUMBO' TODAY IN BRUSSELS.
'WHAT I
WANT TO HAPPEN IN THE MEETING IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO
HAVE AN UNFETTERED RIGHT TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THAT THE DEADLINE IS NOT A REAL DEADLINE AND IT
CAN BE EXTENDED, BUT FRANKLY I DOUBT THAT VERY MUCH.'"
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES REPORTED:
"JOHN MAJOR IS THREATENING TO BRING THE EC TO A VIRTUAL
HALT IF FRANCE DOES NOT ACCEPT A GATT DEAL ON WORLD
TRADE. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BLOCK NEW INITIATIVES
FROM BRUSSELS IN AREAS SUCH AS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY UNLESS PARIS DROPS ITS DEMAND FOR A RENEGOTIATION
OF AN EC-U.S. DEAL ON AGRICULTURE SUBSIDIES AND ACCESS TO
MARKETS. THE TOUGH LINE SHOULD ALSO HELP HIM IN HIS
EFFORTS TO CALM REBELLIOUS TORY MPS.
"BRITAIN'S DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE INSIDE THE EC WOULD BE
BACKED UP BY DIRECT RETALIATION BY AMERICAN AND JAPAN, MR
MAJOR BELIEVES. SELECTED FRENCH EXPORTS WOULD BE THE
TARGET OF PUNITIVE TARIFFS AS THE WORLD SLID INTO A TRADE
WAR. THE THREAT OF BRITISH OBSTRUCTION INSIDE THE EC
EMERGED AS THE PRIME MINISTER PREPARED FOR A MEETING
TODAY WITH MORIHIRO HOSOKAWA, THE JAPANESE PRIME
MINISTER, TO DISCUSS THE GATT DEADLOCK. IT ALSO CAME ON
THE EVE OF TODAY'S 'JUMBO' MEETING OF EC FOREIGN,
FINANCE AND TRADE MINISTERS IN BRUSSELS THAT IS SEEN AS
CRITICAL IN RESOLVING THE DISPUTE."
2. U.S. POLITICS/ HEALTHCARE REFORMS
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THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTED:
"THE DEBATE OVER HEALTHCARE REFORM HAS CARRIED NONE OF
THE POLITICAL SAVAGERY THAT ACCOMPANIED THE BATTLE OVER
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S BUDGET. U.S. POLITICIANS ON ALL
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SIDES HAVE EXPRESSED RESPECT FOR THE EFFORTS IT PUT IN ON
THE ISSUE AND HAVE DECLARED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK
TOGETHER TO CRAFT A BIPARTISAN REFORM . . . . THIS
GENTLEMANLINESS REFLECTS, IN PART, A GROWING CONSENSUS
THAT THE U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM MUST BE REFORMED -- A VIEW
THAT, JUST TWO YEARS AGO, WAS HELD BY ONLY A HANDFUL IN
WASHINGTON, MOSTLY BUDGET SPECIALISTS WHO SAW THE LONGTERM EFFECTS OF MEDICAL INFLATION ON THE GOVERNMENT
DEFICIT.
"BUT IT ALSO REVEALS A FEELING OF VULNERABILITY AND
UNCERTAINTY THROUGHOUT THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. IT IS
EASY TO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE REFORM -- ALONG WITH MORE THAN
THREE QUARTERS OF THE POPULATION -- BUT LESS EASY TO
DETERMINE THE POLITICAL PLUSES AND MINUSES OF SPECIFIC
ELEMENTS OF HEALTHCARE POLICY.
"CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS HAVE BEGUN TO TAKE HEART AT THE
SIGHT OF SO MUCH POTENTIAL COMMON GROUND. NO ONE
RELISHES PASSING SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL REFORM BY THE SINGLEVOTE MARGINS WITH WHICH MR CLINTON PREVAILED ON HIS
BUDGET. BUT THE TASK MAY GROW HARDER AS NEXT YEAR'S
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS GET CLOSER. THE WHITE HOUSE
PLANS TO SEND THE LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE FOR ITS PROPOSAL
TO CONGRESS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, AND HOPES IT
MAY PASS EARLY NEXT YEAR, BY SPRING AT THE LATEST. SOME
MEMBERS BELIEVE IT MAY TAKE LONGER THAN THAT."
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH COMMENTED:
"WHEN PRESIDENT CLINTON CAME TO THE POINT IN JANUARY WHEN
HE HAD TO HONOR A CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO UNTANGLE THE MULTI
BILLION DOLLAR MESS THAT IS THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE
INDUSTRY, HE DECIDED IT WAS SUCH A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING
THAT IT COULD BE ENTRUSTED TO ONLY ONE PERSON, HIS WIFE.
"FEMINISTS CHEERED AND TRADITIONALISTS GROANED WHEN MRS
HILLARY CLINTON STEPPED FORWARD TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE
TASK FORCE ON REFORM. SHE WAS .NOT TO BE A CONVENTIONAL
FIRST LADY. MRS CLINTON ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE TIME THAT
SHE KNEW LITTLE ABOUT MEDICINE OR HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
"SHE GAVE SPEECH AFTER SPEECH, REASSURING DOCTORS THAT
THEY WOULD NOT LOSE STATUS OR TOO MUCH INCOME UNDER THE
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REFORMS SHE WAS CONSIDERING. THEN SHE WENT TO CAPITOL
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HILL, AN EXPLOSION OF ENERGY IN HER WASHINGTON POWER
SUIT, TO FLATTER, THEN BULLY, THE CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP. MRS CLINTON IS NOT AFRAID TO EXPLOIT HER
REPUTATION AS A TOUGH CUSTOMER WITH A SAVAGE TONGUE.
MOST MEN ARE TERRIFIED OF HER, BUT MOST PEOPLE WHO MEET
HER IN PERSON ARE SURPRISED BY HER CHARM. IT IS A POTENT
COMBINATION.
"AMERICA'S TELEVISION SCREENS ARE ALREADY SWAMPED BY
ADVERTISEMENTS DENOUNCING THE PLAN IN SUBTLE AND NOT SO
SUBTLE TERMS. THE IMPLIED MESSAGE IS : WATCH OUT, THE
CLINTONS ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. THE PROBLEM THE
CLINTONS HAVE IS THAT, THOUGH AMERICANS DO WORRY ABOUT
THE OVERALL SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE IN THE U.S. IS
EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD, IF YOU ARE WELL INSURED AND CAN
AFFORD THE BEST. MANY AMERICANS LACK A PERSONAL MOTIVE
FOR WANTING TO SEE RADICAL CHANGE.
"THE PLAN WILL INEVITABLY BE REVISED BETWEEN THE MOMENT
MR CLINTON FORMALLY UNVEILS IT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
WHEN IT FINALLY PASSES CONGRESS. BUT IT IS EQUALLY CLEAR
NOW THAT SOME FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL REFORM WILL BE ENACTED.
A REPUBLICAN COUNTER-PROPOSAL ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK WAS IN
MANY RESPECTS SIMILAR TO THE CLINTON PLAN. WHATEVER THE
SHORT-COMINGS OF THEIR PLAN, THE CLINTONS HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING A POLITICAL CONSENSUS IN FAVOR OF
RADICAL CHANGE."
THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT COMMENTED:
"ONE PROMISE, AT LEAST, BILL CLINTON IS KEEPING.
'I
PLEDGE THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR OF MY ADMINISTRATION,' HE
TOLD HUNDREDS OF CHEERING SUPPORTERS IN OCTOBER 1991 AS
HE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FROM THE STEPS OF THE OLD
STATE HOUSE IN LITTLE ROCK, ' WE WILL PRESENT A PLAN TO
CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE,
,QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.' THIS WEDNESDAY, HE IS
DOING PRECISELY THAT.
"THE SETTING IS WORTHY OF THE TASK. TO A SPECIALLY
CONVENED JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, THAT MOST SOLEMN
OCCASION OF AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE, THE 42ND PRESIDENT WILL
UNVEIL THE MOST MOMENTOUS SOCIAL INITIATIVE SINCE LYNDON
JOHNSON'S GREAT SOCIETY-- SOME SAY SINCE ROOSEVELT'S NEW
DEAL IN THE 1930S ; A REFORM THAT WILL BRING THE U.S. IN
LINE WITH EVERY OTHER ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY AND
GUARANTEE HEALTH COVERAGE FOR EVERY CITIZEN.
"THE VENTURE IS COLOSSAL. AT A MOMENT WHEN FAITH IN
GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER BEEN LOWER, HE IS PROPOSING
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GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO OVERHAUL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AN
INDUSTRY THAT CONSUMED 15 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR OF WEALTH
CREATED IN THE U.S. EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND EVERY COMPANY
WILL BE AFFECTED. SUCCESS WILL ASSURE'MR CLINTON'S PLACE
IN HISTORY. FAILURE WOULD DEAL THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, A
DISCREDITED CONGRESS AND HIS OWN PRESIDENCY, IMMEASURABLE
BLOWS.
"HARRY TRUMAN, RICHARD NIXON, JIMMY CARTER, EVEN (HALF
HEARTEDLY) GEORGE BUSH TRIED TO TACKLE IT. NEVER THOUGH
HAVE THE STARS BEEN AS FAVORABLY SET. BIG BUSINESS,
ORDINARY WORKERS, NOT TO MENTION THE UNINSURED, ALL SEEK
CHANGE. DESPITE TODAY'S RUMBLES OF THUNDER, THE ODDS ARE
THAT SOME FORM OF THE CLINTON PACKAGE WILL BE VOTED INTO
LAW SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
"MAYBE, AS CRITICS CHARGE, IT WOULD SIMPLY 'REPLACE ONE
MESS WITH ANOTHER'. IN ESSENCE, THROUGH, THE SYSTEM IS
BEING GIVEN ONE LAST CHANCE AT SURVIVAL BY ADJUSTMENT.
IF NOT, INEXORABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PRESSURES WILL
FORCE MORE RADICAL THERAPY : EITHER A CANADIAN SINGLEPAYER SYSTEM OR A MULTI-PAYER SYSTEM WITH RIGID
GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ALONG GERMAN LINES."
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES COMMENTED:
"THIS IS THE WEEK THAT WILL SEE THE UNVEILING OF A
CENTERPIECE OF THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY, THE CULMINATION OF
EIGHT MONTHS' WORK BY HILLARY CLINTON DESIGNED TO SHAKE
UP THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. IT IS ALSO THE
BIGGEST WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A LESS HIGH-PROFILE FIGURE
THAN THE DAZZLING FIRST LADY : IRA MAGAZINER, AN
UNSHAKABLE IDEALIST AND VISIONARY WHO HAS DEVOTED MOST OF
HIS 45 YEARS TO TRYING TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN LOT.
"HE HAS STRIPPED THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM DOWN TO ITS NUTS
AND BOLTS AND REASSEMBLED THE PARTS INTO THE UTTERLY
DIFFERENT CREATURE THAT MR CLINTON WILL UNVEIL FORMALLY
ON WEDNESDAY. MRS CLINTON IS THE PLAN'S MIDWIFE, CHARGED
WITH EASING ITS POLITICAL PASSAGE AND PRESENTING IT TO
THE WORLD, BUT IT IS UNQUESTIONABLY MR MAGAZINER'S BABY.
"MR MAGAZINER CAN NEVER BE ACCUSED OF THINKING SMALL. IF
IMPLEMENTED, HIS PLAN WILL AFFECT DIRECTLY EVERY AMERICAN
AND REPRESENT THE BIGGEST SOCIAL CHANGE SINCE FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT'S NEW DEAL. IT IS SO COMPLEX AND RADICAL THAT
IT HAS ACHIEVED THE RARE FEAT IN WASHINGTON OF RENDERING
POTENTIAL ENEMIES ALMOST SPEECHLESS. IT IS THE WORK OF A
BRILLIANT THEORETICIAN, BUT WHETHER IT WILL WORK IS
ANYBODY'S GUESS. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT MR CLINTON WILL BE
ASKING AMERICA TO DO IS TAKE A HUGE GAMBLE ON A PLAN THAT
ONE CONGRESSMAN DESCRIBED AS A 'BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL IN
FAIRYLAND, BUT UNSEEN ON EARTH.'"
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THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN PROFILED FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY
CARTER:
"AS THE MAN WHO ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT 'TRUST' WAS THE
FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE OF ANY PRESIDENCY, CARTER IS RIGHT
BACK IN FASHION -- GIVEN THAT THE REPUBLICANS WHO
SUCCEEDED HIM ARE NOW PERCEIVED TO HAVE ALMOST RUINED THE
COUNTRY THROUGH THE DEFNCIT-FINANCED SPENDING SPREES AND
CORPORATE VANDALISM OF THE 1980S. BUT MOST SURPRISINGLY
OF ALL, CARTER'S ONCE VILIFIED RECORD AS 39TH PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES IS GAINING RESPECT. AMONG A
STRENGTHENING BAND OF HISTORIANS AND PRESIDENTIAL
BIOGRAPHERS, HE IS NOW VIEWED AS THE MOST FAR SIGHTED OF
AMERICA'S RECENT LEADERS.
"CARTER'S POLICY AGENDA LOOKED, IN FACT, VERY MUCH LIKE
BILL CLINTON'S DOES NOW. HE INITIATED GROUND-BREAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION POLICIES. HE TRIED TO
REIN IN HOSPITAL COSTS ; AND STRONGLY SUPPORTED MEASURES
TO ENHANCE THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
"AS PRESIDENT, HE RAILED AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE AND
INEFFICIENCY. BUT IN CONTRAST TO JACK KENNEDY AND LYNDON
JOHNSON, HIS ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS STRESSED FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY. ABORAD, CARTER MADE HUMAN RIGHTS AND
SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY A CENTRAL TENET OF HIS POLICY.
"JUST AS CLINTON NOW SEEKS ANTI-PROLIFERATION CONTROLS,
CARTER SOUGHT, UNSUCCESSFULLY AS IT HAPPENED, TO SLOW THE
COLD WAR ARMS RACE.
HIS BIGGEST CRISIS -- WITH IRAN IN
1980 -- WAS PRECIPITATED, TYPICALLY, BY A HUMANITARIAN
GESTURE : HE ALLOWED THE EXILED AND DYING SHAH TO SEEK
MEDICAL TREATMENT IN THE U.S.
"LAST TUESDAY MARKED THE HIGH POINT OF ONE OF THE LONGEST
COMEBACKS IN HISTORY. YET IN A FUNDAMENTAL SENSE, CARTER
IS STILL -BOTH TOO GOOD AND TOO AND FOR THE CLINTON ERA IN
WHICH PROMISES DON'T COUNT BUT WINNING DOES."
3. BOSNIA
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN EDITORIALIZED:
"BOSNIA MAY GET A PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN SARAJEVO
TOMORROW, IN A LAST DESPERATE EFFORT TO STOP THE WAR. OR
IT MAY NOT. EITHER WAY THIS IS NOT GOING TO STUN THE
WORLD. THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY NEGOTIATIONS, TOO MANY
AGREEMENTS, AND NOW THE POLE POSITION WHICH BOSNIA USED
TO OCCUPY HAS BEEN SEIZED BY YASSER ARAFAT AND YITZHAK
RABIN.
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(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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"MR IZETBEGOVIC'S GOVERNMENT MAY STILL HAVE TO SETTLE IN
THE END UNDER BRUTAL AND UNSUBTLE PRESSURE. AS ONE
OFFICIAL CLOSE TO THE TALKS PUTS IT, 'THERE'S BEEN AN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE NEED FOR SPEED, TO GET A
SETTLEMENT QUICKLY ... BEFORE WINTER.' DECODED, THIS
MEANS : BEFORE THOUSANDS MORE BOSNIANS FREEZE TO DEATH.
MR IZETBEGOVIC'S HOPES OF A MORE ASSERTIVE U.S. POSITION
APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DASHED. THIS WEEKEND. THE U.S. MEDIA
WAS ENUMERATING MR CLINTON'S DOMESTIC PREOCCUPATIONS
PLUS THE NEGATIVE FALLOUT FROM SOMALIA -- WHICH MADE HIM
WARY OF AN OPEN-ENDED ENTANGLEMENT IN BOSNIA.
"A COALITION OF SARAJEVO CIVILIANS HAS NOW LAUNCHED A
CAMPAIGN TO ESTABLISH A UN PROTECTORATE OVER THE CITY,
AND FOR A SIMILAR EC ADMINISTRATION IN MOSTAR. THE IDEA
WOULD TRANSLATE AT LEAST A SMALL BIT OF THE UN
RESOLUTIONS INTO REALITY. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR
A WIDER AGREEMENT. MORE NEW INITIATIVES, MORE NEW IDEAS,
ARE URGENTLY NEEDED. BOSNIA WILL SOON BE BACK ON OUR
FRONT PAGES AND THE WINTER IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY.
MEANWHILE IN EAST MOSTAR, REUTERS REPORTED YESTERDAY, THE
LAST UNDERTAKER IN THE MUSLIM QUARTER HAS JUST BEEN
KILLED."
4. CHINA OLYMPIC BID
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
"IT WOULD SURELY BE IMPRUDENT, .AS WELL AS UNJUST, TO LET
MEMORIES OF 1936 COUNT AGAINST BERLIN WHILE GIVING
BEIJING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. IF 1936 LOOMS LARGE IN
BERLIN'S CASE, IT IS BECAUSE A MINORITY OF THE CITY'S OWN
INHABITANTS IS DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THOSE MEMORIES, AND IS
FREE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THEM. THE MEMORY OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN BEIJING IN 1989 -- THE TIANENMEN SQUARE
MASSACRE -- MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DRAWN SO DIRECTLY TO THE
IOC'S ATTENTION, BUT IT SHOULD BE MUCH FRESHER.
"NO DOUBT THINGS HAVE IMPROVED IN CHINA SINCE THEN, AND
WITH LUCK BY 2000 THEY WILL HAVE IMPROVED EVEN MORE. BUT
WHO CAN POSSIBLY TELL? THE IOC SHOULD NOT RISK
INFLICTING ON THE WORLD ANOTHER DRAMA LIKE THAT OF MEXICO
IN 1968, WHEN THE GAMES WERE HELD IN A CITY FROM WHICH
THE BLOOD OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENT RIOTERS HAD SCARCELY
BEEN CLEANED ; NOR YET ANOTHER DILEMMA LIKE THAT OF
MOSCOW IN 1980, WHEN THOSE WHO COMPETED, IN DEFIANCE OF A
U.S.-LED BOYCOTT, FOUND THEMSELVES IMPLICITLY CONDONING
THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN.
"TRADE SANCTIONS ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO ADVANCE
THE CAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA. BUT TO COMMIT THE
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WORLD TO HOLDING ITS TOP SPORTING EVENT IN BEIJING IN
SEVEN YEARS WOULD AMOUNT TO A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN
CHINA'S RULERS WHICH THEY CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE EARNED.
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE IN RECENT WEEKS SOUGHT TO
BOOST THEIR CHANCES BY TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE THEIR
IMAGE ON HUMAN RIGHTS. BUT THEY HAVE ALSO CORRALLED
THEIR CITIZENS INTO ASSISTING THEIR BID IN TYPICALLY
REPRESSIVE FASHION, AND WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY DO
LIKEWISE DURING THE EVENT ITSELF. BEIJING SHOULD BE TOLD
THAT IT CAN STAGE THE GAMES ONLY WHEN ITS OWN PEOPLE ARE
AT LIBERTY TO ENJOY THEM." O'BRIEN
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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A. TODAY'S MAJOR NEWS STORIES
1. U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
2. U.S. HEALTHCARE REFORM
3. WORLD TRADE
4. FORMER SOVIET UNION
5. SOMALIA
B. SUMMARY
1. U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
TWO CRITIQUES THIS MORNING OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S UN
SPEECH, IN THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN AND THE CONSERVATIVE
TIMES. THE GUARDIAN PIECE WAS PARTICULARLY HARD-HITTING,
ALLEGING THAT CURRENT U.S. PEACEKEEPING INVOLVEMENTS
COULD BE THE LAST, AND THAT WHAT IT SAW AS THE U.S.'S
GROWING UNWILLINGNESS TO COMMIT PEACEKEEPING TROOPS WAS
ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST EMERGING DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD. SEE TEXT BELOW.
2. U.S. HEALTHCARE REFORM
THE FIRST LADY TODAY GETS RAVE REVIEWS FOR HER APPEARANCE
BEFORE CONGRESS THAT POLITICIANS CAN ONLY DREAM OF.
REPORTERS APPEARED TO BE AS BOWLED OVER BY HER AS THEY
CLAIM THE CONGRESSMEN WERE. THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN
COMMENTED: "IT WAS LIKE BARBARA BUSH WITH A PHD."
3. WORLD TRADE
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
"IF REFUSAL TO ACCEPT WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED AT BLAIR HOUSE
DESTROYS THE ROUND, THE EC WILL BE UNIVERSALLY BLAMED FOR
THE CATASTROPHE. THE OUTCOME WILL NOT BE A WORLD DIVIDED
INTO SEVERAL TRADING BLOCKS. IT IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE
ONE IN WHICH THE EC IS SET AGAINST VIRTUALLY EVERYONE
ELSE."
4. FORMER SOVIET UNION
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TEELGRAPH EDITORIALIZED:
"THE HOPE MUST BE THAT A YELTSIN VICTORY OVER THE
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HARDLINERS WILL BRING SUCH DESTABILISING FACTORS UNDER
CONTROL. IF IT DOES NOT, THEN THE WEST WILL HAVE TO
REMIND THE RUSSIAN LEADER THAT CONTINUED POLITICAL AND
FINANCIAL BACKING DEPENDS ON GOOD BEHAVIOR IN THE 'NEAR
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ABROAD' AS WELL AS THE PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC
REFORM AT HOME."
5. SOMALIA
MANY PAPERS REPORTED THE NEW U.S. STRATEGY IN SOMALIA.
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES CALLED IT A "TACIT ADMI$SION OF
FAILURE" BY THE U.S.
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORTED:
"THE UNITED STATES THREW ITS FOREIGN POLICY INTO REVERSE
LAST NIGHT AND THREATENED THE UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION
IN SOMALIA, ANNOUNCING IT WAS WITHDRAWING SOME TROOPS,
AND CALLING FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE WARLORD GENERAL
AIDEED.
AS STATEMENTS FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON AND SENIOR
OFFICIALS EMERGED THROUGHOUT YESTERDAY, IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT WASHINGTON WAS PREPARING TO ABANDON ITS ROLE AS THE
TEETH OF THE 28,000-MAN UN FORCE"
C. HEADLINES
1. U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
"NO MORE PLAYING THE HERO FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA" (GUARDIAN
COMMENTARY)
"FEED THE HUNGRY SHEEP" (TIMES EDITORIAL)
2. U.S. HEALTHCARE REFORM
"FIRST LADY SPARKLES ON CAPITOL HILL" (TIMES REPORT)
"HILLARY DELIVERS HER REMEDY TO CAPITOL HILL" (DAILY
TELEGRAPH REPORT)
"WIFE, MOTHER AND POLITICAL ANIMAL" (GUARDIAN REPORT)
3. WORLD TRADE
"END GAME IN THE GATT" (F.T. EDITORIAL)
4. FORMER SOVIET UNION
"WEST'S BEST BET" (F.T. COMMENTARY)
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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"TROUBLING QUESTIONS IN THE CAUCASUS" (INDEPENDENT
EDITORIAL)
"A RESPONSIBLE RUSSIA" (DAILY TELEGRAPH EDITORIAL)
5. SOMALIA
"AMERICA TO BEGIN PULLING TROOPS OUT OF SOMALIA" (DAILY
TELEGRAPH REPORT)
"U.S. AIMS FOR SWIFT END TO SOMALIA INVOLVEMENT" (TIMES
REPORT)
"U.S. CHANGES TACK IN SOMALIA AND MOVES TO ISOLATE
AIDEED" (INDEPENDENT REPORT)
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1. U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
WRITING IN THE LIBERAL GU~RDIAN, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMENTATOR MARTIN WOOLLACOTT ANALYZED PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S MONDAY SPEECH THUS:
"NOTHING COULD BE MORE SYMPTOMATIC OF THE WAY THINGS ARE
GOING IN THE WORLD THAN THE CONJUNCTION OF EDUARD
SHEVARDNADZE'S DESPAIRING WORDS FROM BESIEGED SUKHUMI
WITH BILL CLINTON'S CIRCUMSPECT ADDRESS TO THE UN ON THE
LIMITS OF. PEACEKEEPING. FROM THE PRESIDENT AMIDST THE
RUBBLE ON THE BLACK SEA COAST, A DESPERATE CRY FOR HELP.
FROM THE PRESIDENT AT THE PODIUM ON THE EAST RIVER, AN
ASSURANCE TO AMERICANS -- NO MORE RISKY RESCUES, NO MORE
CRAZY ADVENTURES. THE MESSAGE WHICH CLINTON, IN SPITE OF
HIS TALKS ON INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND OF THE
'ENLARGEMENT' OF DEMOCRACY, IS SENDING IS A WORRYING ONE.
THE ARGUMENTS SEEM COOL AND RATIONAL, BUT THEY ARE NOT.
"THE FOUR CONDITIONS (FOR U.S. PARTICIPATION IN
PEACEKEEPING) MAKE NO SENSE AT FACE VALUE, BUT THEY CAN
BE TRANSLATED INTO POPULIST SPEAK AS FOLLOWS : WE WILL
DECIDE WHEN, IF EVER, TO GET INVOLVED; WE WILL GET OUT
FAST IF IT GOES WRONG; SOMEBODY ELSE WILL PUT UP THF
MONEY.
"EVEN MORE IRRATIONAL WAS THE WHOLE TENOR OF A SPEECH IN
WHICH CLINTON PRESENTED HIMSELF AS A RESPONSIBLE LEADER
FORCED TO CAUTION AN IRRESPONSIBLE UN, A BODY WHICH, HE
IMPLIED, WAS IN DANGER OF FLINGING AMERICAN TROOPS ALL
OVER THE PLACE AND GETTING THEM KILLED IN SILLY
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
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OPERATIONS.
"BUT THE PIECE OF THEATER WHICH CLINTON HERE CREATES IS
AT WILD VARIANCE WITH THE FACTS. WHILE THERE ARE UN
OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY GENERAL, WHO HAVE
WANTED TO EXPAND PEACEKEEPING AND TO REGULATE IT MORE
CONSISTENTLY, EVERY MAJOR UN EFFORT SINCE THE END OF THE
COLD WAR SINCE BOSNIA HAS BEEN WASHINGTON-DRIVEN, FROM
THE GULF TO ANGOLA AND CAMBODIA. THE SOMLIA OPERATION,
THE CASUALTIES IN WHICH ARE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
AMERICAN POPULAR DISENCHANTMENT TO WHICH CLINTON IS
RESPONDING, WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY AN AMERICAN IDEA. THE
TRUTH IS THAT THE OPERATIONS WHICH CLINTON ALMOST MANAGES
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TO IMPLY WERE FOISTED ON THE UNITED STATES BY AN OVERACTIVE UN WERE, IN FACT, FOISTED ON THE UN BY AN OVERACTIVE U.S. IT IS THE U.S. WHICH HAS CHANGED, NOT THE
UN.
"AN ADMINISTRATION WHICH, ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, WAS
URGING AN ENHANCEMENT OF UN PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY AND THE
COMMITMENT OF FORCES, INCLUDING AMERICAN FORCES, TO THE
WORLD BODY, IS NOW BACKING AWAY AND IN BOSNIA, PREFERS
NATO TO UN CONTROL.
"THE MOOD OF WITHDRAWAL IN THE U.S., THE SUSPICION OF
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS, HAS ANOTHER CONSEQUENCE THAT IS
VERY CLEAR TODAY. AMERICA'S POLICY OF BACKING THE
POWERS-THAT-BE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EX-COMMUNIST WORLD HAS
BEEN REINFORCED. THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NEW
DISTASTE FOR PEACEKEEPING AND THE READINESS TO BACK BORIS
YELTSIN IN RUSSIA : WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS THAT ANY FORCE
WHICH IS KEEPING THINGS TOGETHER IS BETTER THAN ANY FORCE
THAT MIGHT REND THEM AART, BECAUSE, WITH FURTHER
DISSOLUTION, WILL COME DANGERS AND YET MORE DEMANDS THAT
SOMETHING BE DONE. THAT IS WHY SHEVARDNADZE HAS TO ASK
WHY THERE IS 'AMIDST THE DEAFENING BURSTS OF BOMBS AND
SHELLS, AMIDST THE DISTRESSED CRIES OF PEOPLE DOOMED TO
DEATH, NOT A SINGLE WORD OF PROTEST, NOT A SINGLE PROMISE
OF HELP'.
"THE WEST IS SLIPPING TOWARDS AN ENDORSEMENT OF LESS THAN
DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA AND TOWARDS GRANTING RUSSIA A FREE
HAND IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS, ON THE SIMPLE
BASIS THAT ANY KIND OF ORDER IS BETTER THAN DISORDER.
BUT IF DISORDER IS TO PREVAIL, WHEREVER IT MAY BE, THEN
AMERICA IS BEGINNING TO SIGNAL, AS MUCH TO ITS OWN PEOPLE
AS TO EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT IT WILL NOT INTERVENE.
"WE CAN CLEARLY SEE A SITUATION EMERGING IN WHICH THE
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
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DEPLOYMENT IN SOMALIA, AND A POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT IN
BOSNIA (TOGETHER WITH A FEW TROOPS FOR THE GOLAN) COULD
BE THE LAST AMERICAN PEACE KEEPING DEPLOYMENTS, AND
THEREFORE, PERHAPS, THE LAST MAJOR PEACEKEEPING
DEPLOYMENTS ANYWHERE. PHYSICAL INTERVENTION BECOMES LESS
LIKELY IN AREAS WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT AMERICAN POWER TO
BE EXERTED, WHILE DIPLOMATIC INTERVENTION BECOMES LESS
LIKELY IN MORE REMOTE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED NEED
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TO PROP UP REGIONAL POWERS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE
MISBEHAVING.
"IN THE NEW ISOLATIONISM, KNOW-NOTHINGS ARE APPARENTLY
BEING REPLACED BY DO-NOTHINGS -- BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW
BAD THINGS ARE OUT THERE, WHO DO CARE, BUT WHO ARGUE THAT
IT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE TO STOP IT.
"THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM THE VISION OF AN INCREASINGLY
DEMOCRATIC WORLD WHICH STILL FINDS AN ECHO IN PRESIDENT
CLINTON'S DOCTRINE OF ENLARGEMENT. THE PROPER RESPONSE
TO THIS HEAVEN AND HELL APPROACH IS SURELY TO REASSERT
THAT, JUST AS GO-ANYWHERE INTERVENTIONISM WAS ALWAYS AN
IMPOSSIBLE IDEA, THE ABANDONMENT OF THE WORLD BY THE MORE
POWERFUL AND RICHER SOCIETIES IS EQUALLY IMPOSSIBLE."
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
"ON THE EVIDENCE OF HIS SPEECH TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE UN, PRESIDENT CLINTON STILL LACKS THE 'VISION THING'.
NO INCOMING PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE FOUND IT EASY TO
REPLACE THE SIMPLE VERITIES OF THE COLD WAR WITH A
COMPLEX FOREIGN POLICY THAT DEMANDS THE TALENTS OF A
PALMERSTONE OR TALLEYRAND RATHER THAN JOHN KENNEDY
HEROICS. BUT THE CHARGE OF INCOHERENCE NEVERTHELESS
WOUNDS. GIVEN AMERICA'S SUPERPOWER STATUS, ITS
PRESIDENTS NEED TO CUT A DASH IN THE WORLD. JUDGED BY
THE STANDARDS OF MR CLINTON'S OWN INTELLECTUAL
PRETENSIONS, HIS WORLD VISION APPEARS DECIDEDLY HAZY.
"THE UN SPEECH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CULMINATION OF A
SUMMER RETHINK ON FOREIGN POLICY. MR CLINTON HAS BEEN
CLEARLY STUNG BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
ESTABLISHMENT'S CRITICISM OF HIS HAPHAZARD DIPLOMACY IN
BOSNIA AND SOMALIA. HIS CURATE'S EGG OF A SPEECH HAD ITS
GOOD PARTS. THE CALL TO CURB THE PROLIFERATION OF
NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IS MOST WELCOME,
NOTABLY IN THE LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH KOREA, IRAN
AND RUSSIA.
'THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE WORLD'S COMMUNITY
OF MARKET DEMOCRACIES', PURSUED BY EXTENDING THE BENEFITS
OF FREE TRADE, IS A COMMITMENT THAT DESERVES APPLAUSE.
MR CLINTON HAS LEFT IT LATE TO CRUSADE FOR THE NAFTA, BUT
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THE OBJECTIVE IS A WORTHWHILE ONE, AND THE CONCLUSION OF
THE GATT TRADE ROUND WOULD BE OF INESTIMABLE BENEFIT TO
THE WORLD.
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"FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET POWER, AMERICA HAS
NEVER BEEN IN A MORE POWERFUL POSITION IN THE WORLD BODY.
IF AMERICA IS TO BE THE UN'S 'FIRST FRIEND AND FIRST
CRITIC', IT HAD BETTER DO MORE THAN SPOUT PLATITUDES FROM
THE SIDELINES. IT SHOULD EMPLOY ACTIVE DIPLOMACY TO
REFORM THE INSTITUTION.
"IN THE BACKGROUND (OF THE SPEECH), AS EVER, WERE BOSNIA
AND AMERICA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES
WITHIN NATO. MR CLINTON PRAISED THE UN HUMANITARIAN
EFFORT IN BOSNIA, AND PLEDGED AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR A
PEACE AGREEMENT. WHAT THU PROMISE OF SUPPORT MEANS IS
STILL UNCLEAR. MR CLINTON HAS CALLED FOR A NATO SUMMIT
IN JANUARY TO CLARIFY THE ALLIANCE'S ROLE. THERE WERE NO
POINTERS IN HIS SPEECH. WILL NATO EXTEND ITS SECURITY
INTERESTS EASTWARD FROM ITS CORE AREA? WILL IT TAKE IN
NEW MEMBERS? WILL AMERICA REALLY POLICE A PEACE
AGREEMENT IN BOSNIA? THE HUNGRY SHEEP LOOK UP, AND ARE
NOT FED."
2. U.S. HEALTHCARE REFORM
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES REPORTED:
"HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON MADE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
YESTERDAY MORNING. SHE NOT ONLY BECAME THE THIRD FIRST
LADY TO TESTIFY BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, BUT THE
FIRST TO APPEAR AS CHIEF SALESWOMAN FOR THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION OF HER HUSBAND'S
PRESIDENCY . . . . LAST YEAR SHE WAS DENOUNCED AS 'FEMINAZI' AND 'LADY MACBETH' AND CONSIDERED A LIABILITY BY
HER HUSBAND'S CAMPAIGN ADVISERS. THIS YEAR SHE HAS COME
TO BE SEEN AS THE ADMINISTRATION'S GREATEST ASSET, AND IT
WAS NOT HARD YESTERDAY TO SEE WHY. QUITE SIMPLY, SHE
DAZZLED.
"MRS CLINTON HAS BECOME THE COMPASSIONATE HUMAN FACE OF
HEALTH CARE REFORM, THE NON POLITICIAN IN WHOM A CYNICAL
PUBLIC IS INCREASINGLY PLACING ITS TRUST . . . . IN TWO
HOURS, SHE SCARCELY GLANCED AT HER NOTES AND ELOQUENTLY
SWATTED AWAY ANY CONGRESSMEN'S WORRIES ABOUT THE PLAN'S
DUBIOUS FINANCING, ITS NEW LAYERS OF BUREAUCRACY AND ITS
LIKELY COST IN JOBS. FEW ARE BETTER EQUIPPED THAN MRS
CLINTON·TO HANDLE TOUGH QUESTIONS, BUT FEW CONGRESSIONAL
WITNESSES HAVE COMMANDED SUCH DEFERENCE. THE CONGRESSMEN
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
USDOC PASS USTR/PA
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
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LARDED THEIR COMMENTS WITH PRAISE."
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORTED:
"MRS CLINTON'S APPEARANCE ON CAPITOL HILL WAS RECOGNIZED
IN WASHINGTON AS A MAJOR EVENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
FIRST LADY'S ROLE AND PERHAPS IN THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN
FEMINISM. TWO PREVIOUS PRESIDENT'S WIVES HAVE ADDRESSED
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, BUT THEY WENT TO PROMOTE THEIR
SPECIAL INTERESTS . . . . YESTERDAY, MRS CLINTON TOOK HE~
SEAT NOT AS A 'LADY BOUNTIFUL', BUT AS A PROFESSIONAL
WOMAN, A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE WORKING IN THE INTERESTS OF HER
HUSBAND'S ADMINISTRATION TO PULL OFF WHAT WILL, IF IT
SUCCEEDS, BE THE DEFI~ING SOCIAL VICTORY OF HIS
PRESIDENCY.
"SYCOPHANCY WAS SOMETHING THE GRAVEL-VOICED MR
ROSTENKOWSKI AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE CLEARLY WISHED TO AVOID. BUT THEY MADE NO
BONES ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE HONORED BY THE FIRST
LADY'S PRESENCE. THEY TREATED HER GENTLY, PUTTING THEIR
QUESTIONS WITH UNACCUSTOMED POLITENESS AND SELDOM
INTERRUPTING HER ANSWERS. MANY EXECUTIVES WHO HAD
OCCUPIED HER SEAR AT PREVIOUS HEARINGS MST HAVE BEEN
ENVIOUS. IT WAS MRS CLINTON WHO SHOWED METTLE, REELING
OFF FACTS AND STATISTICS WITH APLOMB. JABBING THE AIR
WITH A DETERMINED FINGER AS SHE LEANED EARNESTLY FORWARD
IN HER LEATHER CHAIR, SHE SCARCELY GLANCED AT HER NOTES.
"FEW EXPECT THAT THE HEALTHCARE REFORM PROGRAM WILL
EMERGE FROM CONGRESS WITHOUT MAJOR CHANGES. THERE ARE
MONTHS OF DEBATE AHEAD. IN THIS OPENING ROUND THERE ARE
MANY POLITICIANS FROM BOTH SIDES WITH CONCERNS TO BE
AIRED AND CHALLENGES TO BE TABLED. JUDGING BY
YESTERDAY'S PERFORMANCE. THE FIRST LADY IS READY FOR
THEM."
THE LIBERAL GUARDIAN REPORTED:
"MRS CLINTON HAD IT BOTH WAYS YESTERDAY. SHE WAS THE
POLICY EXPERT WHO COULD TALK TO CONGRESSMEN ABOUT
DIFFERENTIAL MEDICARE PAYMENTS IN THEIR HOME
CONSTITUENCY. THEN SHE BECAME AN ORDINARY WIFE AND
MOTHER BESET BY THE BUREAUCRACY, COSTS AND REMOTE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALISM OF THE U.S. SYSTEM., IT WAS LIKE BARBARA
BUSH WITH A PH.D.
3. WORLD TRADE
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIALIZED:
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SEPTEMBER 29 1993
"OCTOBER IS LIKELY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE URUGUAY ROUND
OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY
THE MULTILATERALLY AGREED DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 15.
DURING THIS MONTH THE OUTLINES OF A TOTAL DEAL ON MARKET
ACCESS NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED IF THE TIMETABLE SET OUT BY
THE GATT'S DIRECTOR GENERAL PETER SUTHERLAND IS TO BE
MET. THIS IS ACHIEVABLE -- AND MUST BE ACHIEVED.
"COMPARED WITH THE CHASM IN 1986, WHAT DIVIDES THE EC AND
U.S. IN AGRICULTURE TODAY IS A CENTIMETER. THE U.S.
SHOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO AGREE TO TARIFFS ON TEXTILES
COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF THE EC. IT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO
PERMIT COUNTRIES TO SUBSIDIZE DOMESTIC FILM PRODUCTION
FOR CULTURAL REASONS.
"THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES NOW ARE THOSE FACING THE U.S.,
AND THE EC, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
PLAYERS. IN THE FORMER, PERHAPS THE GREATEST DANGER IS
SPILLOVER FROM THE HYSTERICAL OPPOSITION TO THE NAFTA.
THE PRESIDENT MADE THE GREAT MISTAKE OF ALLOWING THE
OPPONENTS OF NAFTA TO MAKE ALL THE RUNNING IN THE PUBLIC
DEBATE FOR EIGHT MONTHS. NOW IT MAY BE TOO LATE. BUT IF
NAFTA WERE TO BE VOTED DOWN IN CONGRESS, MR CLINTON WOULD
BE GRAVELY WEAKENED, AS WOULD THE CAUSE OF LIBERAL TRADE.
HOWEVER INEPTLY TRADE HAS BEEN HANDLED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION THUS FAR, MR CLINTON MUST NOW RETRIEVE
LOST GROUND, BY MAKING THE PASSING OF NAFTA AND AGREEMENT
ON THE URUGUAY ROUND HIS HIGHEST PRIORITIES OVER THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS.
"AS FOR THE EC, ITS LEADERS NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
PRIME FRENCH DEMAND IN AGRICULTURE -- TO MAKE THE WORLD
SAFE FOR DUMPING OF SUBSIDIZED COMMODITIES -- IS NOT
MERELY HYPOCRITICAL, SET AGAINST THE EC'S GENERAL STANCE
ON DUMPING, BUT IUS DETESTED BY MANY MORE COUNTRIES THAN
JUST THE U.S.
IF REFUSAL TO ACCEPT WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED
AT BLAIR HOUSE DESTROYS THE ROUND, THE EC WILL BE
UNIVERSALLY BLAMED FOR THE CATASTROPHE. THE OUTCOME WILL
NOT BE A WORLD DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL TRADING BLOCKS. IT
IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE ONE IN WHICH THE EC IS SET
AGAINST VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ELSE."
4. FORMER SOVIET UNION
WRITING IN THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES, COLUMNIST
EDWARD MORTIMER COMMENTED:
"THE PROBLEMS FACING RUSSIA NOW ARE HARDLY LESS THAN
THOSE THAT FACED PERU LAST YEAR. IN FACT, GIVEN THE SIZE
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(LSECREST); B/TV/WP;
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EUR/WE; EUR/NE; IO/CU; NEA/P; EB/TT; INR/P; PM;
CSD ISA FOR ILN; FOR NEA; OASD/PA;
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WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC-WEUROPE;
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OF THE COUNTRY, ITS ETHNIC DIVERSITY, AND THE LEGACY
(BOTH ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL) OF 70 YEARS OF COMMUNISM,
THEY CAN SURELY BE CONSIDERED MUCH GREATER. MANY
RUSSIANS DOUBT WHETHER THEY CAN BE SOLVED DEMOCRATICALLY,
OR AT ALL. SO FAR, MR YELTSIN IS STILL TRYING TO
INTRODUCE A DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION, TO CARRY THE PEOPLE
WITH HIM AT EACH STAGE OF HIS REFORMS, AND TO AVOID A
RECOURSE TO VIOLENCE. SO LONG AS HE BEHAVES LIKE THAT,
HE DESERVES SUPPORT."
THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT EDITORIALIZED:
"THE WEST HAS GOOD REASON TO BE GRATEFUL TO EDUARD
SHEVARDNADZE, WHO, AS MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S FOREIGN
MINISTER, WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF ARCHITECTS OF THE SECOND
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. WESTERN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NOW BE
CONCERNED THAT THE GEORGIAN WHO BECAME SO CLOSELY
IDENTIFIED WITH GLASNOST FEELS BETRAYED BY BORIS YELTSIN
AND WHAT PASSES FOR A GOVERNMENT IN MOSCOW.
"IT IS BARELY CONCEIVABLE THAT THE ABKHAZIANS COULD HAVE
DEFEATED THE NUMERICALLY VASTLY SUPERIOR GEORGIANS
WITHOUT HELP FROM THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. MR
SHEVARDNADZE'S SENSE OF BETRAYAL IS UNDERSTANDABLE. THE
EPISODE RAISES SOME DISTURBING QUESTIONS. WAS THE FALL
OF SUKHUMI PART OF A DEAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT YELTSIN AND
GEN GRACHEV? IF SO, WHAT WERE ITS OTHER ELEMENTS? WERE
THEY RESTRICTED TO THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION? THE VALUE OF PEACE DEALS BROKERED BY RUSSIA HAS
ALSO BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION. IT IS IN SUCH SITUATIO~S
THAT LEADERS OF SMALL COUNTRIES LOOK AROUND FOR FRESH
ALLIES -- A PROCESS THAT CAN ONLY INCREASE THE
INSTABILITY OF AN ALREADY WAR-RIDDEN REGION."
THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH EDITORIALIZED:
"WE IN THE WEST NEED NOT OBJECT IF MOSCOW ACTS AS A
STABILIZING FORCE IN VOLATILE REGIONS SUCH AS TRANSCAUCASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA, AND WE SHOULD ACCEPT THAT
RUSSIA HAS A LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE FATE OF THE
MILLIONS OF RUSSIANS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE ITS BORDERS. BUT
THIS DOES NOT MEAN APPROVAL OF WHAT MR YELTSIN HAS
ALLOWED TO HAPPEN IN GEORGIA, WHERE OUTSIDE SUPPORT FOR
THE SEPARATISTS IS CAUSING THE COUNTRY TO DISINTEGRATE.
THE HOPE MUST BE THAT A YELTSIN VICTORY OVER THE
HARDLINERS WILL BRING SUCH DESTABILISING FACTORS UNDER
CONTROL. IF IT DOES NOT, THEN THE WEST WILL HAVE TO
REMIND THE RUSSIAN LEADER THAT CONTINUED POLITICAL AND
FINANCIAL BACKING DEPENDS ON GOOD BEHAVIOR IN THE 'NEAR
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ABROAD' AS WELL AS THE PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC
REFORM AT HOME."
5. SOMALIA
THE CONSERVATIVE TIMES REPORTED:
"THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION YESTERDAY UNVEILED A KEY
CHANGE OF STRATEGY IN SOMALIA AIMED AT EXTRICATING
AMERICAN TROOPS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THE NEW POLICY WILL
PLACE FAR LESS EMPHASIS ON CAPTURING GENERAL AIDEED AND
MUCH MORE ON ISOLATING THE MOGADISHU WARLORD BY BUILDING
A NEW POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN WHICH HE WOULD HAVE NO ROLE.
"THE CHANGE OF STRATEGY IS A TACIT ADMISSION OF FAILURE,
BUT ONE WHICH IS DRIVEN BY THE URGENT NEED TO ASSUAGE
SOMALI ANTAGONISM TOWARDS AMERICAN TROOPS AND TO PERSUADE
CONGRESS THAT U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN SOMALIA IS FINITE.
CONGRESSMEN COMPLAINED (LAST NIGHT) THAT SOMALIA HAD
BECOME A 'DEADLY SANDTRAP' FOR AMERICAN TROOPS."
THE CENTRIST INDEPENDENT REPORTED:
"BILL CLINTON HAS CONFIRMED THAT WASHINGTON HAS CHANGED
THE POLICY OF THE UN OPERATION IN SOMALIA TO SWITCH THE
EMPHASIS AWAY FROM THE HUNT FOR.GENERAL AIDEED TO A NEW
INITIATIVE AIMED AT ISOLATING HIM POLITICALLY.
PRESSURE FROM CONGRESS IS CAUSING THE CHANGE IN POLICY.
"WASHINGTON ALSO KNOWS THAT MORE AND MORE SOMALIS OF
WHATEVER FACTION ARE TURNING AGAINST THE AMERICAN AND UN
PRESENCE AND THAT THE POLICY OF HUNTING DOWN GENERAL
AIDEED IS TURNING HIM INTO A HERO. THERE ARE RELIABLE
REPORTS THAT EVEN AMONG FOLLOWERS OF ALI MAHDI MOHAMMED,
GENERAL AIDEED'S ARCH ENEMY, THERE IS A GROUNDSWELL OF
ANTI-U.S. AND ANTI-UN FEELING. THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN
A BIND. ON THE ONE HAND IT HAS TO SATISFY CONGRESS AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ITS COMMITMENT TO SOMALIA IS NOT
OPEN-ENDED, HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT THE TROOPS WILL
BE HOME SOON. ON THE OTHER IT MUST NOT GIVE GENERAL
AIDEED THE IMPRESSION HE HAS GOT THE UN FORCES ON THE
RUN.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's Appointment to Chair the Health Care Task Force
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White House Office of Records Management
Office of the Counsel to the President
First Lady's Office
National Security Council
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1993
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2006-0223-F
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This collection largely consists of memos, background files, and meeting notes from the First Lady's Office concerning the formation and actions of the Health Care Task Force and working groups. These files include records pertaining to the Health Care Task Force and working group development; the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons lawsuit brought against Hillary Clinton; and the final Report on Health Care Reform. Files also contain correspondence concerning President Clinton’s decision to appoint the First Lady to chair the Health Care Task Force.
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72 files in 6 boxes
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management
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NSC Cables
January 1993-December 1994
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2006-0223-F
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Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems
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