Topic: voa
Subject: U-S/TURKEY/IRAQ (S ONLY) By VICTOR BEATTIE/WASHINGTON
From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" <dep@bu.edu>
 
DATE=3/31/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-176426
TITLE=U-S/TURKEY/IRAQ (S ONLY)
BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:

INTRO:  U-S OFFICIALS SAY TURKEY HAS ASSURED THEM ITS MILITARY
INCURSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ TO DESTROY KURDISH REBEL BASES WILL
BE LIMITED IN SCOPE AND DURATION.  V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS
ASSISTANT U-S SECRETARY RICHARD HOLBROOKE BELIEVES THE OPERATION
WILL BE OVER WITHIN WEEKS RATHER THAN MONTHS:

TEXT:  MR. HOLBROOKE SAYS THE NEARLY TWO-WEEK OFFENSIVE INVOLVING
35-THOUSAND TROOPS COULD HARM ANKARA'S AIM OF INTEGRATION INTO
EUROPE.  SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE CRITICIZED THE TURKISH
MILITARY OPERATION.  GERMANY'S FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS IT COULD
UNDERMINE ANKARA'S BID AT CUSTOMS UNION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION.

MR. HOLBROOKE SAYS A SENIOR ADVISER (EMRE GONENSAY) TO TURKISH
PRIME MINISTER TANSU CILLER TOLD SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN
CHRISTOPHER THE OPERATION WILL END SOON:

                   /// HOLBROOKE ACTUALITY ///

         INDEED -- IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THE OPERATION WOULD HAVE
         DIFFERENT PHASES GEOGRAPHICALLY OR IN TERMS OF
         OBJECTIVES, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A MATTER OF
         MONTHS.

                      /// END ACTUALITY ///

MR. HOLBROOKE SAYS THE UNITED STATES HAS VOICED CONCERN ABOUT THE
OPERATION, BUT VIEWS THE REBEL GROUP -- THE KURDISH WORKER'S
PARTY -- AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.  HE SAYS WASHINGTON
UNDERSTANDS WHY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN SUCH ACTION.

THE ISSUE IS LIKELY TO BE HIGH ON THE AGENDA WHEN MR. HOLBROOKE
AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE STROBE TALBOTT VISIT ANKARA APRIL
11TH.  ONE WEEK LATER -- PRIME MINISTER CILLER TRAVELS TO
WASHINGTON FOR TALKS WITH U-S OFFICIALS.   (SIGNED).

NEB/RAE

01-Apr-95 12:07 AM EST (0507 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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