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Voice of America, 97-08-16

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From: The Voice of America <gopher://gopher.voa.gov>


CONTENTS

  • [01] U-S/CYPRUS (S ONLY) BY VICTOR BEATTIE (WASHINGTON)
  • [02] GERMANY / NEO-NAZI (S ONLY) BY KYLE KING (BONN)

  • [01] U-S/CYPRUS (S ONLY) BY VICTOR BEATTIE (WASHINGTON)

    DATE=8/15/97
    TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
    NUMBER=2-218614
    CONTENT=
    VOICED AT:

    INTRO: THE UNITED STATES SAYS THE EUROPEAN UNION SHOULD KEEP THE DOOR OPEN TO FUTURE MEMBERSHIP FOR CYPRUS AND TURKEY DESPITE SHARP DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TURKISH AND GREEK CYPRIOT LEADERS. V-O-A'S VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS WASHINGTON VIEWS THE JUST-CONCLUDED SECOND ROUND OF U-N/SPONSORED TALKS TO RESOLVE THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND'S DIVISION AS USEFUL:

    TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN NOTED THE SWISS-BASED TALKS RESULTED IN A GOAL BY BOTH GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS OF A BI-ZONAL AND BI-COMMUNAL FEDERATION. MR. RUBIN, IN DESCRIBING THE TALKS AS USEFUL SAYS BOTH SIDES ALSO AGREED ON FUTURE HUMANITARIAN TALKS:

    ///RUBIN ACTUALITY///

    THIS IS A LONG-RUNNING DISPUTE. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PASSIONS AND EMOTIONS ON BOTH SIDES AND WE DON'T EXPECT THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS TO SOLVED EASILY.

    ///END ACTUALITY///

    THE SPOKESMAN SAYS WASHINGTON BELIEVES THE EUROPEAN UNION SHOULD EXTEND MEMBERSHIP TO BOTH TURKEY AND CYPRUS:

    ///RUBIN ACTUALITY///

    AND, WE BELIEVE THAT THE E-U ACCESSION PROCESS PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR THE CONCERNED PARTIES TO MOVE AHEAD TO ACHIEVE A JUST AND VIABLE SETTLEMENT TO THIS CYPRUS DISPUTE.

    ///END ACTUALITY///

    TURKEY'S CYPRIOT LEADER RAUF DENKTASH INSISTS A RESOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS QUESTION MUST PRECEDE E-U MEMBERSHP WHILE GREEK CYPRIOT LEADER GLAFCOS CLERIDES SAYS ANY SUCH DELAY IN MEMBERSHIP WILL SCUTTLE THE TALKS.

    U-S ENVOY RICHARD HOLBROOKE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NEGOTIATIONS LATER THIS YEAR. (SIGNED).
    NEB/PT
    15-Aug-97 9:03 PM EDT (0103 UTC)
    NNNN
    Source: Voice of America


    [02] GERMANY / NEO-NAZI (S ONLY) BY KYLE KING (BONN)

    DATE=8/16/97
    TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
    NUMBER=2-218630
    CONTENT=
    VOICED AT:

    /// EDS: WATCH CN FILE TO UPDATE ARREST FIGURES IN INTRO ///

    INTRO: POLICE IN GERMANY HAVE ARRESTED MORE THAN 140 SUSPECTED NEO-NAZI'S AFTER BANNING RALLIES CALLED TO MARK THE DEATH OF FORMER HITLER DEPUTY RUDOLF HESS. FROM BONN, VOA'S KYLE KING REPORTS.

    TEXT: POLICE SAY THEY CONFISCATED KNIVES, BANNED NEO-NAZI LEAFLETS AND RIGHT WING MUSIC CASSETTES DURING THE NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN.

    MANY OF THOSE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WERE SEIZED IN THE WESTERN GERMAN STATE OF HESSE, WHERE AUTHORITIES HAD SET UP CHECKPOINTS TO PREVENT BANNED RALLIES.

    THE RALLIES HAD BEEN CALLED TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF RUDOLF HESS, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN BERLIN'S SPANDAU PRISON TEN YEARS AGO. HESS, WHO HAD SPENT 46 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES, HAS BECOME A CULT FIGURE FOR MANY NEO-NAZIS.

    SEVERAL STATES HAVE IMPOSED A GENERAL BAN ON RALLIES MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY. IN NEIGHBORING DENMARK, A SMALL GROUP OF RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS TOOK PART IN A MARCH TO MARK THE DATE. DANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED SEVERAL PEOPLE. (SIGNED)
    NEB/KBK/DW/KL
    16-Aug-97 12:38 PM EDT (1638 UTC)
    NNNN
    Source: Voice of America


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